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IT Solution Architect (Contract)

Location: Dublin (1-2 days onsite per week)
Contract Length: Initial 6 Months
Engagement: Daily Rate Contract

The Opportunity

We are partnering with a large, technology-led organisation undergoing significant investment in cloud infrastructure, modern workplace technologies and enterprise service delivery.

As part of an ongoing cloud-first strategy, an experienced IT Solution Architect is required to help design, govern and deliver enterprise infrastructure and cloud solutions across a complex multi-site environment.

This role will suit an architect who enjoys combining technical leadership with hands-on solution design and has a strong background across Microsoft cloud technologies, identity services and infrastructure modernisation.

Key Responsibilities

Design and deliver infrastructure, cloud and end-user computing solutions aligned to business and technology objectives.Provide architectural governance and technical leadership across multiple projects and initiatives.Lead Azure and Microsoft 365 transformation and migration activities.Drive Active Directory and Azure AD (Entra ID) modernisation programmes.Design and enhance Intune-based application and device management solutions.Collaborate with infrastructure, security and application teams on authentication, identity and access requirements.Review existing cloud architecture and recommend improvements based on industry best practices.Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to future-state technology roadmaps.Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, highly available and operationally supportable.

Required Experience

Previous experience operating in a Solution Architect capacity within a medium-to-large enterprise environment.Strong expertise across Azure, Microsoft 365 and hybrid cloud environments.Deep understanding of Active Directory, Azure AD (Entra ID) and identity services.Experience delivering cloud migration, infrastructure transformation and modernisation programmes.Strong knowledge of Intune, endpoint management and Microsoft security technologies.Experience providing governance and architectural oversight throughout project delivery.Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.Ability to balance strategic architecture responsibilities with hands-on technical engagement.

Desirable Experience

Enterprise Mobility & Security technologies.Exchange Online migration and administration.SharePoint Online and OneDrive.Hyper-V or other virtualisation technologies.Experience operating within complex multi-domain or multi-forest environments.

What's on Offer

Initial 6-month daily-rate contract.Hybrid working model with 1-2 days onsite in Dublin.Opportunity to play a key role in a large-scale cloud and infrastructure transformation programme.Exposure to enterprise-level architecture, governance and modern Microsoft technologies.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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Solutions Architect - Tier Bank - Canary Wharf - 2 Stage interview process - ASAP start

Role - Solutions Architect

Duration - 6 months with very likely extension

Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office

Rate - £600 per day (Inside IR35)

Experience -

In depth understanding of Object Orientated programming concepts as well as of the full Software Development Life Cycle.Good understanding of MS .NET Framework environments.Knowledge and experience of Agile methodologyKnowledge of Cloud and AI technologies that can be adopted into the workplaceExtensive experience working as a software and solutions architect.Experience in designing of high-level concepts for software solutions.Experience in development of Azure cloud-based as well as on-prem solutions.DevOps and SCRUM experienceExperience in Cloud migration planning and execution

Tasks -

Create and improve architectural standards for on premise and azure cloud software products, develop cloud migration procedures and guidelines.Assist in cloud migration projects, assess readiness and dependencies, optimize for the Cloud.Create and review blueprints for software products, provide guidance on improving architecture.Coding mission critical parts and performing code reviews.Assist on integrating AI technologies to improve existing systems.Ensure that applications are in line with compliance and regulatory standards and conduct regular security assessments of these applications.Technical writing (creating related documentation)Assist developers with any architecture related issues and queries.

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Azure Solution Architect / Hands-on Platform Engineer (AI on Azure)
Contract | UK Remote/Hybrid

We're looking for a hands-on Azure Solution Architect who can also operate as a Platform Engineer - someone who can design the target architecture and then get stuck in building it. You'll be working with a delivery team deploying AI capabilities on top of Microsoft Azure in a complex enterprise environment, where governance, security controls and platform customisation are the norm.

This is not a slideware role - you will be engineering day-to-day, automating platform build, enabling secure deployment paths, and supporting teams to run AI workloads reliably in production.

What you'll be doing (hands-on)Building and engineering Azure platform components to support AI workloads (not just documenting them)Implementing enterprise-ready Azure foundations (networking, identity, security, governance)Deploying and operationalising AI services on Azure (eg Azure OpenAI / Azure ML / Cognitive Services)Creating/maintaining IaC and automation for repeatable environments and deploymentsDesigning + implementing secure landing patterns (policy, RBAC, Key Vault, private endpoints)Supporting CI/CD and release processes for platform + AI services (DevOps enablement)Troubleshooting platform/infra issues and improving reliability/observabilityEssential Skills & ExperienceStrong, demonstrable hands-on engineering experience across Azure (build, automate, troubleshoot)Track record as an Azure Solution Architect delivering in enterprise environmentsProven Platform Engineering capability (developer enablement, self-service, automation, standards)Enterprise customisation experience: working around policy constraints, bespoke network/security patterns, governance boardsInfrastructure as Code: Terraform and/or Bicep/ARM (modules, state, pipelines, repeatability)Containers are a strong plus: AKS, Kubernetes, Docker, HelmCI/CD experience: Azure DevOps and/or GitHub ActionsStrong stakeholder skills - but still an engineer who does the workAzure Landing Zones / CAF-aligned platform buildsObservability: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App InsightsExperience deploying AI services with private networking/security constraints (enterprise patterns)

Start: ASAP
Location: UK Remote/Hybrid
Duration: Initial 6 months (extensions likely)

Please send across your updated CV if this is of interest

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Solutions Architect - Tier Bank - Canary Wharf - 2 Stage interview process - ASAP start

Role - Solutions Architect

Duration - 6 months with very likely extension

Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office

Rate - £515 per day (Inside IR35)

Experience -

In depth understanding of Object Orientated programming concepts as well as of the full Software Development Life Cycle.Good understanding of MS .NET Framework environments.Knowledge and experience of Agile methodologyKnowledge of Cloud and AI technologies that can be adopted into the workplaceExtensive experience working as a software and solutions architect.Experience in designing of high-level concepts for software solutions.Experience in development of Azure cloud-based as well as on-prem solutions.DevOps and SCRUM experienceExperience in Cloud migration planning and execution

Tasks -

Create and improve architectural standards for on premise and azure cloud software products, develop cloud migration procedures and guidelines.Assist in cloud migration projects, assess readiness and dependencies, optimize for the Cloud.Create and review blueprints for software products, provide guidance on improving architecture.Coding mission critical parts and performing code reviews.Assist on integrating AI technologies to improve existing systems.Ensure that applications are in line with compliance and regulatory standards and conduct regular security assessments of these applications.Technical writing (creating related documentation)Assist developers with any architecture related issues and queries.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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Solutions Architect - Tier Bank - Canary Wharf - 2 Stage interview process - ASAP start

Role - Solutions Architect

Duration - 6 months with very likely extension

Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office

Rate - £515 per day (Inside IR35)

Experience -

In depth understanding of Object Orientated programming concepts as well as of the full Software Development Life Cycle.Good understanding of MS .NET Framework environments.Knowledge and experience of Agile methodologyKnowledge of Cloud and AI technologies that can be adopted into the workplaceExtensive experience working as a software and solutions architect.Experience in designing of high-level concepts for software solutions.Experience in development of Azure cloud-based as well as on-prem solutions.DevOps and SCRUM experienceExperience in Cloud migration planning and execution

Tasks -

Create and improve architectural standards for on premise and azure cloud software products, develop cloud migration procedures and guidelines.Assist in cloud migration projects, assess readiness and dependencies, optimize for the Cloud.Create and review blueprints for software products, provide guidance on improving architecture.Coding mission critical parts and performing code reviews.Assist on integrating AI technologies to improve existing systems.Ensure that applications are in line with compliance and regulatory standards and conduct regular security assessments of these applications.Technical writing (creating related documentation)Assist developers with any architecture related issues and queries.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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