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- Enterprise-wide impact - be a key figure in shaping cloud and infrastructure strategy across multiple business streams.
- Cloud-first approach - lead Azure-based infrastructure transformation and optimise scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Data-intensive focus - architect solutions to handle millions of records efficiently, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Cross-functional collaboration - work closely with business architects, application architects, and data specialists to align infrastructure with organisational goals.
- Designing scalable, secure, and high-performing infrastructure that supports large-scale data processing.
- Defining the hosting strategy - guiding decisions on SaaS, on-prem, and hybrid cloud solutions.
- Collaborating with third-parties to ensure robust, secure infrastructure governance.
- Optimising infrastructure costs - working towards a single Azure tenancy and minimising data movement expenses.
- Ensuring compliance with security standards and managing infrastructure governance documentation.
- Leading disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
- Influencing architecture strategy - contributing to technical review boards and questioning key infrastructure decisions.
- 3+ years experience working within Architectural setting
- Strong Infrastructure Architecture experience, ideally within a data-heavy or regulated environment (e.g. finance, utilities, insurance).
- Azure expertise - experience designing cloud solutions for high-availability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Knowledge of TOGAF (certification is a plus, but not essential) - ability to apply enterprise architecture principles in practice.
- Experience working with third-party service providers, ensuring security and governance standards are met.
- Strong ability to challenge technical decisions, create strategic roadmaps, and influence stakeholders.
- Understanding of identity management, single sign-on, and infrastructure governance.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) is desirable.
- £55,000 - £60,000 salary, depending on experience
- Up to 12% pension contribution
- Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) & health cashback plan
- Enhanced annual leave (28 days + bank holidays, plus buy/sell options)
- Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Discretionary bonus up to 10%
- Flexible hybrid working –1 day per week in Solihull
