Senior Cloud Architect

*Choose your location in Berlin or Frankfurt and work anywhere within _**_Germany_**_ or choose your location in Vienna and work anywhere within _**_Austria _**_remotely*_

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At **Orange Business,** part of the Orange group, we are looking for reinforcement for our team in **Berlin**, **Frankfurt** or **Vienna**. We are convinced that data is an exceptional but still underutilized resource_._ We work every day to unlock the full potential of data and achieve positive change.

**Who are we?**
We are a full-service provider of big data and cloud solutions. We are pioneers in holistic consulting, planning and implementation of digitization projects, and cover the entire spectrum of services. We are different, creative and courageous - professional and open to new ideas. We are authentic and passionate about what we do.

**Your Mission**

The Senior Solutions Architect role is a critical part of the Orange Business. We aim to be a leader in the hybrid cloud market and ensure that our customers receive the best technical consultative advice and guidance possible.

You will be the technical lead in sales cases, designing and assessing enterprise cloud
advising clients. In addition, this role assists with customer presentations and proposal
development efforts an leads the DevOps team to deliver the blueprints you designed to achieve the milestone in our customer development roadmap.

The Cloud Solutions Architect role is considered the technical expert in the sales phase and the technical leader in Cloud Migrations and Cloud Deployments.

**Main Areas of responsibility**
- Act as a bridge between stakeholders of various levels in an organisation, from
business-oriented way
- Take the lead in the intersection of sales and tech, with a highly developed ability to communicate clearly with new and existing customers, sales reps, project managers and technicians in the cloud and managed services landscape
- Be methodical, structured and conscious about quality while designing solutions and describing services
- Write technical descriptions for proposals and value propositions, both in German
and English language
- Be able to explain complicated technical concepts at the knowledge level of others
- Keep yourself up-to-date professionally, and be open to learn new technologies
- Work well in teams, but at the same time be self-driven with the ability to work
individually
- Proactively detect and resolve challenges before they arise as problems
- Be an advocate and evangelist of our company and our projects by supporting
customers at events and conferences, and presenting the innovative designs and
implementations you made for them.

**Main deliverables**:

- Technical Solutions design (HLD/LLD)
- Write solutions descriptions and ensure compliance with customer requirements
- Solutions risk assessment and mitigations
- Ensure your Technical Solutions is implemented in time and following up customer
- requirements and compliance.
- Assist the sales in making value propositions
- Assist sales in case qualification

**Your Strengths**
- Minimum 5 years’ experience of working in IT and Cloud Computing
- AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect certified
- Proven experience in leading complex Cloud bids
- Proven track record in designing complex cloud solutions
- Experienced with designing co-location services for clients
- XaaS solutions and services across AWS/Azure/GCP. (VMWare & Hyper-V are a nice plus)
- Technologist who follows emerging solution and service developments.
- Ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external customers with a consultative and diplomatic approach
- Familiar with transition and transformation-driven customer initiatives
- Fluent oral proficiency and excellent communication skills (written and spoken) in German and English.

**Nice to have**
- Experienced with data analytics, data intelligence and machine learning frameworks
- Experience working with Containerization, microservices and serverless architecture (Cloud native and DevOps)
- Ability to present technical solutions based on values instead of features
- Enterprise, system and/or technical architecture experience
- Knowledge of various virtualisation technologies

**Your Work Environment**
- Competent colleagues with a lot of experience and great expertise in Web Technologies, Big Data and Cloud Services
- Interesting projects with well-known, national and international customers
- Steep learning curve through involvement in various projects and further opportunities for professional development
- Flat hierarchies and clear, direct communication
- Plenty of creative freedom and the opportunity to contribute ideas
- Flexible working hours, extraordinary team events and great gifts
- Fitness and wellness discounts
- 30 (+) days of Holiday
- Mobile phone and laptop of choice (Apple or alternative), also for private usage
- For more information please visit our career page

**Contract**:
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