Senior Cloud Architect

6-Month Initial Contract | Competitive Day Rate | Insurance Industry

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to lead a strategic on-premises to Microsoft Azure migration programme within a large insurance organisation.

This is a key contract role responsible for defining the target-state Azure architecture, establishing secure enterprise landing zones, and providing technical leadership across the migration lifecycle. The successful candidate will operate at design authority level while remaining hands‑on where required.

• Define and own the Azure target architecture and migration strategy
• Design and implement enterprise‑scale landing zones
• Lead workload assessment, migration planning, and wave execution
• Architect secure, resilient, and compliant cloud solutions
• Establish governance, security, and regulatory guardrails aligned to insurance industry standards
• Design hybrid connectivity, networking, and identity integration
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and automation best practices

• Strong expertise across Azure networking, compute, storage, identity, and security
• Experience in regulated environments (insurance or financial services preferred)
• Deep understanding of cloud governance, risk, and compliance frameworks
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Bicep, Terraform)
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments