Senior Cloud Architect (m/f/d)

Zoi; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours and remote work

Education time 20% for experimentation

Training and certification plans

Childcare support

Regular tech community lunch

Job summary

Zoi is hiring a Cloud & Infrastructure Architect in Lisbon to design, scale, and secure multi-cloud infrastructure. You will drive modernization, cost optimization, and governance across enterprises while mentoring cross-functional teams and advising senior leadership.

Join a dynamic, innovation-driven environment that values flexible work arrangements and collaboration with global locations.

Qualifications

• Proven background as Cloud & Infrastructure Architect with technical leadership experience.
• Hands-on mastery of AWS architecture, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security and governance practices, including IAM and Zero-Trust.

Responsibilities

• Design, scale, and maintain multi-cloud infra solutions (AWS focused).
• Evaluate constraints to propose modernization paths and cost optimizations.
• Mentor teams and advise senior stakeholders on technical direction.

Skills

AWS

Leadership

Zero-Trust

IAM

Cloud architecture

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Job description

YOUR BRILLIANT FUTURE IN TECH IS NOW

Welcome to the world of Zoi! We transform manufacturing and retail enterprises through AI-first strategies that deliver measurable business value. We don't just advise: we implement, operate, and scale solutions that turn AI adoption into competitive advantage.

We are expanding our European teams in Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne, Lisbon, Barcelona, Figueres, Sevilla and Las Palmas. Just choose your favorite Zoi city! Travel between our locations is possible.

What You Do

• Design, scale, and maintain complex multi-cloud and AWS infrastructure solutions that are highly available, fault-tolerant, and disaster-recoverable.
• Evaluate client constraints, such as legacy systems and security policies, to propose optimal modernization paths.
• Drive cost optimization and FinOps by analyzing architecture patterns, setting up tagging models, continuous monitoring, and resource sizing standardizations.
• Implement cloud security best practices, including IAM, RBAC, Zero-Trust network design, landing zones, account hierarchy models, and compliance guardrails.
• Automate cloud provisioning and configuration management using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
• Integrate cloud deployment pipelines with modern CI/CD toolchains such as GitHub Actions and GitLab CI.
• Act as a trusted technical leader and advisor to senior engineering leaders and C-level stakeholders, while mentoring cross-functional implementation teams to foster technical excellence.

Who You Are

• Proven background as a Cloud & Infrastructure Architect with strong experience in technical leadership and advisory roles.
• Must-have hands-on mastery of AWS cloud architecture, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Strong knowledge of cloud security and governance practices, including IAM, Zero-Trust architecture, Landing Zone setups, and compliance guardrails.
• Nice-to-have experience with multi-cloud environments (GCP, Azure) and navigating complex enterprise IT landscapes.
• Excellent communication skills with proficiency in English and German.

Do you like to be surrounded by brilliant minds? Awesome. At Zoi, you become part of our community of tech enthusiasts and develop your full potential. Create fresh ideas and shape the digital transformation of our enterprise customers sustainably.

Benefits

• GOOD WORK SHOULD BE REWARDED, which is why we offer various bonus models at our company
• TIME IS WISDOM, 20 % of your working time is available for experimenting and education
• SKILL YOURSELF UP, Zoi can only be as good as you are. thats why we value constant training and development
• BE FREE thanks to our absolutely flexible working hours and work remotely from any of our locations
• LEVERAGE AI POWER with access to cutting-edge AI technologies, to automate tasks, gain insights, and innovate
• DEVELOP YOURSELF with our individual certification and training plan
• FAMILY COMES FIRST, rely on our financial support for childcare
• REFUEL at our regular free Friday lunch

Zoi is an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to helping you do your best work. Our promise is to champion diversity, build an inclusive culture and do our part to create a more equitable professional landscape.