Role: Senior Azure Consultant (Landing Zone / IAM / Data Foundations)
Duration: 1-month initial contract, with potential for extension
Location: Remote
Start Date: ASAP (can also be started on a part-time basis)
Rate: £550 - £600 / day Outside IR35

Overview:
We're looking for a senior, hands-on Azure specialist to define and implement the foundational components of a secure and scalable cloud environment for a large-scale data platform initiative. This will be an intensive initial engagement to establish the right architectural groundwork before full build-out begins.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement an Azure Landing Zone aligned with enterprise-grade security, governance, and compliance standards.
Define and configure Identity and Access Management (IAM), including role-based access control, policies, and directory service integration.
Architect the networking, storage, monitoring, and logging layers required to support a high-volume, data-intensive platform.
Prepare the foundational components to support Databricks as the target lakehouse environment.
Produce clear, auditable documentation covering architecture decisions, deployment patterns, and reusable templates.
Collaborate closely with strategy and architecture stakeholders to ensure alignment with data governance and security principles.

Experience Required:

Delivering complex enterprise-scale Azure environments, ideally within security-conscious or regulated domains.
Deep, hands-on expertise in Azure governance, security, IAM, and automation (Terraform, Bicep etc).
Strong understanding of Databricks and related lakehouse concepts.
Comfortable operating in greenfield or rapidly evolving environments, defining standards where few yet exist.
Able to produce high-quality builds and concise, well-structured technical documentation.

The client are looking for someone to get started immediately, so please don't hesitate to apply now!