Lead Technical Architect
Location: Primarily Remote (occasional travel to Bristol, Manchester or London)
Duration: ASAP - 31st Dec
Our Client is hiring for a reputed client to provide technical leadership across the discovery and migration of a critical NHS Blood and Transplant application to Microsoft Azure. This is a short-term project (3-4 months, starting 7 September), where your architectural governance will directly help enable a safe, resilient cloud move within a highly regulated environment.
What you'll be doing
- Lead technical assurance from discovery through migration completion and service transition
- Validate the current "as-is" architecture, including application, infrastructure, network, security and operational dependencies
- Define and assure the target Azure architecture, including landing zone alignment and key platform components
- Govern technical decisions and risks across NHSBT, Microsoft, and delivery teams
- Oversee security, resilience, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements
- Review migration approaches, sequencing, runbooks, readiness criteria, and escalation blockers
- Support operational readiness and final technical acceptance/sign-off recommendations
What you'll bring
- Extensive experience delivering Azure cloud migration programmes, confidently operating at SFIA 6/7 level
- Proven track record as a Lead Technical Architect on complex enterprise transformation work
- Strong understanding of Azure architecture, networking, identity/access management, security, backup/recovery and disaster recovery
- Ability to act as a credible technical design authority with senior stakeholders, including a hyperscaler partner
- Experience governing technical delivery across multiple stakeholder groups
Additional information
- Security Clearance: BPSS needed
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