SC/DV Azure Architect

Role: Senior Azure Consultant (Landing Zone / IAM / Data Foundations)

Duration: 1-month initial contract, with potential for extension

Location: Remote

Start Date: ASAP (can also be started on a part time basis)

Rate: £550 - £600 / day Outside IR35

Overview

We're looking for a senior, hands on Azure specialist to define and implement the foundational components of a secure and scalable cloud environment for a large scale data platform initiative. This will be an intensive initial engagement to establish the right architectural groundwork before full build out begins.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement an Azure Landing Zone aligned with enterprise grade security, governance, and compliance standards.
• Define and configure Identity and Access Management (IAM), including role based access control, policies, and directory service integration.
• Architect the networking, storage, monitoring, and logging layers required to support a high volume, data intensive platform.
• Prepare the foundational components to support Databricks as the target lakehouse environment.
• Produce clear, auditable documentation covering architecture decisions, deployment patterns, and reusable templates.
• Collaborate closely with strategy and architecture stakeholders to ensure alignment with data governance and security principles.

Experience Required

• Delivering complex enterprise scale Azure environments, ideally within security conscious or regulated domains.
• Deep, hands on expertise in Azure governance, security, IAM, and automation (Terraform, Bicep etc).
• Strong understanding of Databricks and related lakehouse concepts.
• Comfortable operating in greenfield or rapidly evolving environments, defining standards where few yet exist.
• Able to produce high quality builds and concise, well structured technical documentation.

The client are looking for someone to get started immediately, so please don't hesitate to apply now!