Cloud Architect Jobs in Germany (No ghost jobs, direct from employers)

Job Title: Senior Azure Cloud Solution Architect (genders inclusive)

Tasks:

• Design, consulting, and development of cloud architectures based on Microsoft Azure
• Project planning and management, including timeline oversight and budget responsibility
• Building and leading Azure-focused project teams, conducting customer workshops, and presales activities. Experience in team coordination, leadership, and scheduling is required.
• Applying technical expertise to project management
• Supporting the development of sustainable operational models in customer organizations for innovative transformation projects. These include: Identity & Access Management (Azure AD, Managed Identities), Security (Azure Security Center, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault), Monitoring & Logging (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights), Databases (Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, SQL MI, PostgreSQL/MySQL), Storage (Blob, File, Queue, Table Storage)
• Team leadership and professional development are core responsibilities. Additionally, navigating political dynamics and maintaining strategic alignment are essential.
• Proactive and continuous stakeholder communication, as well as forward-thinking consulting skills

Benefits:

• Hybrid Work: A flexible mix of remote work, office time, or on-site customer engagements
• Innovation & Diversity: Nationwide, cross-industry projects with large and mid-sized clients
• Reply Cluster Spirit: Strong team culture, flat hierarchies, and a personal, family-like, and appreciative work environment
• Always Up-to-Date: Extensive internal and external training opportunities and certifications
• Participation in sports activities via the EGYM Wellpass and additional Reply Group benefits

Qualifications:

• You hold a successfully completed degree in IT-related fields, speak fluent German and English, are highly organized, communicative, entrepreneurial in thought, and a team player
• Deep understanding of Azure infrastructure, including: Virtual Machines and Scale Sets, Networking (VNETs, Subnets, NSGs, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, VPN, ExpressRoute)
• Experience in planning, designing, and optimizing cloud and infrastructure operational models or architectures, as well as Microsoft Azure PaaS services (Azure Functions, Azure App Service, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Key Vault, Azure Storage (SQL, Cosmos, Blob, etc.))
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform: (Modular Terraform design, state management and remote backends, CI/CD integration for Terraform). Additionally, CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with Git-based workflows (GitFlow), automation, and scripting (PowerShell, Bash), and development and maintenance of cloud-native and hybrid architectures
• Strong software development skills in C# / .NET (.NET Core, .NET 6+)
• Certifications: AZ-104: Azure Administrator Associate & AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert required
• Additional Azure or cloud-related certifications are advantageous, as well as experience with container technologies (Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service - AKS)

Join a leading team of Microsoft experts.

Cluster Reply is the Reply Group company specializing in consulting and system integration of Microsoft technologies. As a Microsoft partner, Cluster Reply operates in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, collaborating within the Reply network with sister companies in Brazil, the UK, Italy, and the USA. The company focuses on innovation and supports customers in digital transformation. Solutions range from on-premises to cloud applications in Modern Workplace and Security, business applications, applications and infrastructure, as well as data and Artificial Intelligence.