• The incumbent will work closely with scrum teams and Production Operations to ensure smooth migration of existing or new applications to Azure
• You will be overseeing the end-to-end solution of our migration strategy to the cloud while ensuring they are scalable, resilient, compliant and most of all contributing to the overall company goals
• This role will also contribute to enabling AI-driven and data-intensive solutions by designing scalable, secure, and compliant cloud platforms on Azure
• Engage with technical and non-technical team members on delivering large scale cloud migration initiatives across multiple Ethoca product lines
• Design, Deploy and maintain enterprise-class security, network, and systems management applications within an Azure environment
• Design and implement availability, scalability, performance, and disaster recovery plans for the Azure platform
• Provide thought leadership in cloud computing
• Maintain Architecture principals and Strategy, Roadmap for Ethoca’s cloud journey
• Create POCs to validate fit for purpose
• Implement process and quality improvements through task automation. Institute infrastructure as code and automation with Terraform reusable modules
• Build secure cloud-native Infrastructure and platform solutions supporting highly available real-time use cases
• Evaluate emerging AI and automation services within Azure to improve system intelligence, operational efficiency, and decision-making
• Be a change agent for adopting best practices

Benefits

• Gym membership
• Pension plan
• Share purchase options
• Extra holiday purchase optional
• 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance- To support our continued growth and success, we are seeking a Cloud Architect with extensive experience on Azure
• Strong hands-on professional experience with Python is required
• Experience designing high throughput horizontally scalable systems (10k TPS)
• Computer Science, Engineering degree, or equivalent experience
• Experience supporting or enabling AI/ML platforms and analytics workloads on Azure (e.g., Azure ML, Synapse Analytics, Data Factory)
• Good understanding of data governance and how regulations can impact data storage and processing solutions such as GDPR and PCI
• In-depth experience with Azure stack implementation, with hands-on experience with App Services, Azure SQL Database, NoSQL, Azure Networking, Express Route, DNS, Load Balancing, Storage
• Soft Skills such as writing proposals and presenting up to C-Levels is a must
• Experience in architecting, designing and administration of hybrid and public cloud Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and SaaS
• Experience with setting up a continuous delivery pipeline to production (Jenkins, Log Analytics, Azure DevOps)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems
• Expert in implementing cloud-based solution architectures with a focus on Azure
• Proven track record of successfully migrating on-premises applications to Azure
• Hands-on experience with Python scripting or automation for cloud operations, tooling, or data workflows
• Strong documentation skills and experience contributing to architecture review boards or design councils
• One or more Microsoft Azure Certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps Engineer Expert)- End Date: May 15, 2026