Remote Senior Cloud Architect: Azure & FinOps Leader

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær; España; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead design, implementation and governance of cloud infrastructure. You will set technical direction, ensure security, scalability and cost-efficiency, and partner with engineering, security and operations teams to deliver SaaS and PaaS solutions.

You will define architecture standards, conduct reviews, mentor engineers and stay ahead of new cloud services and industry trends to strengthen HBK's cloud capabilities and incident

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud architecture or related senior role.
• Proven track record designing enterprise-grade cloud solutions.
• Azure expertise; AWS experience is beneficial.
• Strong cloud security understanding: IAM, encryption, zero-trust.
• Familiarity with GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2 frameworks.
• Proficient with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep/ARM).
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• CI/CD pipelines experience.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environment.
• English fluent.

Responsibilities

• Design and own the overall cloud architecture, including infrastructure topology, account/subscription structure, networking and governance models.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, resilient and secure cloud architectures.
• Define and enforce security best practices, including IAM, network segmentation, encryption and data protection, in line with relevant regulatory and compliance frameworks.
• Establish cost governance practices together with the FinOps Manager to monitor, forecast and optimize cloud spend.
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and automation practices to improve deployment speed, consistency and reliability.
• Partner with engineering, operations, software developer and security teams to align infrastructure decisions with product and business goals.
• Support the Software R&D and Software development team to build robust and scalable SaaS and PaaS solutions.
• Define architecture standards, conduct design reviews and ensure consistency across teams and projects.
• Guide and mentor engineers on cloud architecture principles and best practices.
• Continuously evaluate new cloud services, tools and industry trends to improve the organization's technical capabilities.
• Contribute to disaster recovery planning, high-availability design and incident response processes.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure

Security best practices

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Python/Go

Communication

Zero-trust

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep/ARM

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead design, implementation and governance of cloud infrastructure. You will set technical direction, ensure security, scalability and cost-efficiency, and partner with engineering, security and operations teams to deliver SaaS and PaaS solutions.

You will define architecture standards, conduct reviews, mentor engineers and stay ahead of new cloud services and industry trends to strengthen HBK's cloud capabilities and incident