About the role

Technical Architect designing and building automated, scalable cloud platforms for FSP, a leading consultancy specializing in Digital, Security, and AI.

Responsibilities

Design and build secure, automated, scalable cloud platforms - primarily on Microsoft Azure
Contribute to our strategic direction across multi-cloud (AWS and GCP)
Translate business needs into secure, scalable architectures using Well Architected Frameworks
Lead platform architecture (subscriptions, identity, networking, governance, landing zones, automation) and embed NFRs such as resilience, observability, DR, capacity, and SLAs
Build automated cloud platforms using IaC (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, ARM, GitOps)
Develop CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab) and reusable modules, guardrails, and policy as code to support secure, consistent cloud adoption
Apply end to end security across identity, networking, encryption, secrets, MFA, and zero trust
Implement automated security scanning (SAST/DAST), dependency checks, and secure pipeline patterns, aligning platforms with organisational and regulatory standards
Act as technical authority, setting architectural direction, standards, and providing mentoring and quality oversight
Work across the full project lifecycle: presales, discovery, architectural design, hands-on engineering, delivery oversight, and operational handover.

Hands on cloud architect with strong engineering capability
Experienced in designing and building secure cloud solutions (ideally Azure, with awareness of AWS or GCP) and cloud ready, distributed, scalable architectures
Skilled at leading technical discussions and articulating architectural decisions, trade offs, risks, and business value to clients and colleagues
Advanced knowledge of IaC automation (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation) with strong DevOps skills across CI/CD pipelines, automation, and modern development practices
Applies secure-by-design principles across infrastructure, identity, and networking, producing high quality architecture documentation and diagrams
Knowledgeable in cost analysis, optimisation, ROI modelling, and experienced working within agile delivery environments
Knowledge and experience of the following would be advantageous: Cloud certifications such as Azure/AWS/GCP Solutions Architect, along with CCSP or equivalent
Consulting or client facing project leadership experience
Experience with .NET or Python and modern infrastructure practices such as immutable deployments and GitOps.
Familiar with cloud-native security tooling and contributing to internal platform frameworks or shared services.

A collaborative and supportive environment in which you can grow and develop your career
The tools and opportunity to do work you can be proud of
A chance to work alongside some of the best people in the industry, who always seek to share their knowledge and experience
Hybrid working – we empower you to make smart choices about when and where to work to achieve great results
Industry leading coaching and mentoring