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Azure Technical Architect

🏢 SCC • 📍 Birmingham, England • 🕒 Sep 14, 2026
Salary Range
£70,000 - £85,000
£5,833 - £7,083 / mo

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Birmingham, England
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Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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Position Overview & Specifications

About The Role

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.

Role: Azure Technical Architect

Location: Home Based with Travel as required

Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time

Salary Package: Up to £85,000 Plus Car / Allowance plus Large Company Benefits


Why SCC Hyperscale
  • An inclusive workplace
  • Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
  • Hybrid working in line with role requirements
  • The opportunity to work innovatively with new and existing customers across all industries and sectors
  • Further develop your skills and experience within the dynamic world of Public Cloud and Data Managed Services.
  • Join a dynamic new Practice within a well-established, stable company.
  • Take advantage of unrivalled opportunities to develop your career as the practice grows.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Act as technical lead for Azure cloud engagements
  • Provide cloud technology thought leadership to customers and colleagues
  • Participate in cloud presales activities in support of solution and sales colleagues
  • Deliver detailed cloud infrastructure designs and work with the technical implementation team to deliver the solution
  • Provide expertise in developing Azure cloud solutions and associated technical documentation

Key Skills/Experience

  • Azure Solution Architect Expert Certifications
  • Azure – Deep understanding of Azure architecture including
Azure Functions and Serverless architectures Azure Sentinel and Security technologies
  • Network Skills - Understanding of networking design concepts and security. Ensuring the connectivity and security of our platform
  • Security Skills - Knowledge of information assurance compliance and information security basics
  • Development Skills – Programming/development experience including use of repositories (e.g. GitHub) and deployment in multi-tier environment
  • Infrastructure Skills - Familiar with a variety of operating systems and understanding of virtual machines
  • Database Technology - Familiarity with management and maintenance of database/persistence technologies
  • Familiarity with Azure Kubernetes (AKS) and other containerisation platforms
  • Deep understanding of the Cloud Adoption Framework
  • Demonstrable Azure based cloud architecture and migration skills and experience covering Azure VPC, High availability and DR, Migration assessments and ASR, scalability and resilience patterns, landing zones and security design.
  • High understanding and practical application of automation
  • Understanding of programme and project management methodologies

As you will be working alongside our colleagues in the UK Public Sector, you will be required to undertake Security Clearance

About Us

SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex.

We are an equal opportunities employer

SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

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Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Corridor Intelligence

Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Information Technology Support Services

Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Azure Technical Architect roles across SCC's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Information Technology Support Services.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £70,000 - £85,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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