Azure Infra Architect

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 Zones

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Terraform
• Bicep
• PowerShell
• PowerShell Runbooks
• Azure Automation

DevOps & Platform Engineering

• CI/CD Pipelines
• Environment Management
• Infrastructure Governance
• Cloud Platform Operations

Integration & Security

• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Enterprise Integration / iPaaS
• Azure Security & Governance
• Cloud Compliance Frameworks