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About the Role

Take technical ownership of complex cloud solutions across customer opportunities, bids and live delivery engagements. Shape secure, scalable, and commercially viable Azure and AWS solutions from early-stage architecture through to delivery assurance. This is a customer-facing role influencing technical direction, solving complex architecture challenges, and turning cloud transformation requirements into deliverable solutions.

Responsibilities

Lead solution architecture across complex cloud migration, modernisation, landing zone, platform, security, and cloud-native engagements.
Shape technical solutions for customer opportunities, bids, and RFPs, balancing technical quality, commercial viability, and delivery practicality.
Design secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across Azure and/or AWS, spanning infrastructure, networking, identity, governance, and operations.
Produce and assure architecture artefacts including HLDs, LLDs, reference architectures, design documentation, and architectural decisions.
Lead customer discovery sessions, technical workshops, design reviews, and solution playback sessions.
Work closely with Cloud Engineering and Delivery teams to ensure architecture is practical, implementable, and operationally sound.
Provide architecture governance and design assurance, identifying risks, dependencies, constraints, and exceptions before they impact delivery.
Maintain alignment between the solution developed during presales and what is ultimately delivered.
Contribute to cloud architecture standards, reusable patterns, blueprints, and reference designs.
Mentor Cloud Solutions Architects and help strengthen architecture capability and best practice across the wider team.

Requirements

Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and/or AWS within complex enterprise cloud environments.
Strong cloud architecture knowledge across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, networking, identity, security, governance, and operations.
Experience designing cloud migration, modernisation, landing zone, platform, or cloud-native solutions.
Proven experience leading complex solution architecture and producing implementation-ready architecture documentation.
Good understanding of DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and platform engineering principles.
Experience contributing to or leading bids, RFPs, proposals, and customer solution development.
Strong understanding of architecture governance, technical assurance, and design decision-making.
Ability to confidently lead technical discussions with both technical and non-technical customer stakeholders.
Ability to balance customer requirements, technical quality, delivery risk, and commercial considerations.
Experience across both Azure and AWS.
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or equivalent practical experience.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or equivalent practical experience.
TOGAF or another recognised architecture framework/certification.
Experience with FinOps, cloud governance, cloud security, and operational readiness.
Experience mentoring architects or other technical professionals.
Public speaking, technical thought leadership, or knowledge-sharing experience.

Skills

Azure
AWS
Cloud Migration
Modernisation
Landing Zone Design
Platform Engineering
Security
Cloud-Native Architecture
IaaS
PaaS
SaaS
Networking
Identity Management
Governance
Operations
DevOps
Infrastructure as Code
Automation
FinOps
TOGAF

Location

UK&I

Work Type

Full time

Experience Level

Senior
Lead

Education Level

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or equivalent
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or equivalent
TOGAF or another recognised architecture framework/certification

About the Company

Telefónica Tech (part of the Telefónica Group) is a leading NextGen Tech solutions provider with a highly diversified team of over 6,000 exceptionally skilled employees and +60 nationalities.
They serve more than 5.5m customers every day in over 175 countries, with a global ecosystem of market-leading partners.
Global strategic hubs include Spain, Brazil, the UK, and Germany.
The Telefónica Tech UK&I hub has an end-to-end portfolio of market-leading services and develops integrated technology solutions through Cloud, Data & AI, Enterprise Applications, Digital Workplace, and Cyber Security & Networking.
Values: Open, Bold, Trusted.
Trusted Partners include Microsoft, HPE, Palo Alto, Crowdstrike, Fortinet, and AWS.

Equal Opportunity

Telefónica Tech believes inclusion is the bridge that empowers everyone to be their authentic selves. They celebrate and respect differences because diversity drives innovation and makes them stronger.
They welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
They are committed to equity, accessible hiring practices, and creating an inclusive culture through TogetHer (Women's network) and Employee Resource Groups (Diversity and Inclusion, Telefónica Tech Pride, Neurodiversity, ELEVATE, and Sustainability).
They encourage applications even if candidates do not match the job description 100% but feel they would be a great fit for the role.