Role purpose
 

The Cloud Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructure and services to ensure scalability, reliability, and security. The cloud architect works closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translates them into robust cloud solutions and has a strong background in cloud technologies, architecture design, and project management.

Responsibilities
 

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure solutions based on business requirements, best practices, and industry standards.
• Develop cloud architecture blueprints, including network design, data storage, compute resources, and security controls.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure alignment of cloud initiatives with business objectives and compliance requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams throughout the entire project lifecycle, from planning and design to deployment and maintenance.
• Evaluate cloud services, platforms, and tools to identify opportunities for optimization, cost savings, and performance improvement.
• Implement and maintain cloud security controls, including identity and access management, encryption, and network security.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, assist in troubleshooting issues, and implement solutions to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Stay abreast of emerging cloud technologies, trends, and best practices to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
• Lead the planning, design, and engineering of enterprise-level infrastructure and platforms, application integrations related to cloud computing
• Participate in developing and maintaining IT infrastructure strategy and associated roadmap
• Maintain design documents of systems in production
• Be a champion for DevOps practices across the organization, providing solution design and implementation guidance, coaching, mentoring, and technical support

Your qualifications and skills
 

• 5+ years of experience in cloud architecture design, implementation, and management, with a focus on public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Cloud application development experience is a nice to have
• Experience in a multinational IT environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Fluency in English
• Strong understanding of cloud computing principles, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, public private, hybrid
• Proficiency in cloud infrastructure automation and orchestration tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep or Azure Resource Manager.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools (Bamboo, VSTS, TeamCity)
• Experience implementing cloud security controls and best practices, including identity management, encryption, and compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail and a results-driven mindset.
• Track record of delivering applications and cloud-based infrastructure delivery in an agile environment
• Relevant public cloud industry certifications are highly desirable.
• Understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture and the basics of IT budgeting
• Experience with major scripting/programming language (Python, C#, Powershell etc.)

What we offer you

• Working at the world’s only fully integrated aluminum and leading renewable energy company  
• Diverse, global teams  
• Flexible work environment including home office options
• We provide you the freedom to be creative and to learn from experts  
• Career growth opportunities, with potential for new certifications
• Attractive benefit package