Quick overview
Job description
Cloud Architect x2 Manchester - 5 days a week onsite
£80,000 - £88K + 5% bonus
We are looking for a Cloud Architect with strong Azure expertise and a broad understanding of enterprise infrastructure. The role focuses on designing and overseeing the technology ecosystem that supports critical business applications, ensuring cloud services, databases, identity platforms, SaaS solutions, and end-user technologies work together securely, reliably, and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and oversee cloud and infrastructure architecture, primarily within Azure.
- Ensure enterprise applications are supported by scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions.
- Assess the impact of technology changes across the wider infrastructure estate.
- Provide architectural guidance across cloud, identity, databases, SaaS, and end-user computing environments.
- Collaborate with technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to drive technology decisions.
- Support infrastructure transformation and cloud adoption initiatives.
Skills
- Azure Cloud Architecture experience.
- Broad infrastructure knowledge across networking, databases, identity, and SaaS platforms.
- Understanding of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and modern workplace technologies.
- Strong architecture, solution design, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to understand complex technology ecosystems and dependencies.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
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