Azure Infrastructure Architect
Rate: Up to £495 per day
Duration: 3-6 Months
Location: London (Remote-first with occasional onsite visits)
Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance Essential
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Azure Infrastructure Architect to support a major cloud transformation programme. This role will focus on the design, governance, and delivery of enterprise-scale Azure infrastructure solutions, with particular emphasis on Azure Arc, hybrid cloud environments, automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
The successful candidate will provide architectural leadership across multiple Azure environments, ensuring consistency and alignment from development and testing through to pre-production and live production environments. Working closely with the Identity Lead Architect and Azure delivery teams, you will play a key role in shaping a secure, scalable, and automated cloud platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and design of Azure infrastructure solutions across complex enterprise environments.
- Define and drive Azure transformation strategies, ensuring alignment with business and technical objectives.
- Design and implement hybrid cloud solutions leveraging Azure Arc and modern hybrid worker capabilities.
- Establish and govern Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) deployment frameworks using Terraform and Bicep.
- Design, oversee, and optimise CI/CD pipelines supporting infrastructure and platform deployments.
- Ensure consistency and governance across development, test, pre-production, and production Azure tenants.
- Provide architectural oversight for cloud platform standards, security controls, and operational processes.
- Collaborate with Identity, Integration, and Infrastructure teams to align Azure services with broader enterprise architecture.
- Support the integration of iPaaS and identity technologies within the Azure ecosystem.
- Deliver technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Create and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and best practices.
- Support troubleshooting, optimisation, and continuous improvement initiatives across Azure environments.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience operating as an Azure Infrastructure Architect within large-scale enterprise environments.
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud architecture and transformation programmes.
- Hands-on experience with Azure Arc and hybrid cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of Azure infrastructure design, governance, and operational best practices.
- Experience designing and managing infrastructure deployment frameworks using:
- Terraform
- Bicep
- Demonstrated ability to design and steer enterprise CI/CD pipeline strategies.
- Experience managing and governing multiple Azure tenants across different environments.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, identity integration, and platform governance.
- Experience aligning Azure infrastructure with identity and integration platforms (iPaaS).
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Technical Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure Arc
- Hybrid Cloud Architecture
- Hybrid Worker Solutions
- Azure Landing ZonesInfrastructure as Code & Automation
Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, PowerShell Runbooks, Azure AutomationDevOps & Platform Engineering
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Environment Management
- Infrastructure Governance
- Cloud Platform OperationsIntegration & Security
Identity and Access Management (IAM), Enterprise Integration / iPaaS, Azure Security & Governance, Cloud Compliance Frameworks
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Enterprise Integration / iPaaS
- Azure Security & Governance
- Cloud Compliance Frameworks
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