Senior Technical Architect: Cloud, Security & Scalability

Astuco Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Astuco Ltd is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to translate complex requirements into secure, scalable architectures. You will guide engineers, build prototypes, and drive proof‑of‑concepts to ensure robust solutions aligned with client goals.

The role requires deep infrastructure knowledge, strong communication of architectural decisions, and the ability to lead cross‑functional teams in a fast‑moving environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing enterprise-scale architectures.
• Strong background across Windows, Linux and cloud platforms.
• Hands-on VMware expertise and modern virtualization practices.
• Ability to lead, mentor and communicate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end architectures across cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem environments.
• Collaborate with other architects to meet functional and non‑functional needs.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers and technicians.
• Define standards, roadmaps, and best practices for delivery teams.
• Support the full IT lifecycle including planning, deployment, and ops.
• Create prototypes, demos, and PoCs to validate approaches.
• Participate in estimation, planning, and risk management.
• Produce high‑level and low‑level designs for coherence and quality.
• Identify gaps and recommend improvements aligned with Agile processes.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and document technical decisions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural design

Security mindset

Tools

VMware vSphere/vSAN/NSX

Windows Server & AD

Linux administration

Kubernetes

CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab)

Job description

Astuco Ltd is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to translate complex requirements into secure, scalable architectures. You will guide engineers, build prototypes, and drive proof‑of‑concepts to ensure robust solutions aligned with client goals.

The role requires deep infrastructure knowledge, strong communication of architectural decisions, and the ability to lead cross‑functional teams in a fast‑moving environment.