Cloud Architect

London, England, United Kingdom

4/7/2025

Avanade is the perfect stage to bring your thoughtful, energetic, and curious approach to technology consulting.

Our talented Azure Platform Practice consists of some of the most dedicated and passionate in the field and we plan to grow! With Avanade, you will be focusing on the Azure Public Cloud, Edge and Hybrid and working with the newest Microsoft technologies on exciting client projects. If you like pushing boundaries by outsmarting challenges, read on!

Come join us

The Azure Platform Practice is at the core of Avanade's excellence: delivering high-quality, complex projects with global impact. We focus on building and running reliable and secure cloud foundations - from large-scale landing zones to data and application platforms. We are committed to making our clients' cloud journey smooth - whether it's moving existing systems to help in datacenter exits, or creating new cloud-native solutions, or improving an existing cloud presence. Innovation and client satisfaction are part of our essence.

Our team is a fast-growing, diverse group of more than 150 passionate enthusiasts and specialists in Azure technologies. We actively acknowledge and reward quality, encourage learning and have a strong focus on the career and development opportunities of all our people, making sure our employees are proud of working at Avanade is central to us!

Together We Do What Matters.

Skills and experiences

• You have extensive experience leading the design, development, and deployment of Azure-based solutions – you can see the big picture but maintain credible hands-on skills.
• You can take ownership of complex technical challenges and drive to conclusion.
• You have great communication and interpersonal skills and can convey concepts so everyone understands.
• You’re are able to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels – including upto C-level
• You are comfortable overseeing and providing technical guidance to large and small teams to design and implement solutions.
• You are able to work alongside delivery leadership to create and implement work plan for your solutions.
  
  

About You

Characteristics that can spell success for this role

• Analytical, curious, agile
• Team player and good communicator
• Problem-solver, patient, quality-driven
• Self-motivating
• Innovative mindset
  
  

What You'll Do

• covering the full breadth of the Azure platform
• Design and implement Azure Landing Zones to establish a scalable, secure and compliant foundation for deploying cloud services.
• Lead complex migrations for on-premises infrastructure, applications, and databases to Azure.
• Develop solutions for Edge and Hybrid scenarios by integrating Azure Stack and other technologies to extend Azure capabilities to on-premises environments and edge devices.
• Architect and deploy Cloud Native solutions using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, and Azure DevOps.
  
  

Learn more

Avanade is the leading global provider of digital, cloud, AI and advisory services, industry solutions and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem. Founded in 2000 as a joint venture between Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation, Avanade has more certifications, Gold-level competencies and most valued professionals (MVPs) than any other Microsoft partner. Every day, our 60,000 professionals in 26 countries innovate responsibly to make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees and their customers.

To learn more about the types of projects our Infrastructure team works on check out these case studies:  

VentilatorChallengeUK manufactures 20 years’ worth of ventilators in 12 weeks to help save lives https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/clients/ventilator-challenge-uk  

Landmark Information Group finds a new home for its data in the cloud   https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/clients/landmark-cloud-native

Interested in knowing what’s going on inside Avanade? Check out our blogs:  

Avanade Insights – exchange ideas that drive tomorrow’s innovation https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/avanade-insights

Inside Avanade – explore what life is like working at Avanade https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade

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Benefits

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A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you will get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

  Create a future for our people that focuses on 

• Expanding your thinking  
• Experimenting courageously  
• Learning and pivoting 
  
  

   Inspire greatness in our people by 

• Empowering every voice  
• Encouraging boldness  
• Celebrating progress  
  
  

   Accelerate the impact of our people by 

• Amazing the client  
• Prioritizing what matters   
• Acting as one
  
  

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Avanade believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants, or job seekers because of their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protect group status as defined by law.