Cloud Solution Architect

Publication Date:  Oct 3, 2024
Ref. No:  504650
Location: 

Amstelveen, NL, 1185 MC

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A Solution Architect within Atos primarily acts as the technical expert in bid or development projects, translating customer requirements into a solution for a subset of the overall solution. Secondarily a Solution Architect assists Strategy and Growth with regards to new propositions, PoC’s and MvP’s and support current portfolio items. As such, you as a Cloud Solution Architect will perform in several activities. Willingness to travel is essential.

 

Your role as a Cloud Solution Architect (Azure and VMWare)
As a Cloud Solution Architect, you have the technical knowledge to create architectural designs, commercial skills and presentation skills to successfully present cloud solutions to our customers. With a specific focus on private and public cloud (Azure, AWS and VMWare) as well as DevOps and native application services, the role covers a large breadth of technologies and customer situations.

 

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

  • Active participation in bids: responsible for solutioning and calculating Cloud solutions, including the corresponding migrations paths and dependencies

  • Lead client conversations demonstrating your technical expertise to help enterprise clients

  • Working towards completing cloud designs and implementation

  • Actively engage with customers to understand their business challenges and requirements and help the customers design & implement cloud (native) solutions and maximize the business around cloud portfolio. Actual topics will include Cloud Migration and Modernization, CI/CD integrations, Automated workflows and Cloud OPS

  • Translate customer functional requirements into service and technology designs 

  • Validate architecture design options and solutions with the Technology Architecture teams of relevant delivery functions  

  • Create High level designs of cloud solutions  

  • Keep abreast of the latest technological advancements in the cloud area, both in the infrastructure and application services 

  • Contribute to our Cloud Vision and roadmaps 

  • Be involved in implementation projects to maintain your hands-on knowledge

 

Skills we like you to have:

  • At least 10 years in business or operational role, with 5 in a management-level position.

  • Prior work experience in a consulting/architecture position within software and/or services company 

  • Up to date VMWare and Microsoft Azure certifications

  • Experienced in the area of cloud assessments, migration- designs and planning and calculations.

  • Experience in one of the following areas:

    • AWS (based RDS), Kubernetes, Docker and OpenShift

    • DynamoDB, Lambda or Azure flavors like Azure SQL, Azure Flexible Server, Cosmos DB etc.

    • Azure IaaS as well as PaaS services (spanning from VM to AKS), CI/CD pipeline deployments, AI, Analytics/Big Data

  • Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences (in NL + Eng)

  • Takes ownership and shows commitment, team player with an open mind and positive attitude.

  • Exceptional verbal and written communication. Work with business and technology stakeholders and translate business problems in technical designs.

  • Fluent in English and Dutch language (C1 level)

 

We offer:
At Atos, technology and innovation are central. Atos wants to be an inspiring and facilitating employer, so that you continue to develop and improve yourself professionally and personally. Because even if you are an experienced professional, it is essential to keep up and develop yourself. Our Atos University offers many possibilities for this. The benefits we offer are:

  • A good salary and attractive benefits (such as an end-of-year bonus and a pension scheme)
  • An informal working atmosphere with result-oriented colleagues and an involved manager
  • 29 vacation days per year
  • A lease car or mobility budget
  • Flexible working comes in many forms at Atos. From part-time work arrangements to flexibility in where you work, when you work and how you work
  • The opportunity to work on complex projects for appealing clients where you can develop yourself
  • Excellent (international) career opportunities
  • Extensive training and development programs
  • Competency groups where you can learn from others and share your own experiences.

 

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