Capco

Principal Architect: Microsoft Azure

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7 months ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
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Responsibilities

  • Lead solution and enterprise architecture for complex Azure initiatives across financial-services clients.
  • Define architecture strategies and visions with senior client leaders and deliver Azure-based solutions with measurable business impact.
  • Design integrations between Azure, other cloud providers, legacy on-premises systems, and third-party services.
  • Design distributed, zero-trust, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
  • Bridge senior stakeholders and delivery teams while guiding multidisciplinary technical teams.
  • Contribute to commercial activity, including pre-sales, solution scoping, estimation, and bid responses.
  • Mentor junior talent and contribute to technology thought leadership and delivery excellence.

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading solution and enterprise architecture for complex, large-scale Microsoft Azure initiatives, supported by relevant Microsoft certifications.
  • Experience advising senior leadership on cloud strategy, adoption, and development, with demonstrable client influence and business outcomes.
  • Domain expertise in financial services or similarly complex regulated industries.
  • Experience designing integrations across Azure estates, other cloud providers, legacy on-premises systems, and third-party services using API-led design, gateways, and BFF patterns.
  • Experience designing distributed, zero-trust architectures using Azure services such as AKS, Azure Functions, and Service Bus for microservices and event-driven solutions.
  • Experience leading cross-functional technical teams in agile delivery environments and modern engineering practices.
  • Experience applying recognised architecture frameworks and methodologies such as TOGAF, Zachman, Domain-Driven Design, or NIST.
  • Senior or managerial-level consulting experience is beneficial.
  • Expert-level Azure credentials or architecture qualifications such as TOGAF are beneficial.
  • Pre-sales experience, including solution scoping, commercial estimation, and formal bid responses, is beneficial.
  • Experience designing enterprise-scale data and AI platforms with Azure-native services such as Synapse, Fabric, and Azure OpenAI Service is beneficial.
  • Experience designing landing zones, secure networking topologies, group hierarchies, and identity-led security architectures with Active Directory and RBAC policies is beneficial.
  • Experience launching greenfield cloud-native ventures, fintech solutions, or innovative platforms is beneficial.

Benefits

  • Permanent role in London with a hybrid work arrangement.
  • Discretionary bonus, competitive pension, health and dental insurance, life insurance, and critical illness cover.
  • Mental-health support through CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations, and in-house first aiders.
  • Family-friendly leave policies and paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause, and bereavement.
  • Eight complimentary backup care sessions for emergency childcare or elder care.
  • Five weeks of annual leave with the option to buy or sell days.
  • At least 40 hours of annual training, including workshops, certifications, e-learning, and business coaching.
  • Gympass (Wellhub), travel insurance, Tastecard, season ticket loans, and Cycle to Work scheme.

Tech Stack

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Solutions Engineering
Capco

About Capco

5,001-10,000 employees

Capco, a Wipro company, is a global technology and management consultancy specializing in driving digital transformation in the financial services industry. With a growing client portfolio comprising of over 100 global organizations, Capco operates at the intersection of business and technology by combining innovative thinking with unrivalled industry knowledge to deliver end-to-end data-driven solutions and fast-track digital initiatives for banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, and the energy sector. Capco’s cutting-edge ingenuity is brought to life through its Innovation Labs and award-winning Be Yourself At Work culture and diverse talent.