Azure Solution Architect - up to 90,000 + Bonus + Benefits

In this senior Azure Solution Architect role, you will guide edge-to-cloud IoT integration for a large manufacturing data management programme. You will review designs, validate configurations, and coordinate with site and engineering teams to ensure secure, seamless deployments. You will own go-live readiness and drive resolution of integration blockers across Azure services and data pipelines. You will shape end-to-end data ingestion and ensure alignment with enterprise standards, delivering scalable IoT solutions across the edge-to-cloud continuum.

• Review architectural designs and validate implementation plans across Azure environments
• Ensure configuration and deployment aligns with enterprise cloud and MDM standards
• Coordinate with networking and site IT teams to ensure connectivity and firewall readiness
• Validate edge-to-cloud data flows including payload format, frequency and ingestion design
• Facilitate Azure subscription access, permissions and resource configuration
• Own go-live readiness and drive resolution of integration blockers
• Oversee end-to-end validation of data ingestion pipelines
• Escalate security, IAM and infrastructure risks impacting delivery
• Ensure Azure services are deployed, integrated and operating correctly

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure architecture
• Experience designing and supporting IoT solutions including IoT Hub, IoT Edge and Event Hub
• Experience with Azure Functions, Service Bus, Cosmos DB and API Management
• Containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Azure Kubernetes
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform
• Experience with Web APIs, Azure SQL, Time Series databases and PostgreSQL
• Strong understanding of cloud networking and integration fundamentals
• Experience working in complex enterprise or manufacturing environments

• Microsoft Azure
• IoT Hub
• IoT Edge
• Event Hub
• Azure Functions
• Service Bus