Senior Azure Solutions Architect

OneAdvanced; Park Central; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension with 5% matched

Life assurance

Dental insurance

Gym membership

Job summary

OneAdvanced in the United Kingdom is seeking an Azure Solution Consultant to design, assure, and deliver Azure solutions that align to customer outcomes and long‑term operational supportability. You will work closely with pre‑sales, delivery consultants, and operational teams as a trusted technical authority.

The role focuses on secure, scalable Azure architectures, migration of IaaS workloads, governance, security, and cost optimisation, with responsibility for clear technical design

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering Azure solutions in consultancy, managed service, or enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure IaaS and core platform services.
• Experience migrating workloads into Azure using structured, low-risk approaches.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, and security principles.
• Experience designing solutions aligned to operational support models.
• Working knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Commercial awareness, including Azure cost management and optimisation considerations.
• A proactive, detail-oriented, and collaborative approach.
• Ability to take ownership of opportunities and lead technical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted Azure technical advisor to customers, providing architectural leadership across design, delivery, and operational transition.
• Support pre-sales engagements, contributing to solution architecture, technical assurance, and scoping of Azure opportunities.
• Work with customers from initial concept and business case, through detailed architecture, delivery, and handover into managed service operations.
• Design secure, scalable, and cost-optimised Azure architectures aligned to best practice, operational standards, and the customer’s IT strategy.
• Lead and support the migration of customer IaaS environments to Microsoft Azure.
• Oversee and contribute to the deployment of Azure solutions, working closely with delivery and operational teams.
• Collaborate with operational teams to ensure cloud environments are supportable, resilient, and well documented.
• Act as an escalation resource for complex Azure incidents and architectural challenges.
• Champion cloud governance, security, and cost optimisation, providing pragmatic guidance to customers.
• Produce clear, structured technical design documentation and support service handover activities.
• Act as an ambassador for the business, building trust and long‑term customer relationships.

Skills

Azure Architecture

Pre-sales support

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Security principles

Customer facing

Networking

Cost optimisation

Tools

Azure IaaS

Azure core services

Job description

OneAdvanced in the United Kingdom is seeking an Azure Solution Consultant to design, assure, and deliver Azure solutions that align to customer outcomes and long‑term operational supportability. You will work closely with pre‑sales, delivery consultants, and operational teams as a trusted technical authority.

The role focuses on secure, scalable Azure architectures, migration of IaaS workloads, governance, security, and cost optimisation, with responsibility for clear technical design