Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We safeguard people’s financial futures and build a better society while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.
Job DescriptionWe are seeking an
Azure Solutions Architect
to join Legal & General Retail and play a key role in shaping and delivering enterprise‑grade cloud infrastructure and platform solutions across both Azure and AWS. This is a highly impactful opportunity to support the organisation’s transformation journey, enabling strategic outcomes across all Retail product lines and domains.
The successful candidate will define and articulate a clear target state cloud architecture, provide direction and guidance to delivery teams across a diverse technology landscape, and ensure solutions are secure, resilient, scalable, compliant and cost effective. Working in partnership with engineers, architects, security, risk and compliance teams, and senior business and IT stakeholders, the role requires excellent communication skills, strong structured decision‑making and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving challenges.
Responsibilities
Producing end‑to‑end Azure infrastructure solution designs, ensuring alignment to both functional and non‑functional requirements including security, resilience, performance, compliance, and cost.
Collaborating with engineering and delivery teams to align component‑level designs with the broader architecture and ensure adherence to enterprise principles and target state.
Communicating architecture decisions, rationale and trade‑offs to stakeholders and governance forums, supporting informed decision‑making and consistency across the portfolio.
Partnering with Product Owners, Business Analysts and Technology Leads to translate business outcomes into robust and scalable infrastructure requirements.
Facilitating and participating in design reviews to ensure alignment to target state and supporting the definition of comprehensive testing and assurance strategies.
Supporting estimation and planning activities by working closely with engineering teams to validate and refine delivery plans and infrastructure requirements.
Coordinating deployment activities across Azure and integrated platforms, ensuring safe change practices, automation and repeatable deployment models.
Driving shared accountability for successful technology delivery by working in close partnership with project and programme leadership teams.
Qualifications
Holding a relevant degree or equivalent experience, with TOGAF or similar architecture certification desirable and strong preference for Azure certifications such as AZ‑305 or AZ‑104; security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP or SC‑100 advantageous.
Demonstrating deep experience in delivering end‑to‑end solution architecture within complex enterprise environments, supported by clear and structured high‑level design documentation.
Exhibiting strong knowledge of integrating legacy, COTS, SaaS and custom applications, underpinned by robust cloud and infrastructure connectivity patterns.
Bringing hands‑on expertise across Azure core architecture, including subscriptions, management groups, policy, RBAC and resource organisation, alongside serverless, PaaS, container and managed service capabilities.
Possessing advanced understanding of cloud networking, identity and security, including VNets, Private Link, ExpressRoute, Entra ID, conditional access and enterprise security controls such as Key Vault and Defender for Cloud.
Demonstrating capability in building resilient, observable and scalable platforms, with experience in AKS, application services, monitoring, disaster recovery and Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
Proven track record of delivering large‑scale, multi‑year technology initiatives, working within agile environments, and integrating third‑party services in regulated or risk‑aware industries.
Exhibiting strong professional attributes, including clear communication and visual storytelling, effective stakeholder facilitation, attention to detail and a proactive, collaborative approach to problem‑solving and continuous improvement.
Benefits
The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance‑related bonus plan and valuable share schemes.
Generous pension contribution.
Life assurance.
Healthcare plan (permanent employees only).
At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays; 26 days after 2 years’ service; option to buy and sell holiday.
Competitive family leave.
Participation in our electric car scheme, allowing employees to hire a brand‑new electric car through tax‑efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only).
Discounts on our own products and at a range of high‑street stores and online.
Commitment to net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 through investment in sustainable, modern offices across the UK.
Additional InformationAt L&G, we believe it’s possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.
If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing, we empower you through initiatives that support career development and excellence.
We focus on outcomes rather than attendance and are open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options, including part‑time, term‑time and job shares. Some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, but we accommodate requests when we can.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.
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