Job Description
Technical Architect - on site
Active SC or DV Clearance Required
On-site 5 Days per Week (Travel/Accommodation supported through Methods)
Salary up to £88,000 + Benefits
Methods is supporting a client operating within a highly secure environment who is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to join a team delivering enterprise-scale infrastructure and cloud solutions.
This role would suit a technically strong architect with broad enterprise IT experience and deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, capable of bringing together multiple technology domains into a coherent end-to-end architecture.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build and support enterprise-scale Azure environments, including landing zones, governance and security controls.
* Architect hybrid cloud solutions spanning Azure and on-premises infrastructure.
* Lead technical workshops with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements and define solutions.
* Design Azure networking solutions including hub-and-spoke architectures, ExpressRoute, VPNs and network security.
* Design and support containerised workloads using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
* Create high and low-level technical designs (HLDs/LLDs) and guide engineering teams through implementation.
* Review customer environments against Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF) best practices.
* Provide architectural guidance across identity, networking, storage, data platforms and cloud governance.
* Support the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevSecOps and GitOps delivery methodologies.
Essential Experience
* Proven experience as a Technical Architect, Cloud Architect, Infrastructure Architect or Platform Architect.
* Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure.
* Strong understanding of Azure landing zones, governance and cloud security.
* Experience designing and supporting hybrid cloud environments.
* Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, ideally Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
* Experience with Microsoft Entra ID/Active Directory.
* Knowledge of Azure networking including virtual networks, ExpressRoute, VPN and network security.
* Experience producing technical design documentation including HLDs and LLDs.
* Strong stakeholder engagement and customer-facing consultancy experience.
Desirable Experience
* Terraform or Bicep.
* VMware Cloud Foundation.
* DevSecOps, GitOps and CI/CD delivery practices.
* Experience working within government, defence or secure environments.
Clearance Requirements
Candidates must hold active SC or DV clearance due to the nature of the work.