About the role

Senior Cloud Architect specializing in Azure, leading technical delivery and customer engagements for cloud solutions. Collaborating with clients to enhance digital transformation initiatives with cutting edge technology.

Responsibilities

Lead discussions with enterprise customers on the use of cloud computing to solve complex business problems.
Lead customer engagements and take accountability for all aspects of technical delivery
Support the commercial team in pre-sales activities to help secure future business.
Execute technical customer engagements, produce high quality design and implementation documentation.
Help develop standards for documentation, tooling, technology choices, DevOps etc
Design and build cloud solutions to achieve the customer's objectives.
Invest in continuous development of technical capabilities, knowledge and soft skills.
Be actively involved in contributing to our team community.
Communicate complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences.

Hands on technical experience in an Azure focused role with demonstrable experience of Azure build, migrations and landing zone projects.
Expertise in cloud infrastructure, cloud migrations and modern cloud native application design – primarily in Azure.
Track record of building / provisioning large and complete Azure cloud environments.
Experience in Azure Infrastructure as Code with ARM / Bicep / Terraform.
Interested in understanding the wider business context of a client and how technology can enable their required outcomes.
Experience in designing enterprise scale cloud solutions and roadmaps of technology change.
Candidates will need to be SC Cleared or eligible for SC Clearance - which requires them to be UK resident for 5 + years.
Your arsenal of technical skills should include some of the following
Azure Compute (VMs, VMSS, App Service, Azure Functions, AKS etc)
Azure Networking (Express Route, Virtual Network, ASG / NSG, Front Door, Azure Firewall DNS, UDR, traffic manager)
Azure Management & Governance (Policy, Management Groups, RBAC, Bastion, Automation, Backup, ASR, Azure Monitor, Defender)
Azure Storage (Blob, Disks, Files)
Azure Migrations (Azure Migrate, 3rd Party tools**)
Azure Pipelines, Azure DevOps and GitHub

Training – All team members are offered a number of options in terms of personal development, whether it is technical led, business acumen or methodologies. We want you to grow with us and to help us achieve more
Private medical cover for you and your spouse/partner, offered via Vitality
Discretionary bonus based on a blend of personal and company performance
Holiday – You will receive 25 Days holiday, plus 1 day for Birthday and 1 day for your work anniversary in addition to UK bank holidays
Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice
Contributed Pension Scheme
Death in service cover
Hybrid Working - UBDS offers a flexible working environment to help enable you to operate at your maximum regardless of your location. With offices in London & Manchester we offer a culture that is focussed on outcomes and giving you a work life balance but at that same time creating and driving a culture of inclusivity and togetherness