Azure Technical Architect – London

Ventula Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Car allowance

Job summary

Ventula Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking an Azure Technical Architect to design a cloud architecture strategy and migrate on‑premises infrastructure to Azure.

You will define governance, security, and cost controls, drive cloud adoption with serverless approaches, lead migrations, and collaborate with internal teams and vendors. This permanent role offers a base salary up to £90,000 plus bonus and a car allowance; 4 days per week in West London and 1 day remote.

Qualifications

• Strong background in cloud architecture 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.

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.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps

IaC

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

CI/CD tools

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 £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.