Role: Platform Solution Architect – Part time

Location: Remote

Start Date: November 2026

End Date: 31st January 2027

Daily Rate: Inside IR35

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This is an exciting opportunity to join Deloitte Operations for an engagement with one of our clients.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Foundation Platform Solution Architect to design and assure shared Azure foundations across identity, networking, observability, security, and reusable platform services.

About the Role

In this role, you will produce platform blueprints and guardrails, resolve cross-component design decisions, and assure implementation against enterprise standards. You will work closely with business SMEs, security, data, engineering, and operations teams to evaluate options, document decisions, and ensure detailed designs are aligned to the wider target architecture.

Key Responsibilities

·       Design shared Azure foundation services covering identity, networking, observability, security, and reusable platform capabilities.

·       Produce platform blueprints, standards, and guardrails to support consistent delivery.

·       Resolve cross-component design decisions and provide architectural assurance.

·       Ensure implementation aligns with enterprise architecture and security standards.

·       Collaborate with business SMEs, security, data, engineering, and operations stakeholders.

·       Evaluate solution options and document key architectural decisions.

·       Assure detailed designs to ensure the Foundation Platform is scalable, supportable, compliant, and aligned to the target architecture.

Experience & Skills Required

·       Strong experience designing Azure platform foundations and shared services.

·       Knowledge of identity, networking, observability, and security architecture.

·       Experience producing architecture blueprints, standards, and guardrails.

·       Ability to make and document cross-domain design decisions.

·       Experience working with enterprise architecture, security, engineering, and operations teams.

·       Strong understanding of scalable, supportable, and compliant platform design.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for a collaborative and commercially aware architect who can shape robust Azure foundation services and ensure solutions are fit for purpose, secure, and aligned to strategic architecture goals.