Technical Architect
UK Remote - Occasional travel to Reading or Glasgow
Salary up to £95,000
SC Clearance eligibility required
We’re looking for an experienced Technical Architect to join our Cloud Engineering and Platforms practice. This hands-on leadership role involves designing and building secure, automated, and scalable cloud platforms, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure and a growing multi-cloud footprint across AWS and GCP.
This is an ideal opportunity for a pragmatic architect with strong engineering depth and a clear architectural mindset—someone who can articulate what excellence looks like and bring it to life through modern DevOps, automation, and infrastructure-as-code patterns.
Key Responsibilities
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Translate business needs into secure, scalable architectures using WellArchitected Frameworks
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Lead platform architecture and embed NFRs
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Build automated cloud platforms using IaC
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Develop CI/CD pipelines and reusable modules, guardrails, and policyascode to support secure, consistent cloud adoption.
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Apply endtoend security across identity, networking, encryption, secrets, MFA, and zerotrust.
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Implement automated security scanning (SAST/DAST), dependency checks, and secure pipeline patterns, aligning platforms with organisational and regulatory standards.
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Work across the full project lifecycle.
About You:
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Experienced in designing and building secure cloud solutions (ideally Azure, with awareness of AWS or GCP) and cloudready, distributed, scalable architectures
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Skilled at leading technical discussions and articulating architectural decisions,
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Advanced knowledge of IaC automation (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation) with strong DevOps skills across CI/CD pipelines, automation, and modern development practices
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Knowledgeable in cost analysis, optimisation, ROI modelling
Knowledge and Experience of the following would be advantageous:
- Consulting or client facing project leadership experience
- Experience with .NET of Python
- Familiar with cloud-native security tooling
If you are looking to join a leading consultancy specialising in Digital, Security and AI solutions then this is the role for you.
Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.