Solution Architect - Infrastructure & Cloud

Job Title: Solutions Architect (Infrastructure and Cloud)
Location: Remote (occasional travel to London required)
Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 (Depending on location)

Would you like to work for an organisation plays a pivotal role in safeguarding and improving the quality of health and social care services across England. My client plays a vital role in improving outcomes across health and social care by using data, technology, and insight to drive meaningful change. With a strong focus on innovation and digital transformation, they are investing in modern cloud platforms, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics to become a truly intelligence-led regulator.

Solutions Architect Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain infrastructure and cloud roadmaps, including transition states for migrating legacy systems, adopting new cloud services, and decommissioning obsolete platforms.
• Define and maintain cloud reference architectures, ensuring consistency, reusability, and alignment with organisational standards.
• Act as design authority for hosting, networking, identity, and platform services, providing guidance and assurance across projects and workstreams.

• Champion the use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and DevOps practices to deliver consistent, repeatable, and efficient infrastructure solutions.

Solutions Architect Requirements

• Proven experience designing and delivering cloud and infrastructure solutions (Azure essential) within complex organisations.
• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms, including landing zones, governance models, cost optimisation, and hybrid-cloud approaches.
• Strong expertise in networking, hosting, and identity services, including Active Directory, identity federation, firewalls, VPNs, and secure connectivity.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools, such as Terraform, ARM, Bicep, or Ansible.
• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, and their role in modern infrastructure.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.