Cloud Architect
Our client is accelerating its digital transformation and requires a Cloud Architect to define a secure, sovereign, and financially sustainable cloud and hosting strategy. You will advise on investments, sourcing, risks, and vendor dependencies while enabling modern, compliant cloud adoption.
CONTEXT
Our client, a major player in its sector, is driving an ambitious digital transformation that touches every part of its operations. As services become more digital, the organization needs a coherent cloud and hosting strategy that is secure, financially manageable, legally sound, and sustainable over the long term. The current landscape has grown organically, with different hosting models, vendor dependencies, and varying levels of sovereignty and compliance. The Cloud Architect will help define the target vision, assess risks, and advise leadership on investments, sourcing, and priorities. This is a rare opportunity to shape a multi-year cloud roadmap where innovation and public accountability meet.
ACTIVITIES
- Develop and maintain the cloud and hosting strategy in alignment with business and digital objectives.
- Assess the current hosting and cloud landscape, including costs, risks, and compliance gaps.
- Define target architectures and reference patterns for secure, scalable, and sustainable cloud adoption.
- Advise on investments, sourcing models, data sovereignty, and vendor dependence.
- Evaluate legal, financial, and operational risks related to cloud and hosting decisions.
- Collaborate with security, legal, finance, and engineering teams to ensure alignment.
- Support procurement and vendor negotiations with architectural expertise.
- Create decision papers and roadmaps for executive stakeholders.
- Monitor cloud market trends and emerging technologies to inform strategy.
- Guide teams on hybrid and multi-cloud best practices.
EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
- A clear, actionable cloud and hosting strategy approved by leadership.
- Reduced vendor lock-in and improved negotiation leverage through a well-defined sourcing approach.
- Improved cost transparency and financial predictability for cloud and hosting services.
- Stronger data sovereignty and compliance posture.
- Reference architectures that accelerate secure cloud adoption across projects.
- A prioritized roadmap that balances quick wins with long-term transformation goals.
ENVIRONMENT
- Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
- Major cloud providers and hosting platforms.
- Containerization, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices.
- FinOps, cost management, and procurement frameworks.
- Security, privacy, and data sovereignty regulations.
- Enterprise architecture and solution architecture methodologies.
- Collaboration with legal, finance, security, and technical teams.