Azure Technical Architect - Entertainment Giant - London

Ventula Consulting Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Car allowance

Hybrid working

Job summary

Ventula Consulting Ltd. in London is seeking a Technical Lead - Azure Cloud to define and drive our cloud and infrastructure strategy.

You will design a scalable Azure-centric architecture and lead cloud migration for clients, moving on-premise to the cloud. The role requires strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP), IaC (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), security and governance, and a track record of delivering cloud-first, DevOps-enabled solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong background in cloud architecture for large-scale environments.
• Proven experience leading cloud transformation and migration programmes.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and compliance standards (eg GDPR, ISO).
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and agile delivery frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver cloud and infrastructure strategy, architecture, and engineering standards.
• Design scalable, secure cloud solutions and lead cloud migration initiatives
• Establish governance, security, and compliance frameworks (eg IAM, encryption, risk management).
• Drive adoption of cloud-first and serverless approaches using modern PaaS and DevOps tooling.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to optimise performance, cost, and innovation.
• Own and maintain the cloud and network technology roadmap.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

DevOps culture

Agile delivery

Cloud cost optimization

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Global entertainment & hospitality provider now requires a Technical Lead - Azure Cloud to define and drive their cloud and infrastructure strategy.

This role will design new a new cloud architecture strategy, moving our clients on prem infrastructure to an Azure cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver cloud and infrastructure strategy, architecture, and engineering standards.
• Design scalable, secure cloud solutions and lead cloud migration initiatives
• Establish governance, security, and compliance frameworks (eg IAM, encryption, risk management).
• Drive adoption of cloud-first and serverless approaches using modern PaaS and DevOps tooling.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to optimise performance, cost, and innovation.
• Own and maintain the cloud and network technology roadmap.

Experience Required

• Strong background in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in large-scale environments.
• Proven experience leading cloud transformation and migration programmes.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (eg Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and compliance standards (eg GDPR, ISO).
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and agile delivery frameworks.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and influence senior stakeholders.

This is a permanent opportunity which provides a base salary of up to £90,000 + bonus + car allowance and package.

In terms of working structure, this role requires 4 days per week in West London and 1 day remote.

Wonderful opportunity to work for one of the UK's leading entertainment and hospitality companies.