Senior Solution Architect – Cloud & Infrastructure
London | Hybrid
Highly competitive base and package
We’re working with a well-established, globally operating financial services organisation seeking a Senior Solution Architect with a strong background in Cloud & Infrastructure. This is a high profile, hands-on architecture role.
This is a high-impact position within a central IT function, responsible for shaping and delivering modern cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions that underpin critical business services across multiple regions.


The Opportunity
You’ll play a key role in designing, implementing and operating secure, scalable and resilient infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments. The focus is on practical delivery, strong architectural governance, and modern engineering practices rather than theoretical design.
While the role sits at senior level, it is explicitly hands-on and delivery-focused.


Key Responsibilities:
*Design and evolve hybrid and cloud infrastructure architectures aligned to business and regulatory requirements
*Lead implementation of infrastructure platforms (primarily Azure, virtualisation and enterprise networking)
*Ensure architecture quality, security, resilience and consistency across global environments
*Champion Everything-as-Code practices across build and run
*Work closely with DevOps, Security and Operations teams to support delivery and BAU
*Own architectural standards, patterns and guardrails
*Optimise cost, performance and vendor relationships
*Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies where they add real value


Key Requirements:
*5+ years designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud and hybrid architectures
*Strong expertise in Azure IaaS & PaaS
*Deep understanding of networking, security, storage and DR
*Proven use of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
*Experience with CI/CD pipelines, YAML, testing and automation
*Knowledge of Kubernetes, microservices, serverless and modern platform architectures
*Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders


Desirable:
*Architecture / diagrams as code (C4, Structurizr, Mermaid, PlantUML)
*Secure-by-design and threat modelling experience
*Zero Trust / ZTNA exposure
*Comfort working alongside Enterprise Architects and formal notations


What’s on Offer:
*Senior, influential role with real ownership
*Complex, multi-region technology landscape
*Long-term strategic impact combined with hands-on delivery
*London-based with some European travel


If you’re a pragmatic Cloud & Infrastructure Architect who enjoys owning outcomes end-to-end, this is a genuinely compelling opportunity.