Your role and responsibilities
Currently, we are looking for a Lead Azure Architect for our team in the UK.
* Participating in various customer projects, from new infrastructure builds and migrations to audits and big data
* Implementing configuration management infrastructure
* Coaching and leading the small Azure team of architects and engineers, leading delivery engagements, and supporting presales and sales architecture
* People line management such as appraisals, holiday approval, allocating work resources, day to day people management
* Trusted advisor for high-profile enterprise businesses, jointly managing the customer relationship and roadmap with the Nordcloud Sales team
* Handling various hats to follow customer projects from start to release
* Preparedness to travel in the UK and other European locations as required
Required education
None
Required technical and professional expertise
* Hands‑on experience with Cloud Architecture Design and/or Cloud Architectural Patterns for Development
* Experience leading other Cloud Architects and leading delivery engagements
* Advanced knowledge of Azure (other cloud provider is a plus)
* Solid engineering/technical background and hands‑on experience with conceptualizing, strategizing, and architecting cloud solutions
* Windows and/or Linux sys‑op background
* Previous experience in the design and delivery of systems based on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings, as well as exposure to different architecture models
* DevOps skills for leading the team and consulting the customer
* Experience with building CI/CD pipelines
* Knowledge of security, network, virtualization, load balancer, storage, and database
* Container technologies experience (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift)
* Hands‑on experience with IaC for managing the cloud
* Coding/scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell, or similar)
* Active customer consultant and pre‑sales attitude are a must
* Fluent communication skills in English
Job details
Job ID: 118041
Location: London, City of London, United Kingdom
Work arrangement: Hybrid
Area of work: Software Engineering
Employment type: Regular
Position type: Professional
Workload: Up to 40% or 2 days a week (home on weekends – based on project requirements)
Company: IBM
Shift: General (daytime)
IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
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