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We apply digital thinking to ensure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens.\nOur human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - we have a customer-centric value system whereby we focus on delivering what is right for our clients.\nWe passionately support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.\nMethods are experts in delivering secure, resilient cyber and information services - keeping systems and data safe.\nWe help reduce risk and vulnerabilities from cyber-attacks by developing a security road-map tailored to your unique needs.\nWe help organisations improve processes such as threat management by building an identity management programme, and establishing prevention, detection and response capabilities to cyber-attacks.\nThe Role:\n As a Technical Architect, the position provides a focal point in delivering enterprise scale infrastructure services to Methods BDT customers. The objective of the Technical Architect is to work with customers and delivery teams to create technology solutions that meet the customer's objectives while supporting the company's goal of growing the business through profitable, well-structured engagements across the required technology domains.\nTypically involved in the post-sales stage of a customer engagement, the Technical Architect is responsible for conceptualising and designing the overall solution to a detailed level, and where necessary for delivering and supporting major elements of that solution on customer site. The role calls for a strong generalist: an architect with broad experience and skills across all aspects of enterprise IT, able to see the whole picture and bring the individual parts together into a coherent whole. That breadth is underpinned by deep knowledge of Microsoft Azure, supported by a good working understanding of container orchestration, identity management, networking, and data processing and storage.\nRequirements\nDesign, build and support enterprise scale Azure environments, including landing zones, governance and security \nDesign and support hybrid infrastructure spanning cloud and on-premises environments, ensuring secure and seamless integration between the two \nReview, assess and provide guidance on customer environments through structured reviews, aligning recommendations with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF) \nDesign containerised workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including scaling, networking and storage integration \nDesign Azure networking, including virtual networks, hub-and-spoke topologies, ExpressRoute/VPN and network security \nDesign Azure data processing and storage services appropriate to the customer's workloads \nApply an understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) and CI/CD principles (DevSecOps / GitOps) to inform solution design and delivery approaches \nBring together the various technology domains into a coherent end-to-end architecture that meets the customer's objectives\nExperience Required\nAt least 2 years in a customer facing role, delivering and supporting technology solutions based on Microsoft technologies \nBroad experience across all aspects of enterprise IT, with the ability to operate as a generalist across multiple technology domains \nSignificant knowledge & experience of various Microsoft technologies, with extensive experience in Microsoft Azure \nExperience of leading technical workshops \nEssential Skills\nExcellent presentation and communication (verbal and written) skills \nAbility to create a technical design (HLD / LLD) and guide engineering teams through its delivery \nA generalist skill set with broad knowledge across all aspects of enterprise IT \nDeep knowledge of Microsoft cloud technologies, in particular Azure \nGood understanding of container orchestration using Kubernetes (ideally AKS), identity management (Entra / Active Directory), networking, and data processing and storage \nUnderstanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) and CI/CD principles \nDesirable Skills\nKnowledge of VMWare Cloud Foundation considered a bonus \nHands-on experience with IaC tooling such as Terraform or Bicep \nThis role will require you to have active SC & the willingness to progress this to DV. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview\nBenefits\nMethods is passionate about its people; we want our colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy.\nBy joining us you can expect\nAutonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience\nBe part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society\nStrong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership\nA supportive and collaborative environment\nDevelopment - access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme, and training\nWellness - 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme\nFlexible Working - including home working and part time\nSocial - office parties, breakfast Tuesdays, monthly pizza Thursdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and commitment to charitable causes\nTime Off - 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year\nVolunteering - 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation\nPension - 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