Job Title: Senior Solution Architect
Location: Remote based in UK with 25% travel requirement to customer locations
Company Overview: Atreides helps organizations transform large and complex multi-modal datasets into information-rich geo-spatial data subscriptions that can be used across a wide spectrum of use cases. Currently, Atreides focuses on providing high-fidelity data solutions to enable customers to derive insights quickly.
We are a fast-moving, high-performance startup. We value a diverse team and believe inclusion drives better performance. We trust our team with autonomy, believing it leads to better results and job satisfaction. With a mission-driven mindset and entrepreneurial spirit, we are building something new and helping unlock the power of massive-scale data to make the world safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
Team Overview: We are a passionate team of technologists, data scientists, and analysts with backgrounds in operational intelligence, law enforcement, large multinationals, and cybersecurity operations. We obsess about designing products that will change the way global companies, governments and nonprofits protect themselves from external threats and global adversaries.
Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to contribute to the design and delivery of secure, scalable and resilient Microsoft Azure environments underpinning critical defence-oriented platforms.
In this senior role you will steer architectural decision-making, help mentor Solution Architects and engineers, and act as the technical authority when integrating novel capabilities into production systems.
You will collaborate with multidisciplinary, globally-distributed colleagues and stakeholders to shape mission-focused cloud strategies that meet stringent security and performance demands.
Team Principles:
At Atreides, we believe that teams work best when they:
- Remain curious and passionate in all aspects of our work
- Promote clear, direct, and transparent communication
- Embrace the 'measure twice, cut once' philosophy
- Value and encourage diverse ideas and technologies
- Lead with empathy in all interactions
Responsibilities:
- Architectural leadership – collaborate on the technical vision for Azure Landing Zones and related services, guiding the team through best-practice patterns and governance.
- Coach and develop a high-performing architecture/engineering cohort, allocate work and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Design secure, performant Azure
solutions, plan modular Landing Zone topologies to deliver scalability, resilience and cost optimisation. - Decision-making & governance – chair design reviews, own architecture decisions, and present options-analysis to senior business and customer stakeholders.
- Deploy and manage Azure infrastructure solutions using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Bicep, Terraform).
- Direct the implementation of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD) and champion automated testing and release processes.
- Lead the incorporation of emerging capabilities (e.g. mobile platforms, geospatial analytics, zero-trust architectures) into legacy or hybrid estates.
- Operational excellence – drive continuous monitoring, capacity planning and cost-control initiatives across cloud workloads.
- Liaise with defence partners, third-party vendors and internal teams to ensure solutions align with programme requirements and security mandates.
- Documentation & knowledge transfer – maintain architecture standards, patterns and run-books to support audit readiness and onboarding.
Required Expertise:
- Proven track record leading or supervising cloud architecture teams on large-scale Azure programmes.
- Deep knowledge of Azure Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure and Engineering, including Landing Zone design.
- Strong grounding in networking concepts (VPNs, firewalls, routing, switching) and security-by-design principles.
- Demonstrated experience governing IaC solutions (Terraform or Bicep) and modern DevOps toolchains.
- Familiarity with container orchestration and microservices (AKS/Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps, Docker).
- Experience with mobile device management (MDM) platforms and enterprise endpoint policy enforcement.
- Excellent problem-solving capability, documentation discipline and the ability to communicate complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience supporting defence, intelligence, or government clients, particularly in secure or classified environments.
Desired Qualifications:
- Azure Certification - AZ-104
- Azure Certification - AZ-305
- Azure Certification - AZ-500
- Azure Certification - AZ-700
- Azure Certification - AZ-400
- CCNA (or equivalent networking qualification)
Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- Additional benefits like flexible hours, work travel opportunities, competitive vacation time and parental leave
While meeting all of these criteria would be ideal, we understand that some candidates may meet most, but not all. If you're passionate, curious and ready to "work smart and get things done," we'd love to hear from you.
