(Senior) Microsoft Azure Cloud Architect (m/w/d)

(Senior) Microsoft Azure Cloud Architect (m/wd/d)

Category: Infrastructure/Cloud Main location: Germany, Various, Deutschlandweit, remote Alternate Location(s): Bremen, Hamburg, Bielefeld, Erfurt, Leipzig, Dresden, Berlin, Eschborn, München Position ID: J0426-1969 Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

Your passion is innovative public-cloud architectures? Terms like cloud-native, well-architected frameworks, zero trust, and devsecops are not foreign to you but part of your mindset? Then become part of the CGI Cloud-Architecture team to collectively elevate our customers to the next transformation level! We are looking for talents like you who design and implement creative solutions as a team. CGI is one of the top 5 IT & consulting service providers worldwide. Across Germany, we are expanding our cloud architecture, governance, and security center and you can be part of it in the future. In our growing team, you will encounter flat hierarchies, subject-specific management, and can continuously expand your expertise in a dynamic and agile environment. In addition to free hardware choice (Windows or MacBook) and an iPhone, among other things, for private use, we offer profit sharing and a mentoring program for your ideal start at CGI. Flexible working is of course, as well as the open doors of your colleagues and the "you". Do you want to become part of our worldwide network of IT pioneers? Then make your next sprint with us!

Your Future Duties and Responsibilities:

As part of an interdisciplinary cloud architecture team, you will take on important tasks and responsibilities in the context of projects and services in close cooperation with your engineering colleagues and our customers. In this role, you will design and implement modern cloud technologies, where a sustainable design of the IT architecture and a very high stability and availability of the application landscape are important to you. With us, you will not become a PowerPoint architect, you are responsible for both the conception and the implementation of cloud architectures based on the defined requirements of our customers. You will also advise already within the scope of the requirements management and in the design of the solution. You will incorporate security and governance into your decisions from day one of the design. Your tasks include:

• You are the subject matter expert for our customers & lead our cloud & devsecops engineers professionally
• You translate customer requirements into highly available and secure cloud architectures taking into account the software architecture and the use of cutting-edge technologies & trends
• You choose the right platform for the solution – IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, or FaaS? Containerized or serverless?
• You are responsible for the governance of the environment and design corresponding processes and tools (e.g., using Azure Policy, Terraform Sentinel, or Open Policy Agent)
• At the architecture level, you are responsible for the security of the environment. Here you successfully convince our customers of the benefits of identity-driven security concepts, zero-trust paradigms, and devsecops compared to the classic network-based security approach
• You implement infrastructure as code (IaC) and live "automate everything" (primarily based on Terraform)
• You design and implement container-based solutions, primarily based on (managed) Kubernetes & design continuous integration & continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines (e.g., based on Gitlab, Github, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins) to increase efficiency in the customer project

Required Qualifications to Be Successful in This Role:

In addition to your passion for cloud architectures, you bring an information technology study or a comparable education and several years of professional experience in implementing IT architectures in conjunction with cloud-based services and platforms. You also bring the following skills:

• Certifications in the areas of Azure or Kubernetes – preferably as an architect
• Broad knowledge of the current cloud service portfolios of the big players (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Knowledge of the methodologies of subject-specific leadership, agile approach, and IT architecture
• Professional communication skills in German and English
• High sense of responsibility and proactivity

What We Offer:

You will find colleagues with whom cooperation is fun. We treat each other openly, we use the informal "you" across all positions and do not think in hierarchies or silos - we see ourselves as a multi-national home port for cloud enthusiasts, not as a professional silo.

We deliberately promote the exchange within the team – weekly brownbags and regular techdays as well as deepdives and pocs are part of our spirit.

Your professional training and development are important to us – CGI finances relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft, AWS, Hashicorp, CNCF).

You and your manager jointly steer your personal development – annually we set individual goals for the fiscal year together. Here you lead your development, which can also be planned over a long-term personal development plan.

You can invest part of your gross salary in CGI stocks – up to a maximum of 3% of the monthly salary, we give one more for every euro.

Sabbatical or parental leave are supported. They are not a career stopper with us!

A variety of events and leisure activities strengthen your connection to your team.

What You Can Expect From Us:

Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action. Founded in 1976 and still family-owned, CGI is today one of the world's largest independent providers of IT and business consulting. A high degree of self-responsibility, teamwork, respect, and cohesion make working with us special. With us, you can unfold your full potential! From the first day, you can consider yourself a co-owner of CGI. We let our vision become a reality together. We benefit from our joint success and have the opportunity and the responsibility to actively shape the strategy and direction of our company. Your work creates value. You find innovative solutions and strengthen your network of colleagues and customers. At the same time, you have access to global resources to realize great ideas, take advantage of new opportunities, and benefit from immense industry and technology expertise. You advance your career because you work in a company that is designed for growth and longevity. You are supported by leaders who promote your health and happiness – and offer you opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.