Microsoft Azure Business Development Lead and Solutions Architect

About the job you're considering

Capgemini’s Cloud Native Hyperscaler Azure team is seeking a visionary and technically accomplished Senior Azure Architect to lead business development and strategic client engagements across our Azure portfolio. This role is ideal for someone with deep technical expertise, a passion for innovation, and a proven track record of influencing cloud-native transformation at scale. An Azure MVP or equivalent community - recognised leader is highly desirable.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping and growing our Azure architecture and engineering capabilities, driving pre-sales and go-to-market initiatives, and leading complex solution design for enterprise clients. You’ll work closely with Microsoft, internal delivery teams, and client stakeholders to deliver transformative outcomes.

Your role

Business Development & Pre-Sales

•    Lead architecture strategy and solutioning for Azure-centric bids and proposals.

•    Represent Capgemini in client-facing engagements, articulating the value of Azure-native solutions.

•    Collaborate with Microsoft and other hyperscaler partners to align joint go-to-market strategies and funding programs.

•    Enabling our customers adopt AI by leveraging Azure AI services and solutions, guiding them through the integration of advanced analytics, machine learning, and generative AI capabilities to drive business value.

Thought Leadership & Evangelism

•    Act as a visible leader in the Azure community - internally and externally - through blogs, events, and technical enablement.

•    Drive the adoption of modern cloud-native patterns (e.g. microservices, containers, serverless, AI integration) across the practice.

•    Contribute to the evolution of Capgemini’s Cloud Native Hyperscaler Azure reference architectures and accelerators.

Technical Delivery & Governance

•    Lead the design of secure, scalable, and resilient Azure solutions for enterprise clients.

•    Provide architectural oversight and governance across delivery engagements.

•    Mentor and coach architects and engineers, fostering a high-performance culture.

•    Capability Building

•    Shape and grow the Azure architecture community within C&CA.

•    Support certification and learning initiatives aligned to Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework.

Your Skills and experience

•    Experience in pre-sales, bid support, and client stakeholder engagement.

•    Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.

•    Proven experience as a lead architect on large-scale Azure transformation programs.

•    Deep knowledge of Azure services including App Services, AKS, Azure Functions, API Management, Logic Apps, and Azure DevOps.

•    Strong understanding of cloud-native design principles, DevSecOps, and platform engineering.

•    Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g. AZ-305, AZ-400)

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme.

As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
Declare they have a disability, and Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Your security clearance and pre-employment checks

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including:  identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. 

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements

You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 12 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Capgemini. Make it real.

Why you should consider capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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