Platform Architect (Azure) – Contract | Eindhoven, Netherlands

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead cloud onboarding across Azure and Google Cloud
• ▹Guide DevOps teams in designing secure, scalable, compliant cloud architectures
• ▹Act as consulting partner and primary point of contact for DevOps teams
• ▹Promote cloud cost awareness and optimization
• ▹Test, validate and develop new cloud technologies
• ▹Design and review architectures for cloud-native and hybrid applications
• ▹Support CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code automation initiatives
• ▹Design and support AI solutions such as copilot agents

Requirements

• ▹10+ years of professional experience, including 5+ years as a Cloud Solution Architect
• ▹Expert proficiency in Microsoft Azure
• ▹Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS (VMs, AKS, networking, storage)
• ▹Skilled in designing PaaS solutions (Web Apps, managed databases, Kubernetes, Data Lake, Databricks)
• ▹Strong experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub and CI/CD tooling
• ▹Deep understanding of cloud data integration patterns and modern data architectures
• ▹Engineering and coding experience in Agile environments
• ▹Experience in large, international organizations

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with Google Cloud Platform
• ▹Experience designing and developing AI solutions such as copilot agents

Soft skills

About the company

The role sits within a Cloud Center of Excellence, an international team of 75+ cloud professionals guiding cloud adoption at a large technology manufacturer in Eindhoven.