Strategic Cloud & Digital Sovereignty Architect

Sopra Steria; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Company car

Mobility budget

Insurance coverage

32 days PTO

Laptop

Phone

Learning & development

Résumé du poste

Sopra Steria Belgium seeks an Enterprise Architect specializing in Cloud & Digital Sovereignty to shape the enterprise cloud strategy and architecture across public, private, hybrid, multi-cloud, and sovereign environments.

The role requires translating regulatory and sovereignty requirements into architecture decisions, driving governance, and guiding migrations while ensuring security, data residency, and compliance. This is a senior leadership position with broad stakeholding impact.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure architecture, or comparable tech leadership.
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud ecosystem (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud) with hybrid/multi-cloud understanding.
• Strong knowledge of digital sovereignty and cloud-related regulatory considerations (GDPR, NIS2, extraterritorial laws).
• Experience designing cloud landing zones, multi-account environments, and cloud security architectures.
• Understanding IAM, network design, encryption, key management, and Zero Trust in cloud.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman, or ArchiMate.
• Ability to collaborate with Security, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Data Protection, infra and application teams.

Responsabilités

• Define and evolve the enterprise cloud architecture strategy across public, private, hybrid, multi-cloud, and sovereign cloud environments.
• Define target-state architectures and reference patterns for compute, storage, networking, identity, integration, and cloud-native services.
• Translate digital sovereignty requirements into architecture principles and design choices.
• Define cloud governance principles, guardrails, landing zones, and cost governance.
• Establish cloud security architecture including IAM, network security, encryption, key management, and Zero Trust.
• Assess sovereign cloud models and fit them within the enterprise strategy.
• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Security, Risk, Data Protection, and IT teams on architecture decisions.
• Guide cloud migration and modernization while maintaining architectural consistency.
• Define portability and reversibility principles to manage vendor lock-in.
• Lead architecture reviews and participate in technology risk assessments.
• Advise senior stakeholders on trade-offs and strategic decisions.
• Monitor developments in European cloud sovereignty and assess impact.

Connaissances

Cloud architecture leadership

Azure, AWS or Google Cloud

Digital sovereignty knowledge

Cloud landing zones & multi-account

IAM & Zero Trust

Enterprise architecture frameworks

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

TOGAF

ArchiMate

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect

AWS Solutions Architect

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

CISSP or CCSP

ISO 27001 expertise

Outils

ArchiMate

Description du poste

Sopra Steria Belgium seeks an Enterprise Architect specializing in Cloud & Digital Sovereignty to shape the enterprise cloud strategy and architecture across public, private, hybrid, multi-cloud, and sovereign environments.

The role requires translating regulatory and sovereignty requirements into architecture decisions, driving governance, and guiding migrations while ensuring security, data residency, and compliance. This is a senior leadership position with broad stakeholding impact.