IBM
Senior Azure Cloud Architect

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Introduction
At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.
You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.
We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.
We Offer
- Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
- More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.
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Your Role And Responsibilities
The postholder designs, builds, and operates the Azure cloud platform and hybrid on‑premises infrastructure supporting 2 production healthcare systems:
- Screening — Django web application on Azure Container Apps
- Screening Gateway — on‑premises Python DICOM gateway deployed across 70+ sites via Azure Relay Hybrid Connections
Owning end‑to‑end solution design (networking, security, identity, compute, storage, observability), delivering all IaC, maintaining CI/CD, and producing operational and governance documentation.
- Aligning role with Microsoft Support and Customer Success, acting as the single point of contact for escalations, architecture reviews, and proactive service improvements.
- Communicating design-and-build inputs and improvements effectively to Microsoft Teams.
Overseeing technical excellence within the engineering team by identifying gaps and ensuring quality, while maintaining clear communication with senior clients and internal stakeholders regarding technical progress and issues.
Preferred Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- Hands-on experience with Cloud Architecture Design and/or Cloud Architectural Patterns for Development
- Experience leading other Cloud Architects and leading delivery engagements
- Advanced knowledge of Azure (other cloud provider is a plus)
- Solid engineering/technical background/hands-on experience with conceptualizing, strategizing, and architecting cloud solutions.
- Windows and/or Linux sys op background
- Previous experience in the design and delivery of systems based on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings, as well as exposure to different architecture models
- DevOps skills for leading the team and consulting the customer
- Experience with building CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of security, network, virtualization, load balancer, storage, and database
- Container technologies experience (e.g. Kubernetes, OpenShift)
- Hands-on experience with IaC for managing the cloud
- Coding/scripting skills (Bash, Python, Powershell, or similar)
- Active customer consultant and pre-sales attitude are a must
- Fluent communication skills in English


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