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Role Title: Azure Cloud Architect

Location: London Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite, Canary Wharf

Start Date: 08/09/2025

End Date: 27/03/2026

Rate: £650 per day - PAYE via Umbrella Only

Role Overview

We are looking for a seasoned Azure Batch Cloud Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performance batch processing solutions in Microsoft Azure. This role is pivotal in supporting data-intensive workloads and compute-heavy operations critical to financial services, including risk modelling, regulatory reporting, and large-scale data transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement Azure Batch solutions to support large-scale, parallel compute workloads.
• Design and optimise cloud-native batch processing pipelines for financial analytics, simulations, and reporting.
• Collaborate with data engineering, DevOps, and security teams to ensure end-to-end automation, compliance, and observability.
• Define and enforce governance, cost optimisation, and security best practices for batch workloads in Azure.
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives, performance tuning, and capacity planning for compute-intensive applications.
• Provide architectural guidance on containerised batch jobs using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) where applicable.
• Maintain documentation and provide training to internal teams on Azure Batch architecture and usage patterns.
  
  

• Proven experience designing and deploying Azure Batch solutions in production environments.
• Strong understanding of Azure compute, storage, networking, and identity services.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Familiarity with financial services workloads, including regulatory compliance, data privacy, and auditability.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python for automation and orchestration.
• Experience integrating Azure Batch with Azure Data Factory, Event Grid, or Logic Apps.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  
  

• Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert).
• Experience with HPC (High Performance Computing) or grid computing in financial services.
• knowledge of cost modelling and performance benchmarking for batch workloads.
• Familiarity with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud strategies.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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  Staffing and Recruiting

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