Senior Cloud Practice Architect & Platform Strategy

eir Ireland; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

eir Ireland is seeking a Cloud Practice Architect to lead the design, evolution, and technical strategy of the eir business cloud platform. You will work closely with Sales, Product Management, Professional Services, and Operations to define cloud solutions and ensure services remain scalable, secure, and competitive.

The role requires 6+ years in cloud architecture with hands-on experience in virtualization, cloud-native technologies, and automation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years' experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure or managed services.
• Strong expertise across enterprise virtualization platforms including VMware, Nutanix, KVM and OpenShift Virtualization.
• Experience with containers and cloud-native technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of server, storage and converged infrastructure platforms from DELL and HPE.
• Experience with automation and DevOps tools such as Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell or Python.
• Proven ability to write SOWs, technical proposals and solution designs.
• Experience supporting tenders, customer presentations and technical workshops.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Certifications in relevant technologies (hypervisors, hyperscalers, cloud-native) and experience in cloud service provider environments.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the architecture and roadmap for the eir business cloud platform.
• Design cloud, virtualization and cloud-native solutions for customers and internal services.
• Evaluate and develop platforms based on VMware vSphere, HPE Morpheus / VM Essentials, KVM, OpenShift Virtualization, Nutanix and Proxmix.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Infrastructure

Managed services

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Tender support

Architecture reviews

Tools

VMware vSphere

Nutanix AHV

KVM

OpenShift Virtualization

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Job description

eir Ireland is seeking a Cloud Practice Architect to lead the design, evolution, and technical strategy of the eir business cloud platform. You will work closely with Sales, Product Management, Professional Services, and Operations to define cloud solutions and ensure services remain scalable, secure, and competitive.

The role requires 6+ years in cloud architecture with hands-on experience in virtualization, cloud-native technologies, and automation.