Senior Cloud Architect - Global GCP Platform & Security

Cognizant; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Sr Cloud Architect in Amsterdam to design secure, scalable, and resilient GCP-based solutions for a global client base, with a hybrid work model. You will drive cloud foundations, modernize applications, and establish best practices using the Cloud Foundation Toolkit to deliver compliant, cost-efficient platforms supporting critical banking services.

You will partner with solution architects to define standards, promote interoperability, and ensure alignment with security

Qualifications

• Professional Cloud Architect GCP or equivalent certification.
• Experience designing secure scalable and resilient cloud solutions.
• Ability to lead architectural decisions across multi-cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture of the Virtual Machine platform.
• Ensure scalability security reliability and maintainability of the platform.
• Align platform architecture with enterprise standards and cloud best practices.
• Codevelop guardrails standards and integration patterns with other compute and infra architects.

Skills

Architectural Leadership

Cross Platform Collaboration

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Tools

GCP

Azure

AWS

On-premises

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Sr Cloud Architect in Amsterdam to design secure, scalable, and resilient GCP-based solutions for a global client base, with a hybrid work model. You will drive cloud foundations, modernize applications, and establish best practices using the Cloud Foundation Toolkit to deliver compliant, cost-efficient platforms supporting critical banking services.

You will partner with solution architects to define standards, promote interoperability, and ensure alignment with security