Lead Azure Cloud Architect

Founded in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is owned by its partners and located across Europe and Asia. We are a global transformation partner, with engineering and innovation in our DNA. We're trusted to help clients envision and build their businesses for the future – to run smarter today while adapting for tomorrow's markets, customers, and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams specialise in tech strategy and business innovation, digital solutions and applications, and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex, regulated spaces including health and finance, connecting strategy, tech implementation, and operational services to help clients become more effective, resilient businesses.

If you share our values and want to do the best work, for the right reasons, we can offer you the chance to do it on a global scale and play a real role in shaping our exciting journey.

The Role
As an experienced Azure Cloud Architect, you will play a pivotal role in helping our customers move their workloads to the cloud. You'll guide them in harnessing the full potential of modern and compliant cloud environments, delivering measurable value and driving innovation.

How You'll Make Impact

• Architect Scalable Foundations: Design and implement secure, enterprise-grade landing zones aligned with the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) to ensure governance, security baselines, compliance, and operational excellence from day one. This includes considerations for migration strategies and hybrid/multi-cloud connectivity.
• Enable Cloud Journeys: Support customers in planning and executing their migration strategy, including network architecture, identity management, and resource organization for a smooth transition to Azure.
• Optimize Infrastructure: Leverage Azure services to create resilient, cost-efficient environments that serve as the backbone for cloud-native applications.
• Drive Operational Excellence: Promote system reliability through continuous improvement with advanced observability and streamline CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery.
• Collaborate to Innovate: Work within cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into cloud-first solutions that drive customer success.

What's Important To Us

• Experience with Azure services, including IaaS, networking, security, container orchestration (AKS), and serverless computing.
• Proven ability to design and implement landing zones and familiarity with the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), ideally combined with knowledge of migration approaches and hybrid/multi-cloud connectivity.
• Azure certifications are a plus.
• Solid understanding of software development principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Experience with automation technologies, such as IaC (e.g., Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines, with a good understanding of software engineering concepts and practices.
• Curiosity to learn new technologies, passion for sharing knowledge, and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• Fluency in German and English required.

What We Offer

• Work-life blend: Flexible working hours and remote work options in a safe and healthy environment.
• Profit share scheme: Receive a share of the company's profits in addition to your annual salary, depending on business performance.
• Global and diverse community: Collaborate across Zühlke's 16 global offices, share knowledge, and enjoy team camps, year-end events, and local festivities.
• Commitment to development: We invest in your growth—supporting you in building skills to create impact for clients and yourself.
• Innovation-driven culture: Work in an environment that values thought leadership and future-oriented technology strategies.

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If you feel you don't meet all the requirements, we are still happy to get to know you, learn more about your ambitions and ideas and look forward to receiving your application

We welcome people from all backgrounds, regardless of their gender, personality, national origin, race, religion, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability or veteran status.