Cloud Solution Architect
TIEVA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Leeds • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Own solutions end-to-end — from pre-sales through to delivery
- Act as design authority, shaping what gets sold and how it’s delivered
- Work across Azure migrations, landing zones, and modern cloud platforms
- Influence standards, frameworks, and reusable offerings
- Collaborate with Sales and Pre-Sales teams to shape opportunities
- Lead customer discovery sessions and produce high-quality solution designs
- Act as technical sign-off authority for solutions before they are presented to customers
- Lead delivery of complex Azure projects including migrations, landing zones, and platform builds
- Design and implement Azure environments aligned to Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) best practices
- Own technical quality from project kick-off through to service transition
- Act as the escalation point for technical issues, risks, and dependencies
- Ensure delivery stays aligned to agreed scope, timelines, and effort
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a strong technical culture.
- Contribute to repeatable service offerings, frameworks, and best practices.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a Cloud Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales Architect, or Senior Consultant role
- Strong experience across the full lifecycle: discovery, design, SOW creation, and delivery
- Hands-on delivery experience with Azure migrations, landing zones, and cloud platforms
- Ability to balance technical excellence with commercial awareness (scope, effort, margin)
- Confidence leading customer workshops and engaging with both technical and business stakeholders
- Technical expertise in: Azure architecture (IaaS & PaaS)
- Networking, identity, and security (Entra ID, Conditional Access, networking design)
- Azure migration tools and approaches (Azure Migrate, wave planning)
- Governance and monitoring (Policy, Log Analytics, Azure Monitor)
- Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform, or similar)
- Desirable: Experience with hybrid cloud (Azure Arc, VMware, etc.)
- Exposure to security and compliance tooling (Defender, Sentinel, Purview)
- Understanding of FinOps or cost optimisation practices
- Certifications: AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect Expert) — preferred or working towards AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate) — strongly desirable.
Benefits
- Financial Life Insurance
- Pension
- Car allowance (subject to role)
- £1000 refer a friend bonus
- Generous uncapped commission scheme (sales role)
- Profit share bonus scheme (non-sales, subject to T&C’s)
- Free will-writing service
- Long Service Awards (financial and time rewards)
- Electric Car Scheme (salary sacrifice)
- Cycle to Work Scheme (salary sacrifice)
- IT Purchase / Loan Scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Tool
- Pension Surgery (consultation with a financial advisor)
- Discount scheme (retail, experience days etc.)
- Navan Buying holidays (salary sacrifice)
- Childcare voucher scheme
- Health and Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme -for you and your family (Counselling, legal advice, career coaching, financial support)
- Digital GP
- Wisdom Well-Being Platform
- Gym membership contribution
- Gym time
- Yoga –Free onsite yoga
- Eye tests
- Flu jabs
- Fruit basket –per floor stocked weekly
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Time off Holidays –above statutory increasing with service, plus 8 bank holidays
- Birthday benefit -Have your birthday off on us!
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Enhanced Paternity Pay
- Compassionate Leave
- Jury Duty
- Funeral Leave
- Volunteering Days
- Welcome goodie bag.
- Company apparel
- Free staff parties
- Incentives –Competitions and prizes including trips.
- Staff awards
- Culture Team events
- Free onsite parking
- New refurbed office -Table tennis, table football, games consoles, multi-faith room, fully stocked bar, outdoor eating area, smoking shelter.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
Azure architectureIaaSPaaSAzure migrationslanding zonesInfrastructure as CodeBicepTerraformAzure MigrateGovernance and monitoring
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcustomer engagementmentoringtechnical excellencecommercial awarenessproblem-solvingcommunicationinfluencingdesign authority
Certifications
AZ-305AZ-104