Lead Technical Architect - Azure Cloud Migration

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Extensive experience leading large-scale Azure cloud migration programmes.
• Proven background as a Lead Technical Architect within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience operating at SFIA Level 6/7.
• Ability to provide technical governance across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage senior client stakeholders and hyperscale cloud providers.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure Architecture.
• Strong expertise in Enterprise Networking.
• Strong expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Strong expertise in Security Architecture.
• Strong expertise in Backup and Recovery.
• Strong expertise in Disaster Recovery.
• Strong expertise in Business Continuity Planning.
• Desirable: Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect certification.
• Desirable: TOGAF certification.
• Desirable: Experience migrating applications from on-premises environments to Azure.
• Desirable: Knowledge of service transition and operational support model design.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical governance and architecture assurance throughout the migration programme.
• Review and validate target Azure architecture and landing zone design.
• Oversee security, resilience, compliance, and disaster recovery requirements.
• Assess technical risks, dependencies, and migration approaches.
• Support migration planning, implementation, cutover activities, and service transition.
• Facilitate architecture workshops and governance forums.
• Act as the primary technical interface between us, Microsoft, project teams, and third-party suppliers.

Technologies

• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• IAM
• Support
• Security
• TOGAF

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We are supporting NHS Blood and Transplant on a high-profile programme to migrate a critical national infrastructure application to Microsoft Azure. This is a 3-month initial contract with potential extension, offered on a fully remote basis in the UK at a competitive rate of £737 per day outside IR35. You will work alongside senior stakeholders, Microsoft specialists, delivery teams, and third-party suppliers, contributing to a nationally significant cloud transformation programme with exposure to complex Azure architecture and critical national infrastructure environments.

last updated 31 week of 2026