Senior Cloud Architect
FOX IT
Remoto
We are looking for a Senior Cloud Architect for an international project, to be carried out in a hybrid working model in Lisbon What you will be doing:
- Defining, reviewing and guiding Public Cloud architectures;
- Turning business and technology requirements into cloud architectures that are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable and cost-effective;
- Running architecture governance through principles, standards, reference architectures, architecture decision records and design reviews;
- Supporting the rollout of Public Cloud solutions with other IT teams such as Cybersecurity, Identity and Network;
- Keeping architecture consistent across cloud platforms and products;
- Helping build cloud products and architectures that let business units worldwide create their own applications in a self-service way, while staying aligned with the group’s platform;
- Working closely with Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering and Cloud Operations to build and improve the platforms, with a focus on scalability, operational readiness and maintainability;
- Reviewing and challenging Infrastructure as Code, automation patterns and cloud-native designs with engineering teams;
- Producing architecture deliverables such as standards, roadmaps, technical recommendations, and up-to-date platform and product documentation;
- Leading technical discussions, handling disagreement and getting stakeholders to clear, documented decisions;
- This is not a hands-on development or implementation role. What we are looking for:
- At least 7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, solution architecture or enterprise architecture, including significant experience designing cloud solutions;
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure and enterprise-scale cloud architecture across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS;
- Experience designing secure, resilient, scalable and governed cloud platforms, covering networking, identity, security, observability, high availability and disaster recovery;
- The ability to understand, review and challenge Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and automation;
- Comfort navigating GitHub repositories and understanding CI/CD workflows;
- Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, including containers, Kubernetes, APIs, data platforms and modern integration patterns;
- A good understanding of cybersecurity principles and how they apply to enterprise cloud architecture;
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and AI-related cloud services;
- The ability to weigh technical options pragmatically, considering benefits, risks, constraints and trade-offs;
- The ability to influence, challenge and align technical teams without direct hierarchical authority;
- The ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences, and to present and defend your solutions;
- Strong organization, rigor and autonomy, with the ability to manage several architecture initiatives at once;
- The ability to balance long-term architecture direction with practical delivery constraints;
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills;
- Fluent professional English, written and spoken;
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field. What will be a plus:
- Knowledge of GCP and/or AWS;
- Azure architecture certifications, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert. Localização
- Lisboa, Portugal