Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

Telefónica Tech (part of the Telefónica Group) is a leading NextGen Tech solutions provider with a highly diversified team of over 6,000 exceptionally skilled employees and +60 nationalities.

We serve more than 5.5m customers every day in over 175 countries, with a global ecosystem of market-leading partners. Global strategic hubs: Spain, Brazil, the UK, Germany.

The Telefónica Tech UK&I hub has an end- to-end portfolio of market leading services and develops integrated technology solutions to accelerate digital transformation through: Cloud, Data & AI, Enterprise Applications, Digital Workplace and Cyber Security & Networking.

Values: Open, Bold, Trusted

Trusted Partners:

• Microsoft: Top 3 Service Providers, Azure Expert Status, Fastrack & Inner Circle Partner
• HPE: Platinum Partner – FY23 UK&I Solution Provider of the Year
• Palo Alto & Crowdstrike: part of our NextDefense Cyber Security Portfolio
• Fortinet: Elite VIP Program – one of only 2 in the UK
• AWS: Premier Tier Services Partner

Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Azure / AWS

Why This Role?

Take technical ownership of complex cloud solutions across customer opportunities, bids and live delivery engagements. You'll shape secure, scalable and commercially viable Azure and AWS solutions, taking them from early-stage architecture through to delivery assurance.

This is a highly customer-facing role where you'll influence technical direction, solve complex architecture challenges and help turn ambitious cloud transformation requirements into solutions that engineering teams can successfully deliver.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead solution architecture across complex cloud migration, modernisation, landing zone, platform, security and cloud-native engagements.
• Shape technical solutions for customer opportunities, bids and RFPs, balancing technical quality, commercial viability and delivery practicality.
• Design secure, scalable and resilient solutions across Azure and/or AWS, spanning infrastructure, networking, identity, governance and operations.
• Produce and assure architecture artefacts including HLDs, LLDs, reference architectures, design documentation and architectural decisions.
• Lead customer discovery sessions, technical workshops, design reviews and solution playback sessions.
• Work closely with Cloud Engineering and Delivery teams to ensure architecture is practical, implementable and operationally sound.
• Provide architecture governance and design assurance, identifying risks, dependencies, constraints and exceptions before they impact delivery.
• Maintain alignment between the solution developed during presales and what is ultimately delivered.
• Contribute to cloud architecture standards, reusable patterns, blueprints and reference designs.
• Mentor Cloud Solutions Architects and help strengthen architecture capability and best practice across the wider team.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and/or AWS within complex enterprise cloud environments.
• Strong cloud architecture knowledge across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, networking, identity, security, governance and operations.
• Experience designing cloud migration, modernisation, landing zone, platform or cloud-native solutions.
• Proven experience leading complex solution architecture and producing implementation-ready architecture documentation.
• Good understanding of DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, automation and platform engi