Technical Lead – Azure Cloud Infrastructure

Ventula Consulting Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Job summary

Ventula Consulting Ltd. is seeking a Technical Lead – Azure Cloud Infrastructure to define and drive cloud and infrastructure strategy.

You will design new cloud architecture, moving on-prem infrastructure to Azure, and lead migrations while enforcing governance and security standards. The role requires experience in cloud architecture (Azure/AWS/GCP), IaC, and DevOps, with a capacity to influence senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in cloud architecture for large-scale environments.
• Experience leading cloud transformation and migration programmes.
• Expertise with IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible or CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver cloud and infrastructure strategy, architecture, and engineering standards.
• Design scalable, secure cloud solutions and lead cloud migration initiatives.
• Establish governance, security, and compliance frameworks (e.g. IAM, encryption, risk management).
• Drive adoption of cloud-first and serverless approaches using modern PaaS and DevOps tooling.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to optimise performance, cost, and innovation.
• Own and maintain the cloud and network technology roadmap.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Cloud migrations

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud security

DevOps

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Technical Lead – Azure Cloud Infrastructure

Global entertainment & hospitality provider now requires a Technical Lead - Azure Cloud to define and drive their cloud and infrastructure strategy.

This role will design new a new cloud architecture strategy, moving our clients on prem infrastructure to an Azure cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver cloud and infrastructure strategy, architecture, and engineering standards.
• Design scalable, secure cloud solutions and lead cloud migration initiatives
• Establish governance, security, and compliance frameworks (e.g. IAM, encryption, risk management).
• Drive adoption of cloud-first and serverless approaches using modern PaaS and DevOps tooling.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to optimise performance, cost, and innovation.
• Own and maintain the cloud and network technology roadmap.

Experience Required

• Strong background in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in large-scale environments.
• Proven experience leading cloud transformation and migration programmes.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and compliance standards (e.g. GDPR, ISO).
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and agile delivery frameworks.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and influence senior stakeholders.

This is a permanent opportunity which provides a base salary of up to £90,000 + bonus + car allowance and package.

In terms of working structure, this role requires 4 days per week in West London and 1 day remote.

Wonderful opportunity to work for one of the UK’s leading entertainment and hospitality companies.