Senior Cloud Solution Architect

Project Overview

As a Senior Cloud Solution Architect, you will design and implement enterprise-grade cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure. The role focuses on driving cloud adoption, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security of mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design and implementation of cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure
• Define and drive cloud adoption strategies (Cloud Adoption Framework, Well-Architected Framework)
• Design scalable, secure, and high-availability architectures
• Work closely with infrastructure, DevOps, and development teams
• Design hybrid cloud solutions (on-premises + cloud integration)
• Implement networking architectures (hub-and-spoke, VPN, ExpressRoute, routing, DNS)
• Ensure best practices in security, governance, and compliance
• Contribute to CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code strategy

Requirements

Technical Skills

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
• 6+ years of commercial experience
• 2+ years in Solution Architect (or similar) role
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, security, data services)
• Proven experience designing enterprise cloud architectures
• Experience with:
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM)
  • CI/CD pipelines and architecture
  • Hybrid cloud environments

Nice to Have

• SAP experience
• Kubernetes / Docker
• Identity & access management
• Data & AI tools (Fabric, Databricks, Foundry)

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and quality
• Ability to work with complex distributed systems
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Leadership and stakeholder management

Languages

• English — required
• German — strong plus
• French / Italian / Spanish — nice to have