Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect x2 Manchester - 5 days a week onsite

£80,000 - £88K + 5% bonus

We are looking for a Cloud Architect with strong Azure expertise and a broad understanding of enterprise infrastructure. The role focuses on designing and overseeing the technology ecosystem that supports critical business applications, ensuring cloud services, databases, identity platforms, SaaS solutions, and end-user technologies work together securely, reliably, and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and oversee cloud and infrastructure architecture, primarily within Azure.


• Ensure enterprise applications are supported by scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions.


• Assess the impact of technology changes across the wider infrastructure estate.


• Provide architectural guidance across cloud, identity, databases, SaaS, and end-user computing environments.


• Collaborate with technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to drive technology decisions.


• Support infrastructure transformation and cloud adoption initiatives.

Skills

• Azure Cloud Architecture experience.


• Broad infrastructure knowledge across networking, databases, identity, and SaaS platforms.


• Understanding of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and modern workplace technologies.


• Strong architecture, solution design, and problem-solving skills.


• Ability to understand complex technology ecosystems and dependencies.


• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.