Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect – 10‑month contract – Fareham

A leading Manufacturing/Governmental organisation is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to play a key role in a major technology transformation programme.

The Solutions Architect will be responsible for the end‑to‑end architecture, design and delivery of a new hybrid cloud environment, comprising of on‑premise networks and a Microsoft Azure cloud platform. You will own the solution from concept and design through to implementation, ensuring secure, scalable and compliant architectures are delivered across the organisation.

Key Skills Required

• Proven experience as a Solutions Architect within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong Azure architecture and cloud transformation experience.
• Experience designing and delivering hybrid cloud solutions.
• Broad infrastructure knowledge including networking, storage, security and enterprise applications.
• Government or other highly regulated environments would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of governmental/highly regulated security standards and secure‑by‑design principles would be beneficial.
• Enterprise application and ERP architecture experience would be beneficial.
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code would be beneficial.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of a secure hybrid cloud environment across Azure and on‑premise networks.
• Produce high‑ and low‑level solution designs and provide architectural governance throughout delivery.
• Design enterprise infrastructure solutions covering cloud, compute, storage, networking and security.
• Support cloud migration and application transformation initiatives.
• Define automation and Infrastructure as Code standards using Terraform.
• Ensure solutions align with security, compliance and operational requirements.
• Act as the technical authority throughout the project lifecycle, from design through to implementation.

The role requires working onsite 2 days a week in Fareham.

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