Practicing Consultant (Cloud & Infrastructure) Delivery Focused - Permanent - London Hybrid

Practicing Consultant (Cloud & Infrastructure) Delivery Focused

Location: London - Hybrid (2x-3x days a week onsite)

Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 + Bonus + Benefits

UK Clearance: Candidates must be eligible for UK DV clearance.

Active, lapsed DV clearance or existing SC clearance is highly desirable

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Practicing Consultant in Cloud & Infrastructure domain to join a consulting environment delivering complex enterprise technology programmes.

This role is delivery-focused, working with clients after projects have been awarded to lead technical discovery, shape solution architecture, and guide engineering teams through implementation.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted technical advisor, working closely with stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure cloud and infrastructure solutions are designed and implemented successfully.

This is a heavy client-facing role

The Role

You will play a key role in leading the technical delivery of cloud and infrastructure solutions, translating business challenges into practical designs and guiding engineering teams through implementation.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading technical discovery workshops with customers to understand requirements and challenges
• Translating business needs into solution architecture and technical designs
• Producing or overseeing High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLD/LLD)
• Providing technical leadership to engineering teams during delivery
• Acting as the technical authority across cloud and infrastructure engagements
• Engaging stakeholders across business and technical teams to ensure alignment and delivery success
• Supporting the resolution of complex technical challenges during project delivery
• Mentoring engineers and helping develop best practices across delivery teams

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong background in cloud and infrastructure architecture
• Experience leading technical delivery of enterprise cloud or infrastructure programmes
• Expertise in public cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS)
• Strong understanding of virtualisation technologies (VMware) and enterprise infrastructure
• Experience producing solution architecture artefacts (HLD/LLD)
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary technical teams during delivery
• Strong stakeholder engagement and consulting skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable Experience

• Hybrid cloud and cloud migration programmes
• DevOps/Infrastructure as Code concepts (eg, Terraform, Git, CI/CD)
• Domain services and enterprise identity environments
• Experience within consulting, systems integrators, or managed service environments

Benefits

• Competitive salary (£80,000 - £85,000)
• Performance-based bonus
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%
• Life insurance
• Personal accident insurance
• Private health insurance (from second anniversary)
• Sickness & disability income protection (from third anniversary)
• On-site gym membership at the London office

If you are a cloud or infrastructure consultant who enjoys leading technical delivery and working closely with customers, we would welcome your application.