Azure Cloud Architect - Talent Pipeline

Version 1 has celebrated over 27 years in the IT industry and we continue to be trusted by global brands to deliver IT solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 is not just a Microsoft Partner, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner and an Oracle Partner, we are also an award-winning employer, and our employees are at the heart of Version 1.

Version 1 as a consultancy and a service provider, we are a digital-first environment and we do things differently. We are focused on our core values, and using these we have seen significant growth in our UK Digital, Data and Cloud Practice in the 4 years since inception. Our UK Digital, Data and Cloud business is now preparing for the next phase of expansion, opening new opportunities for highly skilled technologists and leaders to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies in the UK.

A few of our awards are the AWS Migration Partner of the Year - EMEA at AWS Re: Invent 2022, Best Workplace™ for Women UK 2022 By Great Place to Work® and Top 10 in Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards 2023.

This is a Talent Pipeline role, this is not a live role and we will be in touch when an appropriate role becomes available.

What You Will Do

• Provide technical leadership within project delivery, and when consulting with customers
• Leading conversations with customers to understand requirements and identify solutions and opportunities
• Working with colleagues and customers to design and deliver solutions
• Use DevOps processes and tooling for the delivery of IaaS and PaaS services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Produce and contribute to high-quality documentation

All of this will be done with the support and collaboration of our Cloud Platform Team – and we want you to contribute to technical decisions and team development initiatives in our collaborative environment.

Experience with Azure technologies such as designing and deploying solutions that are highly available, high performing, and secure

• Experience working with Cloud native solutions and services
• Experience using DevOps and IaC tooling
• Be passionate about continual learning and development to keep track of emerging technology
• Have the ability to clearly create and communicate technical designs, issues, and resolutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Have good commercial awareness and be able to articulate the commercial impacts of technical challenges and opportunities

We want to build our team with diverse perspectives and experiences. Therefore, if you are good communicator, thrive off collaboration, enjoy obtaining buy-in for your delivery approaches, and are able to manage your own priorities and performance to deliver high quality, highly performant solutions to our customers; then please consider applying.

This is a Talent Pipeline role, this is not a live role and we will be in touch when an appropriate role becomes available.

Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their well-being, professional growth, and financial stability.

One of our standout advantages is the ability to work with a hybrid schedule along with business travel, allowing our employees to strike a balance between work and life. We also offer a range of tech-related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme to help keep our team members up-to-date with the latest technology.

We prioritize the health and safety of our employees, providing private medical and life insurance coverage, as well as free eye tests and contributions towards glasses. Our team members can also stay ahead of the curve with incentivized certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.

Our employee-designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of our company's profits each quarter amongst employees. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential, offering Pathways Career Development Quarterly, a programme designed to support professional growth.