Azure Technical Architect – London

Ventula Consulting Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ventula Consulting Ltd. is seeking an Azure Technical Architect for a global entertainment & hospitality provider. You will design the cloud strategy, move on-prem infrastructure to Azure, and establish governance, security, and cost controls.

Responsibilities include defining standards, leading cloud migration programmes, and driving cloud-first, serverless approaches with modern DevOps tooling. Hybrid role: 4 days in West London and 1 day remote; base salary up to £100,000 plus bonus and car

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading cloud transformation and migration programmes.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and compliance standards (GDPR, ISO).
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and agile delivery.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and influence senior stakeholders.

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 (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

Cloud migration

DevOps

CI/CD

Stakeholder influence

Agile delivery

Security governance

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Global entertainment & hospitality provider require a Azure Technical Architect.

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 (e.g. 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 (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and compliance standards (e.g. 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 £100,000 + bonus + car allowance and package.

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