About Ekco
🚀 Founded in 2016, Ekco has quickly become one of Europe’s fastest-growing cloud solution providers and your trusted security-first Managed Service Provider.
IT leaders choose Ekco to drive operational efficiency, scale smarter and stay ahead of risk – powered by local expertise, delivered at European scale.
We specialise in helping organisations advance their cloud maturity guiding transformation, strengthening security, and maximising the value of their technology investments.
☁️ In simple terms: we help organisations modernise with confidence securing their systems, optimising their cloud, and keeping them resilient in a rapidly changing world.
🌍 Today, we’re a thriving team of 1,000+ talented and supportive colleagues across the UK, Ireland, Benelux, South Africa, and Malaysia—and we’re continuing to grow.
At Ekco, how we work matters as much as what we deliver. Our people live by four core values that shape everything we do:
* On It: We take ownership, follow through, and get things done.
* All In : We collaborate, support each other, and commit fully to shared goals.
* Connected: We build trusted relationships with colleagues, clients, and partners.
* Hungry to Grow: We stay curious, keep learning, and push ourselves to the next level.
🏠If these values resonate with you, you’ll feel right at home here.
Role
As a Technical Architect, you are a member of the UK Architecture team, reporting to the Chief Architect. This is a highly strategic and impactful role within Ekco that bridges the gap between conceptual design and hands-on execution.
You will act as a designer of Ekco UK's standardised Reference Architectures while serving as a technical leader for Technical Design Authority and Technical Standards. Your role is also critical in the delivery of strategic transformation projects selected by the Senior Leadership Team to deliver significant business value.
Responsibilities
Technical Architecture & Governance
The team is responsible for the technical architecture of our products.
* Reference Architecture Creation: Design, document, and maintain the definitive master technical blueprints for all products and services in the Ekco UK portfolio.
* Technical Design Authority: Act as the final approval gate for all new technical architectures, ensuring they are supportable, scalable, secure, and aligned with our long-term technical strategy.
* Technology Standards & Selection: Define, and in conjunction with Service Delivery, govern the core technologies and components that form our standardised building blocks.
Transformation Project Delivery
The team assists the Ekco UK business by delivering projects in the following areas:
* Datacenter Consolidation: Assist the Group Platform Team with the architecture, planning and execution of datacenter migration projects.
* Hypervisor Migration: Assist the Group Platform Team with the architecture, planning and execution of VMware to Hyper-V migration projects.
* Public Cloud Migration: Assist the Professional Services teams with the architecture, planning and execution of private cloud to Azure migration projects.
* Internal M365 Tenant Migration: Assist the Group Internal Support team with the architecture, planning and execution of migrations of Ekco acquisitions into the primary Ekco Microsoft 365 tenant.
Requirements
* Extensive MSP Experience: Deep understanding of the Managed Service Provider model, multi-tenant architectures, and the commercial impact of technical design decisions.
* Architectural Mindset: Proven ability to transition from reactive problem-solving to proactive architectural design. Experience creating high-level and low-level design documentation (HLD/LLD).
* Cloud & Virtualisation: Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, AVD, Azure Arc), Hyper-V, and legacy hypervisors/VDI (VMware, Citrix).
* Platform Migration: Track record of executing complex datacenter migrations, cloud adoptions, or integrating IT systems following company acquisitions.
* Automation: Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Terraform).
* Communication & Leadership: Exceptional ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and to provide clear, authoritative guidance to operational engineering teams.
Benefits / Perks
• ☀️ Time Off: 25 days annual leave + public holidays
• 🎂 Birthday Leave: One extra day off to celebrate
• 💰 Company Pension Scheme
• 📞 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for wellbeing support
• 🏃♀️ EkcOlympics: Global team activity challenges
• 📚 Unlimited access to Pluralsight for continuous development
• 🌱 Real opportunities to grow, including international progression
Why Ekco
• ⭐️ Microsoft’s 2023 Rising Star Security Partner of the Year
• 🚀 First Irish Microsoft MSP to achieve all four Microsoft Security Specializations
• 🏅 Ranked 4th fastest-growing technology company in the Deloitte Fast50 Awards
• 🌈 A culture rooted in diversity, equality, inclusion & belonging
• 🎉 A commitment to internal mobility and career progression
• ✨ Flexible, family-friendly working at the heart of our culture
• 🔐 Proud to be your trusted security-first Managed Service Provider chosen by IT leaders to drive operational efficiency, scale smarter and stay ahead of risk.