Job description

Language: DUTCH Speaking Mandatory

Location: Utrecht

Hybrid position (ONLY for PR's or EU Citizens with Dutch speaking /Dutch speakers)

• Own disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability architecture design • Partner with FinOps/finance teams to design cost-optimized, well-architected cloud solutions • Act as a technical advisor to senior leadership, translating business requirements into cloud architecture decisions • Guide and mentor DevOps, platform, and security engineering teams on architectural best practices • Conduct architecture reviews and ensure alignment with the Microsoft Well-Architected Framework • Create and maintain architecture documentation, diagrams, and decision records (ADRs) • Stay current with Azure roadmap and emerging cloud- technologies to inform strategy

Required Skills & Qualifications

Required Skills • 12+ years of overall IT experience, with 7+ years specifically in cloud/solution architecture on Azure • Deep expertise across Azure services: Compute, Networking, Storage, Identity, Databases, and Integration services • Strong experience designing Azure Landing Zones and enterprise-scale architecture frameworks • Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM) at an architectural/governance level • Strong knowledge of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), microservices, and containerized application design • Deep understanding of cloud security architecture, Zero Trust, and identity federation (Entra ID) • Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud architecture patterns (Azure Arc, ExpressRoute, VPN) • Strong grasp of the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework and its five pillars • Experience leading large-scale cloud migration and modernization programs • Familiarity with DevOps/CI-CD practices and how they integrate into architectural design • Understanding of cost optimization/FinOps principles for cloud architecture • Excellent stakeholder management, presentation, and executive communication skills • Proven ability to lead and mentor cross-functional technical teams • Strong analytical and strategic thinking with a pragmatic, business-outcome focus