Azure & Applications Architect

Posted 17 September 2026
LocationLondon
Job type Contract
Discipline Technology

Job description

​Job Title: Azure & Applications Architect – Business Separation

Location: Hybrid London (1 days a week onsite)

Duration: 6 months rolling contract

550GBP/day Outside IR35


Role Overview

The Azure & Applications Architect will lead the separation of Azure-hosted services and enterprise applications from the parent-company environment into the new standalone technology estate.

The current scope includes approximately 3–4 Azure environments across UK West and UK South, covering development, DevOps, Logic Apps and virtual machines.

A key aspect of the role will be application discovery and dependency assessment, as enterprise applications cannot simply be migrated and will require rebuild, reconfiguration or replacement within the new estate.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Assess the existing Azure estate and define the standalone target architecture.

  • Review approximately 3–4 Azure subscriptions/environments.

  • Assess:

  • Azure VMs

  • Logic Apps

  • Dev environments

  • DevOps

  • Networking

  • Integration services

  • Identify application dependencies on the parent organisation.

  • Lead application discovery and dependency mapping.

  • Determine whether applications should be migrated, rebuilt, reconfigured or replaced.

  • Define Azure subscription and resource structure for the standalone organisation.

  • Review Entra ID/application authentication dependencies.

  • Assess service accounts, certificates, secrets, APIs and integrations.

  • Work with application owners and SaaS providers.

  • Review Azure VPN and connectivity dependencies.

  • Develop application migration/rebuild sequencing.

  • Produce architecture and migration documentation.

  • Support testing and cutover.

  • Provide technical support during migration and hypercare.

Essential Experience

  • Strong Azure architecture experience.

  • Azure subscriptions and resource management.

  • Azure VMs.

  • Logic Apps.

  • Azure DevOps.

  • Application architecture/migration.

  • Application dependency mapping.

  • APIs/integration.

  • Entra ID/application authentication.

  • Experience establishing standalone cloud estates.

  • Business separation/divestiture/carve-out experience desirable.

If this position is of interest to you, apply now!