We are seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to contribute to the design and delivery of secure, scalable and resilient Microsoft Azure environments underpinning critical Defence-oriented platforms. In this senior role you will steer architectural decision-making, help mentor others in the engineering team and act as the technical authority when integrating novel capabilities into production systems.
Requirements
- Own the technical vision for Azure Landing Zones and related services
- Design secure, performant Azure solutions and plan modular Landing Zone topologies
- Deploy and manage infrastructure using code (Bicep, Terraform or Pulumi)
- Direct implementation of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD)
- Lead integration of emerging capabilities into legacy or hybrid estates
- Coach and develop a high-performing engineering team
- Drive operational excellence through monitoring, capacity planning and cost control across cloud workloads
- Collaborate with Defence partners, third-party vendors and internal teams
- Maintain architecture standards, patterns and run-books
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Equity participation in a growing defence-tech company
- Pension contribution
- Private health, dental and vision insurance
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- Annual professional development budget
- Regular team off-sites and travel opportunities