Azure Cloud Architect

Company: Stride Recruitment
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Location: City of Edinburgh
Job Description:

This range is provided by Stride Recruitment. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Stride are excited to be supporting a leading consultancy growing their Cloud Architecture practice. We are looking for several Azure focused Cloud Architects who can help shape our clients customer journey.

About the Role – The roles play a critical role in designing and implementing cloud infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Azure, Terraform, DevOps practices, and experience with application and WVD migrations. Design and Architecture: Develop and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure cloud infrastructure on Azure for clients.

Responsibilities

  1. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Use Terraform to automate the provisioning and management of cloud resources.
  2. DevOps Practices: Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to streamline deployments and ensure high-quality releases.
  3. Application Migration: Plan and execute the migration of on-premises applications to Azure, ensuring minimal downtime and data integrity.
  4. WVD Migration: Lead the migration of Windows Virtual Desktop environments to Azure, optimizing performance and user experience.
  5. Monitoring and Optimization: Monitor infrastructure performance, optimize resource usage, and ensure cost-efficiency.
  6. Security and Compliance: Ensure that all cloud solutions comply with security policies and industry standards.
  7. Collaboration: Work closely with client development, operations, and security teams to integrate infrastructure solutions.

Required Skills

  1. Experience: 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure architecture, with a focus on Azure.
  2. Terraform: Proficiency in using Terraform for IaC, including writing and managing Terraform scripts.
  3. Azure DevOps: Strong experience with Azure DevOps, including pipelines, repositories, and artifacts.
  4. Application Migration: Proven experience in migrating applications to Azure.
  5. WVD Migration: Experience in migrating and managing Windows Virtual Desktop environments.
  6. Scripting: Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
  7. Networking: Solid understanding of networking concepts and Azure networking services.
  8. Security: Knowledge of Azure security best practices and tools.
  9. Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  10. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Skills

  1. Certifications: Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.
  2. Experience: Previous experience in a similar role within a consulting environment.

Pay range and compensation package – £90,000 + package – excellent benefits

Please reach out to Ali from Stride Recruitment for further details or apply now for immediate consideration.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Consulting

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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Posted: April 9th, 2025