Senior Cloud Architect - Azure

Overview

Joining our Cloud Platforms team, you will operate in a technical role, working predominately with Microsoft Azure to help our clients create agile, scalable and cutting edge technology solutions. You’ll need deep familiarity with the Cloud Adoption Framework, Well‑Architected Framework, architectural patterns and best practices to help our customers navigate complexity and accelerate their digital transformation.

• Lead discussions with enterprise customers on the use of cloud computing to solve complex business problems.
• Lead customer engagements and take accountability for all aspects of technical delivery.
• Support the commercial team in pre‑sales activities to help secure future business.
• Execute technical customer engagements, produce high quality design and implementation documentation.
• Help develop standards for documentation, tooling, technology choices, Dev Ops etc.
• Design and build cloud solutions to achieve the customer’s objectives.
• Invest in continuous development of technical capabilities, knowledge and soft skills.
• Be actively involved in contributing to our team community.
• Communicate complex topics to technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Hands on technical experience in an Azure focused role with demonstrable experience of Azure build, migrations and landing zone projects.
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure, cloud migrations and modern cloud native application design – primarily in Azure.
• Track record of building / provisioning large and complete Azure cloud environments.
• Experience in Azure Infrastructure as Code with ARM / Bicep / Terraform.
• Interested in understanding the wider business context of a client and how technology can enable their required outcomes.
• Experience in designing enterprise‑scale cloud solutions and roadmaps of technology change.
• Candidates will need to be SC Cleared or eligible for SC Clearance – which requires them to be UK resident for 5+ years.

Your arsenal of technical skills should include some of the following:

• Azure Compute (VMs, VMSS, App Service, Azure Functions, AKS etc.)
• Azure Networking (Express Route, Virtual Network, ASG / NSG, Front Door, Azure Firewall, DNS, UDR, traffic manager)
• Azure Management & Governance (Policy, Management Groups, RBAC, Bastion, Automation, Backup, ASR, Azure Monitor, Defender)
• Azure Storage (Blob, Disks, Files)
• Azure Migrations (Azure Migrate, 3rd Party tools)
• Azure Pipelines, Azure Dev Ops and Git Hub

People are the most important aspect of our business, so adding the right people to the team and helping them grow is critical. This is why we’ve invested in a people‑focused team to look after the entire employee experience.

With an impressive portfolio of customers in both the public and private sectors, we have a variety of exciting projects to be involved in. As a technology agnostic organisation, you’ll gain exposure to the world’s leading and latest technology.

• Training – All team members are offered a number of options in terms of personal development, whether it is technical led, business acumen or methodologies. We want you to grow with us and to help us achieve more.
• Private medical cover for you and your spouse/partner, offered via Vitality.
• Discretionary bonus based on a blend of personal and company performance.
• Holiday – You will receive 25 Days holiday, plus 1 day for Birthday and 1 day for your work anniversary in addition to UK bank holidays.
• Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice.
• Contributed Pension Scheme.
• Death in service cover.
• Hybrid Working – UBDS offers a flexible working environment to help enable you to operate at your maximum regardless of your location. With offices in London & Manchester we offer a culture that is focussed on outcomes and giving you a work‑life balance but at the same time creating and driving a culture of inclusivity and togetherness.

UBDS was born out of a vision to build lasting relationships by delivering digital transformation solutions with unrivalled speed and efficiency. We have taken complex organisations to the frontier of innovation, transforming enterprise…