Azure Solutions Architect

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Location: Must be based in the UK.
• Architectural Excellence: A proven "architect mindset" with experience creating technical designs that meet stringent enterprise quality standards.
• Sharegate Expertise: Deep hands-on experience using Sharegate for large-scale SharePoint migrations, specifically for extracting data and metadata into file-based archival systems.
• Azure Networking & Security: Expertise in Private Endpoints, secure tunnels, and data encryption at rest and in transit.
• High-Volume Migration: Experience managing large-scale data moves (multiple terabytes) under tight time constraints.
• IaC Skills: Proficiency in Terraform for Azure infrastructure automation.

Critical Success Factors

• Speed of Delivery: The ability to move from requirement gathering to a proposed solution within days to meet the mid-July decommissioning of SharePoint 2019.
• Security Approval: Designing a solution that is "IRR-ready" to bypass the need for unsecure interim platforms.