Senior Azure Architect & Delivery Lead (Remote UK)

Colibri Digital; Greater London; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Sacrifice Pension plan

Remote-first within the UK

25 days annual leave plus birthday

Private Medical Insurance

Job summary

Colibri Digital is seeking a senior Azure architect to lead design, build and delivery on our most complex Azure engagements. You will stay hands-on and billable while owning the Azure capability, including standards, presales support and growth of the team.

This is a remote-first, UK-based role with travel to client sites and Colibri offices in central London; you will act as technical authority without line management responsibility, shaping the Microsoft practice from an early stage.

Qualifications

• Senior technical authority on Azure engagements able to influence technical and commercial decisions.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification or equivalent with security/networking/landing zones focus.
• Direct experience in presales, solutioning, estimating and contributing to SOWs.
• Track record growing a technical capability's standards and reputation without formal line management.
• Existing relationships with the Microsoft partner ecosystem.
• Excellent stakeholder, communication and technical-writing skills for senior client/partner interactions.

Responsibilities

• Client delivery: lead design, build and implementation on complex Azure engagements with senior technical leadership.
• Technical quality: architecture decisions, security baselines, design/build docs, QA, and escalation point.
• Azure technical standards: architecture principles and tooling choices grounded in current delivery.
• Presales and commercial input: scoping, estimating, solutioning and SOW contributions.
• The Microsoft partnership: competencies, specialisations and co-sell relationships.
• Capability growth: mentoring and input into recruitment for the Azure team.

Skills

Senior technical authority

Azure Engagements

Presales & Proposals

Capability standards growth

Microsoft partner ecosystem

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Colibri Digital is seeking a senior Azure architect to lead design, build and delivery on our most complex Azure engagements. You will stay hands-on and billable while owning the Azure capability, including standards, presales support and growth of the team.

This is a remote-first, UK-based role with travel to client sites and Colibri offices in central London; you will act as technical authority without line management responsibility, shaping the Microsoft practice from an early stage.