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Solution Architect - Azure - Specialty Insurance - Hybrid - Outside IR35
Outside IR35 | 6-Month Initial Contract | Hybrid / Remote UK
Solution Architect urgently sought by leading Specialty Insurance Client.
We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to join a cloud transformation programme for an initial 6-month contract engagement.
This opportunity would suit an architect with a strong background in Azure platform architecture, cloud migration strategy, landing zone design, governance, security, and enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.
You will provide architectural leadership during a critical phase of delivery, helping shape the Azure target state, define migration approaches, and ensure successful mobilisation of the wider engineering teams.
Candidates will need to demonstrate deep Solution Architecture experience within Financial Services - specifically Specialty Insurance Industry
Responsibilities
- Lead Azure estate discovery and current-state assessment activities
- Define cloud migration strategies and delivery road-maps
- Conduct Azure Landing Zone readiness assessments and make improvement recommendations
- Design secure, scalable, and resilient Azure-based solutions
- Provide architectural guidance across engineering, infrastructure, security, and delivery teams
- Establish technical governance, standards, and architectural best practices
- Manage cross-functional dependencies across multiple work-streams
- Support cloud adoption and migration planning activities
- Work closely with programme stakeholders to ensure alignment between business and technical objectives
- Facilitate knowledge transfer and support the wider architecture team
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Required Experience
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect with deep Azure Cloud Expertise
- Extensive hands-on experience designing and delivering Azure solutions
- Strong understanding of Azure Landing Zones and Cloud Adoption Framework principles
- Experience planning and executing cloud migration programmes
- Excellent knowledge of Azure networking, identity, security, and governance models
- Experience working within large-scale enterprise transformation environments
- Ability to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels
- Strong leadership and decision-making capability within complex delivery programmes
- Azure certifications (AZ-305, AZ-104, Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation
- Knowledge of hybrid cloud environments and migration tooling
- Experience working within regulated or security-conscious environments
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