Senior Azure Solutions Architect - Secure Cloud Defense

Atreides; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental, vision &

Pension plan

Flexible hybrid work environment

Flexible hours & vacation

Job summary

Atreides recruits a Senior Solutions Architect to lead secure, scalable Azure environments supporting defence platforms. You will guide a team of architects and engineers, set priorities and ensure high-quality delivery.

You’ll act as the technical authority for new capabilities in production and align work with strict security and performance requirements. You will collaborate with global colleagues to shape mission-focused cloud strategies, mentoring staff and driving best practices across

Qualifications

• Experience leading cloud architecture teams on large Azure programmes.
• Strong knowledge of Azure architecture, landing zone design and security.
• Solid understanding of networking and secure-by-design principles.
• Experience with IaC and modern DevOps toolchains (Terraform/Bicep, GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with container orchestration (AKS/Kubernetes).
• Experience supporting defence/government customers in secure environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team of architects and engineers.
• Set technical direction for Azure landing zones and related services.
• Chair design reviews and present options analyses to stakeholders.
• Design secure, scalable Azure solutions and modular topologies.
• Deploy and manage IaC and CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead adoption of emerging capabilities into estates.
• Monitor performance, capacity and cost across cloud workloads.
• Coordinate with defence partners and suppliers; ensure security compliance.
• Document standards, patterns and runbooks for audit readiness.

Skills

Azure

Team leadership

DevOps

IaC

Security mindset

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Job description

Atreides recruits a Senior Solutions Architect to lead secure, scalable Azure environments supporting defence platforms. You will guide a team of architects and engineers, set priorities and ensure high-quality delivery.

You’ll act as the technical authority for new capabilities in production and align work with strict security and performance requirements. You will collaborate with global colleagues to shape mission-focused cloud strategies, mentoring staff and driving best practices across