Senior Cloud Architect

Fox IT; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fox IT in Lisbon is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect for an international project, offering a hybrid work model in Lisbon. You will define and guide Azure-based architectures, ensure security, resilience and cost efficiency, and drive governance across cloud platforms.

You will collaborate with cybersecurity, identity, network and cloud engineering teams, review IaC and automation patterns, and produce architecture roadmaps and technical recommendations. This role is not hands-on development.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in cloud infrastructure or enterprise architecture.
• Expert in Azure and enterprise-scale cloud architecture.
• Experience with IaC and automation.
• Security, observability and disaster recovery design.
• Ability to explain complex topics to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and guide public cloud architectures.
• Drive architecture governance, standards and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Identity and Network teams.
• Review IaC and automation patterns with engineering teams.
• Produce architecture deliverables and documentation.
• Lead technical discussions and documented decisions.
• This is not hands-on development.

Skills

English proficiency

Leadership

Communication

Autonomy

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Architect for an international project, to be carried out in a hybrid working model in Lisbon

What you will be doing:

• Defining, reviewing and guiding Public Cloud architectures;
• Turning business and technology requirements into cloud architectures that are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable and cost-effective;
• Running architecture governance through principles, standards, reference architectures, architecture decision records and design reviews;
• Supporting the rollout of Public Cloud solutions with other IT teams such as Cybersecurity, Identity and Network;
• Keeping architecture consistent across cloud platforms and products;
• Helping build cloud products and architectures that let business units worldwide create their own applications in a self-service way, while staying aligned with the group’s platform;
• Working closely with Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering and Cloud Operations to build and improve the platforms, with a focus on scalability, operational readiness and maintainability;
• Reviewing and challenging Infrastructure as Code, automation patterns and cloud-native designs with engineering teams;
• Producing architecture deliverables such as standards, roadmaps, technical recommendations, and up-to-date platform and product documentation;
• Leading technical discussions, handling disagreement and getting stakeholders to clear, documented decisions;
• This is not a hands-on development or implementation role.

What we are looking for:

• At least 7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, solution architecture or enterprise architecture, including significant experience designing cloud solutions;
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure and enterprise-scale cloud architecture across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS;
• Experience designing secure, resilient, scalable and governed cloud platforms, covering networking, identity, security, observability, high availability and disaster recovery;
• The ability to understand, review and challenge Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and automation;
• Comfort navigating GitHub repositories and understanding CI/CD workflows;
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, including containers, Kubernetes, APIs, data platforms and modern integration patterns;
• A good understanding of cybersecurity principles and how they apply to enterprise cloud architecture;
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and AI-related cloud services;
• The ability to weigh technical options pragmatically, considering benefits, risks, constraints and trade-offs;
• The ability to influence, challenge and align technical teams without direct hierarchical authority;
• The ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences, and to present and defend your solutions;
• Strong organization, rigor and autonomy, with the ability to manage several architecture initiatives at once;
• The ability to balance long-term architecture direction with practical delivery constraints;
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills;
• Fluent professional English, written and spoken;
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.

What will be a plus:

• Knowledge of GCP and/or AWS;
• Azure architecture certifications, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

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