Cloud Architect

SoftServe; Deutschland; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftServe seeks a senior Cloud Architect to lead architectural design and delivery for cloud projects across GCP, AWS, and Azure. You will guide engineering teams, define scalable solutions, and drive governance in collaboration with stakeholders.

You will design CI/CD pipelines, ensure security and cost-efficiency, and participate in pre-sales activities for technical stakeholders. English and German fluency is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Cloud Architect or similar senior role.
• Strong hands-on with Google Cloud Platform and major GCP PaaS/IaaS services.
• Experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Solid expertise in Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Practical experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, or similar).
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code principles, tools, and best practices.
• Experience with Python and/or Shell scripting.
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and managing SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and scalable distributed systems.
• Ability to create architecture visions, technical specifications, and solution design documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including presenting to executive and C-level audiences.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken, in a multicultural and distributed environment.
• Excellent German communication skills, both written and spoken, in a multicultural and distributed environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural delivery for cloud projects, acting as a technical decision-maker for engineering teams.
• Participate in discovery, assessment, and architectural project support engagements.
• Define solution architectures and guide engineering teams through implementation.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and communicate architectural decisions and constraints.
• Facilitate collaboration to define and prioritise architectural drivers.
• Translate requirements into scalable designs and operational plans.
• Support project estimation, roadmaps, and governance activities.
• Design, build, and maintain cloud architectures on GCP and other clouds.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines with GitLab and Jenkins.
• Develop highly available, secure, and cost-efficient cloud solutions.
• Implement hybrid cloud spanning public cloud and on-premises.
• Design monitoring, logging, and observability platforms.
• Create architecture docs, diagrams, and risk assessments.
• Participate in pre-sales activities, workshops, and executive briefings.

Skills

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Python

SQL

NoSQL

Ansible

AWS

Azure

German language

English language

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Terraform

Docker

Job description

In this role, you will join the Cloud & DevOps Practice within the Critical Services Center of Excellence (CoE), a team focused on designing innovative cloud solutions, supporting technical pre-sales activities, and delivering high-impact consulting services. You will work with leading cloud platforms, help clients modernize their environments, and contribute to building scalable, secure, and reliable systems while collaborating with top technology partners such as Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive application, data, and infrastructure delivery design, acting as a key technical decision-maker and architectural lead for engineering teams
• Participate in Discovery, Assessment, and Architectural Project Support engagements
• Define solution architectures and guide engineering teams through implementation
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements and communicate architectural decisions and technical constraints
• Facilitate cooperation among stakeholders to define and prioritize architectural drivers
• Translate business, functional, and non-functional requirements into scalable solution designs and operational plans
• Support project estimation, roadmap creation, and architecture governance activities
• Design, build, and maintain complex cloud-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform and other public cloud providers
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab and Jenkins
• Develop highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and cost-efficient cloud architectures
• Implement hybrid cloud solutions spanning public cloud and on-premises environments
• Design monitoring, logging, and observability platforms
• Create architecture documentation, technical specifications, diagrams, and risk assessments
• Participate in technical pre-sales activities, workshops, and presentations for business and executive stakeholders

REQUIREMENTS

• Proven experience as a Cloud Architect, Solutions Architect, or a similar senior technical role
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and major GCP PaaS/IaaS services
• Experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
• Solid expertise in Kubernetes and containerized environments
• Practical experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, or similar)
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code principles, tools, and best practices
• Experience with Python and/or Shell scripting
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and managing SQL and NoSQL databases
• Knowledge of configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and scalable distributed systems
• Ability to create architecture visions, technical specifications, and solution design documentation
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including presenting to executive and C-level audiences
• Experience with architecture frameworks and methodologies, including translating business requirements into technical solutions
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken, in a multicultural and distributed environment
• Excellent German communication skills, both written and spoken, in a multicultural and distributed environment

SoftServe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veteran status, and other protected characteristics under applicable law. Let’s put your talents and experience in motion with SoftServe.