Azure Cloud Architect

Guide the Azure architecture supporting an accountancy organisation’s business applications and financial information. The role combines system design with migration planning, governance and the ability to explain engineering trade-offs to business stakeholders.

Your responsibilities

• Design Azure solutions around business, security and operational requirements.
• Review existing environments and plan migration or modernisation work.
• Set networking, identity, access, backup and data-protection standards.
• Coordinate with IT, development and security teams on supportable solutions.
• Guide service selection, integration and infrastructure-as-code decisions.
• Assess reliability, performance and cloud costs and recommend changes.
• Maintain clear architecture records and technical standards.

Experience and skills

• At least seven years designing and delivering Azure cloud solutions.
• Strong Azure networking, identity, security and governance knowledge.
• Experience with cloud migration, disaster recovery and continuity planning.
• Familiarity with Terraform, Bicep or comparable infrastructure-as-code tooling.
• An understanding of protecting financial and other sensitive data.
• The ability to explain technical choices and balance reliability, cost, security and business needs.

Additional experience that would help

• Accountancy, finance or professional-services experience.
• Entra ID, Key Vault, Azure Monitor or Defender for Cloud.
• Azure architecture or security certifications.

Apply through Huwell Consultancy using vacancy reference HC-5621. Include experience relevant to this position and any questions you would like to discuss.