Senior Cloud Architect - Azure - Fixed Term Contact

Senior Cloud Architect - Azure

Location: UK (Remote with occasional client travel)

Salary - DOE - £75,000 - £95,000 + Benefits + Bonus

Please note: This is a FTC Contract until end of March 2026 with a view to extend further.

Our client is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Architect. You will work with modern cloud platforms to help organisations design, implement and evolve scalable digital solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with enterprise stakeholders to understand their challenges and advise on how cloud technologies can address strategic and operational needs.

• Lead technical workstreams and take ownership of delivering end-to-end solutions.

• Collaborate with commercial and account teams during early-stage conversations to help shape proposals and future engagements.

• Produce clear, high-quality architectural designs, implementation plans and supporting technical materials.

• Contribute to the improvement of internal standards, engineering practices, documentation templates and toolsets.

• Design and implement cloud environments and supporting services in line with customer objectives.

• Continue developing your technical expertise and professional skills through ongoing learning.

• Participate actively in team knowledge-sharing and community initiatives.

• Communicate technical concepts effectively to audiences with varying levels of expertise.

About You

• You have solid, hands-on experience working in roles centred around Microsoft Azure, including building environments, performing migrations, and implementing landing zone designs.

• You bring strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure, cloud migration approaches, and modern cloud-native architecture, with Azure as your primary platform.

• You have a proven history of designing and provisioning full Azure environments at scale.

• You are confident using Azure-focused Infrastructure as Code tools such as ARM templates, Bicep, or Terraform.

• You're motivated by understanding the wider business landscape and aligning technical decisions with the outcomes your clients aim to achieve.

• You have experience shaping large-scale Azure architectures and mapping out technology transformation plans.

• You are either already SC cleared or meet the eligibility criteria, which includes having lived in the UK for at least five years.

Apply now for further information and a confidential chat.