Technical Design Architect – Modern Workplace, Microsoft
ARO Technology
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cardiff • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £85,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Cloud
About the role
- Define and lead the strategy for modern work solutions
- Develop a clear working process for all Modern Work solutions
- Establish technology, architectures, and vendor selection in line with business goals
- Clarify a concise Microsoft strategy
- Assist in the development and evolution of a robust vendor relationship with Microsoft
- Attend client opportunity meetings to assist with the group’s development and growth
- Provide technological ownership of functional solutions
- Support the development and education of the sales teams
- Work proactively with the Projects and Engineering teams to ensure smooth transition of opportunities
- Promote a positive mindset and culture within the ARO group
- Deliver appropriate high level design documentation
- Review Deployment standards and manage change/release into deployment activities
Requirements
- Deep understanding of the Modern Work industry solutions.
- Comprehensive understanding across the Microsoft Stack, and the supporting solutions alongside the value propositions.
- Ability to define and maintain target solutions aligned with business strategy.
- Strong capability to align IT strategy with business goals.
- Proven experience in translating complex business needs into technical solutions.
- Broad knowledge across Modern Work, infrastructure, applications, data, and security domains.
- Experience designing multi topology solutions.
- Ability to define architecture principles, patterns and applicable market trends.
- Understanding of security architecture, Zero Trust models, and data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, IEC 62443 for OT).
- Accredited and certified with up-to-date knowledge of enterprise technologies, including Microsoft, networking, cloud, SaaS, AI/ML, and integration platforms.
- Proven experience across multiple industries and verticals.
- Vendor accreditations.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage C-level, technical teams, and vendors.
- Skilled at facilitating architecture reviews, workshops, and decision-making forums.
- Ability to perform gap analysis, cost-benefit evaluation, and roadmap development.
- Experience driving digital or infrastructure transformation initiatives.
- Strong documentation skills to produce architecture blueprints, RFP responses, and strategic presentations , technical due diligence, and vendor evaluations.
- Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, and ITIL practices.
- Ability to bridge architecture with operations, ensuring designs are maintainable, observable, and resilient.
- Ability to select and integrate best-of-breed solutions across multi-vendor environments.
Benefits
- Company Pension Scheme and matching contributions
- Company Perks portal
- Private Medical insurance
- Life assurance
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus holiday trading
- Your Birthday off, on us!
- Health Club and Wellbeing Scheme
- Aro Shares after 12 months employment
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Technical Training Academy and E-learning
- Hybrid working
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Microsoft Stackarchitecture principlesZero Trust modelsdata protection regulationscloudSaaSAI/MLgap analysiscost-benefit evaluationdigital transformation
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillsfacilitating architecture reviewsdecision-makingdocumentation skillsengaging C-levelcollaborationproactive mindsetleadershipstrategic thinking
Certifications
vendor accreditationsenterprise technologies certification