Principal Cloud Architect
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Founded in Switzerland in 1968 Zühlke is owned by its partners and located across Europe and Asia. We are a global transformation partner with engineering and innovation in our DNA. Were trusted to help clients envision and build their businesses for the future to run smarter today while adapting for tomorrows markets customers and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams specialise in tech strategy and business innovation digital solutions and applications and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex regulated spaces including health and finance connecting strategy tech implementation and operational services to help clients become more effective resilient businesses.
If you share our values and want to do the best work for the right reasons we can offer you the chance to do it on a global scale and play a real role in shaping our exciting journey.
The Role
AsaPrincipal Cloud Architectyou will provide strategic guidance and long-term vision encompassing strategic planning and alignment with business goals whilst working closely with our clients to solve complex cloud optimisation & migration challenges. As part of your role you will design and deliver cloud architectures and strategies which are fit for purpose assessing the environment and constraints whilst showing a desire to challenge conventional thinking.
How youll make impact
Being a trusted advisor guiding our clients towards a successful solution to their Cloud challenges.Youlllead design sessions architecture reviews proof-of-concept projects and evaluation of new cloud technologies and vendors.
Taking part in early engagement to help create a compelling vision for our clients cloud optimisation and migration journeys.
Guiding and de-risking the delivery of programmes and projects promoting working iteratively to incrementally add value. Mediating resolving conflicts and escalating when necessary.
Supporting cross-functional teams delivering and prototyping Cloud platforms services and products in multi-cloudhybridand private cloud environments.
Helping stakeholders define both functional and non-functional requirements and ensuring solutions meet these requirements for performance capacity scalability availability securitymanageabilityand sustainability.
Providingexpertiseon privacy and information security topics ensuring our clients regulatory compliance.
You will architect enterprise-grade infrastructure across networking compute storage identity and observability in collaboration with security platform engineeringoperations and FinOps teams to ensure scalable secure and compliant cloud environments.
Keepingyour skills current with emerging technologies approaches and paradigms such as Generative AI Foundation Models Mainframe Transformation and Quantum Computing as well as keeping up with the well-known cloudhyperscalers.
Manage and mentoryourteam fostering cloud skills and the adoption of cloud-native architecture automationDevSecOpsand Infrastructure as Code.
Whats important to us
A clear understanding of the business value of your work and focus on delivering that value to your stakeholders in a transparent manner.
Confident decision making and the ability to explain processes or choices as needed.
Capable of articulating a technical solution and its value to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience gained as aPrincipalor Lead Cloud Architect across multiple programmes and projects.
Expert in AWS and have cross-trained to multi-cloud or have the aspiration to do so.
Accustomed to working in fast-paced Agile delivery-oriented environments with an emphasis onquality anda show by doing approach.
Experience of guiding mentoring junior colleagues supporting their growth giving feedback and career coaching.
Youreopen proactive responding to changes quickly and with agility while learning in the process
Experience in presales activities and bid managementwill bea differentiator.
What we offer
Work life blend: we offer a safe & healthy workplace with flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home
Profit share scheme: In addition to your annual salary you may receive a profit share defined by the companys success in the previous year
Global and Diverse Zühlke community: witness how colleagues from all our 16 offices across the globe come together to create a unique positive and inclusive work culture learning from one another at annual team camps and celebrating year-end parties and other local festivities.
Committed to development: we are committed to the growth of our people and are investing in your development. Were empowering you to build the skills you need to make a positive impact both personally and for our clients today and in the future.
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How to Apply
Important: To ensure a smooth review process please submit all application documents (CV cover letter) in English only.
If you feel you dont meet all the requirements we are still happy to get to know you learn more about your ambitions and ideas and look forward to receiving your application!
We welcome people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender personality national origin race religion colour sexual orientation gender identity age marital status disability or veteran status.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Kubernetes
- S3
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cassandra
- System Architecture
- Redshift
- AWS
- Cloud Architecture
- NoSQL
- UML
- Kafka
- Distributed Systems
About Company
We are a global transformation partner with an engineering and innovation DNA, blending strategy, tech and operations for resilient, effective businesses.
