IT & Software Developer jobs in the Netherlands
Cloud Architect
€46.000 - 70.000
Michael Bailey Associates
Strawinskylaan 1331, Almere
€46.000 - 70.000
Requirements
Must:
- Masters degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum of 10 years of work experience, including at least 4 years in enterprise or business architecture in complex organizational environments.
- Deep expertise in AWS and Azure; familiarity with Google Cloud is a strong advantage.
- Strong leadership and influencing skills across cross-functional teams.
- Strategic and conceptual thinker capable of translating complex requirements into actionable architectural frameworks.
- Skilled in stakeholder management and enterprise collaboration.
- Solid understanding of cloud governance, compliance, and security frameworks.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in English required; Dutch language skills preferred.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the architectural vision for cloud services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud platforms.
- Ensure architectural alignment with enterprise strategy, industry best practices, and poly-cloud optimization principles.
- Drive innovation and standardization across cloud initiatives, ensuring operational resilience, cost efficiency, and scalability.
- Operate as part of a larger business architecture team within the engineering domain, under the leadership of a central architecture function.
- Co-lead the Cloud Services area alongside senior product and technical leads, balancing strategic goals with delivery execution.
- Provide functional leadership to five Solution Architects specializing in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, each supporting squad-level implementation.
- Promote a high-performing DevOps culture with a focus on continuous improvement, reliability, and agility.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across security, infrastructure, networking, application development, and service domains.
- Articulate cloud architecture roadmaps and value propositions to leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Monitor emerging trends in cloud computing, platform engineering, and DevOps practices.
- Champion the adoption of automation, GitOps principles, and self-service platforms to enhance developer productivity and service efficiency.
Description
We are a leading financial services provider in the Netherlands seeking a strategic Business Architect - Cloud Services to contribute to our enterprise-wide digital transformation. Operating within a dynamic technology and engineering function, we focus on providing robust, scalable, and secure poly-cloud infrastructure with a strong emphasis on AWS and Microsoft Azure, alongside an emerging presence on Google Cloud.
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