Senior Technical Consultant Azure SME

Step into a strategic Azure Solutions Architect role where you'll shape enterprise-grade cloud solutions and influence technology direction for a growing organisation. You'll partner closely with business and IT stakeholders to design secure, scalable, and cost-optimised Azure environments that underpin critical services and future digital initiatives.About the Role:In this role, you will lead the end-to-end design and governance of Azure-based solutions, ensuring they meet business objectives, technical standards, and regulatory requirements. You will act as the primary Azure subject matter expert, guiding architecture decisions, aligning cloud capabilities with stakeholder needs, and enabling effective delivery through DevOps practices. Your work will have a direct impact on reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across the organisation's cloud landscape.Key Responsibilities:Design and document Azure solution architectures covering infrastructure, networking, security, identity, and application components.Engage with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into robust, scalable Azure designs and reference architectures.Define and oversee Azure governance frameworks, including policies, standards, landing zones, and guardrails for compliant cloud adoption.Architect and guide implementation of Azure infrastructure services (IaaS, PaaS) to support high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery objectives.