Azure Solution Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 3, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 3, 2026. Netcompany scores B on the Alion truth index.
Netcompany is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK, recognised for disrupting the marketplace and helping to transform the IT sector. We deliver IT Transformation and Delivery services to some of the most well-known organisations in the UK and can count 18% of the FTSE 100 as clients, delivering services across several different sectors.
Netcompany have ambitious growth plans for the next few years and will continue to win and deliver multi-million-pound projects, offering a fantastic opportunity for all members of staff to grow with us and carve out a challenging, successful and rewarding career
As an Azure Solution Architect, you will work closely with the Project Manager, clients and technical delivery teams to translate business objectives into technical solutions, define project scope and develop detailed architectural designs.
You will take ownership of the technical architecture, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient and aligned with business and technical requirements.
You will be responsible for leading client workshops, defining Azure cloud strategies, producing technical design documentation and overseeing the delivery of complex cloud migration and infrastructure transformation projects.
The role requires demonstrable experience in Azure architecture, infrastructure engineering and cloud migration, ideally within a complex, multi-disciplinary and multi-supplier environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the senior technical authority for Azure-focused projects and programmes, providing architectural direction and technical leadership.
- Lead client workshops to understand business requirements, identify technical challenges and develop appropriate Azure-based solutions.
- Design and implement Azure cloud architectures, covering IaaS, PaaS, networking, security, identity and infrastructure services.
- Produce end-to-end technical architecture and design documentation, including High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs) and migration strategies.
- Define current and target-state architectures, develop cloud migration approaches and break down technical requirements into deliverable tasks for engineering teams.
- Lead cloud migration and infrastructure transformation activities, ensuring solutions meet performance, security, availability and scalability requirements.
- Design holistic service solutions that consider not only technology but also service support, operational management, maintenance and ongoing service delivery.
- Provide technical coordination across multiple engineering and delivery teams, ensuring clear ownership, responsibilities and alignment.
- Work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Senior Management and Service Acceptance teams to ensure architectural governance and compliance.
- Support the full project lifecycle, from initial discovery and architecture through implementation, transition and decommissioning.
- Work within different delivery methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall, ensuring successful delivery against agreed timelines and quality standards.
- Strong and demonstrable experience working as a Solution Architect or Cloud Architect, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure.
- Extensive experience designing and delivering Azure cloud solutions, including complex cloud migration and infrastructure transformation projects.
- Strong understanding of Azure architecture principles, best practices and the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework.
- Hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure and platform services, including IaaS, PaaS, networking, storage and compute.
- Extensive experience in infrastructure engineering, with a strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure environments.
- Experience designing and delivering secure, scalable and resilient cloud architectures.
- Strong knowledge of Azure networking, identity and access management, security and monitoring.
- Experience working within multi-vendor and multi-supplier environments, coordinating technical delivery across different teams.
- Experience working closely with application development and infrastructure engineering teams to establish and support cloud platforms.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions and client workshops.
- Excellent technical documentation skills, including the production and management of architectural designs and technical specifications.
- Understanding of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
Netcompany Academy
Through our Netcompany Academy, we offer a diverse range of courses, seminars and certifications carefully curated to support your development. As you advance in your career, the Academy tailors its offerings to enhance your managerial skills, deepen your understanding of methodologies, hone your leadership abilities, and fine-tune your strategic acumen.
As you progress through the content, you’ll naturally take on more responsibility and network with your peers.
Benefits include
- 25 days’ holiday
- Private Medical Health care via Vitality
- Pension contribution, Life Assurance
- Professional certifications supported as part of learning and development.
- A range of retail discounts to enhance your lifestyle, encompassing restaurants, supermarkets, travel, leisure activities and health and well-being services.
- Access to our Employee Resource Groups, our groups represent diverse backgrounds and provide a platform for colleagues to connect, learn, and support one another.
Company information
At Netcompany, we pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit and our capacity for doing things differently. Our culture is built on fostering low bureaucracy, emphasizing high agility and promoting flexibility, enabling everyone to contribute their best.
Our journey began in the UK with the acquisition of Hunter Macdonald in 2017. As one of Northern Europe's most accomplished IT companies, we have expanded our headcount globally to 7400+ employees and have offices in UK, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Holland and Vietnam.
Netcompany is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process for anyone wishing to apply for a job with us. We operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme which means that we offer guaranteed interviews to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a role. Applicants are asked to opt in, so please let us know if you wish your application to be considered under this scheme.
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