Lead Azure Cloud Architect - SC Clearance

• Participating in various customer projects, from new infrastructure builds and migrations to audits and big data
• Implementing configuration management infrastructure
• Coaching and leading the small team of architects and engineers, leading delivery engagements, and supporting presales and sales architecture
• People line management such as appraisals, holiday approval, allocating work resources, day to day people management
• You will become a trusted advisor for high-profile enterprise businesses and jointly manage the customer relationship and roadmap with the wider Sales team
• You'll have a selection of different 'hats' to put on and have the luxury of following customer projects from start to release
• 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 or AWS (multiple cloud providers 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 Iaa S, Paa S, and Saa S offerings, as well as exposure to different architecture models
• Dev Ops 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, Open Shift)
• Hands-on experience with Iaa C 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
• All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and must meet the criteria & be willing to go through Security Clearance.

At IBM Consulting UK Future Now, 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.

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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