Solution Architect Azure NET
London, hybrid (2 days a week in the office) | Permanent | Up to £90,000 + benefits
Our client is a well-established, purpose-led UK organisation with a large and diverse customer base across the public and private sectors. They’re partway through an ambitious transformation, shifting towards delivering their future capabilities as technology-enabled products on Microsoft Azure, including a growing range of AI-related services.
They’re looking for a hands-on Solution Architect from a . NET background to act as design authority across their core platforms, customer-facing APIs, commercial systems and data architecture. You’ll translate business and product strategy into secure, scalable and cost-effective designs that engineering teams can deliver with confidence, working closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Security and the PMO.

What you’ll be doing
Leading end-to-end solution design on Azure, from requirements through to high-level and detailed designs, with clear artefacts including ADRs, integration and data flow diagrams and NFRs
Designing cloud-native solutions using App Service, Functions, Container Apps/AKS, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Event Grid and Logic Apps
Defining API standards and patterns using Azure API Management, enabling customers to integrate directly with the platform from their own tools and workflows
Designing integration across a commercial stack covering CRM, contracting, payments, entitlements and renewals
Shaping the Azure data architecture (Data Factory, Data Lake, Fabric or Synapse) to support BI, reporting, AI and stakeholder transparency
Embedding security by design, including Entra ID, zero trust, secrets management and network security, alongside resilience, DR, UK GDPR and audit requirements
Assessing build, buy and SaaS options and making clear recommendations on cost, risk and time to value
Championing IaC, CI/CD and the Well-Architected Framework, running design reviews and mentoring engineers
Evaluating emerging technologies, including Azure OpenAI, and ensuring their ethical and compliant use

What you’ll bring
A software engineering background in NET/C#, with the hands-on credibility to guide engineers through implementation
Proven experience as a Solution Architect designing and delivering solutions on Microsoft Azure
Strong knowledge of Azure PaaS and serverless, plus cloud networking, Entra ID and security
API and integration architecture experience across REST, event-driven and messaging patterns
Data architecture experience spanning relational and NoSQL stores and analytics platforms
Infrastructure as code (Bicep, ARM or Terraform) and DevOps using Azure DevOps or GitHub
Experience designing for security, resilience and DR in a regulated or data-rich environment
Experience integrating commercial systems such as CRM, payments, subscriptions or entitlements
The ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly to non-technical and senior stakeholders

This is a chance to shape the architecture of an organisation in genuine transformation, with real influence over roadmap and design decisions and exposure to AI-driven product development. You’ll join a collaborative, values-led team that offers hybrid flexibility and an environment where your expertise will be visible and valued.
Central London Hybrid (2 days a week in office).