Technical Architect

Adecco Portugal; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Adecco Portugal is seeking a seasoned Solution Architect in Belfast to shape enterprise infrastructure and cloud transformation. The role is hybrid with 2 days onsite weekly, initially 6 months, offering up to £680 inside IR35 via umbrella.

Design, workshop and document end-to-end infrastructure solutions for large-scale customers, driving security, resilience and modernization across cloud and on‑premises environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or similar role.
• Experience designing and selling complex infrastructure solutions.
• Strong expertise across Azure, Microsoft 365, VMware/vSAN and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience with hybrid cloud and hosting solutions.
• Experience with infrastructure transformation and modernisation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer-facing communication skills.
• Experience producing high and low-level design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end infrastructure and cloud solutions for enterprise customers.
• Lead technical workshops and translate business requirements into scalable solutions.
• Produce high-quality architecture and design documentation.
• Support customer engagements, bids and solution presentations.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, delivery and project teams.
• Ensure solutions are secure, resilient and scalable.
• Drive infrastructure modernisation and cloud adoption initiatives.

Skills

Azure

Microsoft 365

VMware/vSAN

Cloud-native platforms

Hybrid cloud

Infrastructure transformation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Hybrid cloud hosting

Job description

Solution Architect

Belfast | Hybrid Working Available - 2 days onsite per week

6 month initially contract | Up to £680 inside IR35 via umbrella

Shape the Future of Enterprise Infrastructure

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Solution Architect to join a leading technology team delivering complex infrastructure and cloud transformation solutions for enterprise-scale customers.

We're looking for a commercially minded architect who can engage with customers, understand business challenges, and design innovative solutions across cloud, infrastructure and security environments. You'll play a key role in both solution design and customer engagement, helping organisations modernise their IT estates and accelerate digital transformation.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing end-to-end infrastructure and cloud solutions for enterprise customers.
• Leading technical workshops and translating business requirements into scalable solutions.
• Producing high-quality architecture and design documentation.
• Supporting customer engagements, bids and solution presentations.
• Providing technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborating with engineering, security, delivery and project teams.
• Ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, scalable and aligned to best practice.
• Driving infrastructure modernisation and cloud adoption initiatives.

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Infrastructure Architect or similar role.
• Experience designing and selling complex infrastructure solutions.
• Strong expertise across:
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft 365
  • VMware / vSAN
  • Cloud-native platforms
  • Hybrid cloud and hosting solutions
  • Infrastructure transformation and modernisation programmes
• Strong stakeholder management and customer-facing communication skills.
• Experience producing high and low-level design documentation.

Desirable Experience

• Cyber Security
• Zero Trust
• Microsoft Sentinel
• SOAR
• Microsoft Defender
• Privileged Access Management (PAM)
• Vulnerability Management
• Attack Surface Management
• IT/OT Security IntegrationInfrastructure & Databases
• Knowledge of SQL and Oracle databases.
• Experience with Oracle Database Appliance (ODA).
• Knowledge of KVM and other hypervisor technologies.

Why Apply?

• Work on large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.
• Exposure to leading cloud, infrastructure and cyber security technologies.
• Opportunity to shape solution strategy and architecture decisions.
• Collaborative and innovative working environment.
• Strong opportunities for professional development and career progression.