Technical Architecture & Governance: The team is responsible for the technical architecture of our products.
Reference Architecture Creation: Design, document, and maintain the definitive master technical blueprints for all products and services in the Ekco UK portfolio.
Technical Design Authority: Act as the final approval gate for all new technical architectures, ensuring they are supportable, scalable, secure, and aligned with our long-term technical strategy.
Technology Standards & Selection: Define, and in conjunction with Service Delivery, govern the core technologies and components that form our standardised building blocks.
Transformation Project Delivery: The team assists the Ekco UK business by delivering projects in areas such as Datacenter Consolidation, Hypervisor Migration, Public Cloud Migration, and Internal M365 Tenant Migration.

Extensive MSP Experience: Deep understanding of the Managed Service Provider model, multi-tenant architectures, and the commercial impact of technical design decisions.
Architectural Mindset: Proven ability to transition from reactive problem-solving to proactive architectural design.
Experience creating high-level and low-level design documentation (HLD/LLD).
Cloud & Virtualisation: Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, AVD, Azure Arc), Hyper-V, and legacy hypervisors/VDI (VMware, Citrix).
Platform Migration: Track record of executing complex datacenter migrations, cloud adoptions, or integrating IT systems following company acquisitions.
Automation: Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Terraform).
Communication & Leadership: Exceptional ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and to provide clear, authoritative guidance to operational engineering teams.

Technical Architect

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