Cloud Architect

🚀 At Hays, we are collaborating with a one of Europe’s most established cargo carriers, operating long‑haul routes with a fleet built for heavy, oversized and time‑critical freight. With decades of experience in global logistics, the company connects major trade hubs worldwide through a specialized network designed for reliability and efficiency. Known for handling complex shipments and maintaining strong engineering capabilities, it plays a key role in supporting international supply chains and high‑value industries.

🔍 We are currently looking for a highly skilled Cloud Architect to design, implement and govern Azure‑based cloud architectures, ensuring alignment with business needs, cloud best practices, and regulatory requirements. This role is key in driving cloud adoption, modernization, platform reliability, and enterprise‑grade security across hybrid and cloud environments.

🎯 What are the requirements?

• Proven experience designing and maintaining Azure, hybrid and on‑prem architectures.
• Deep understanding of Azure compute, storage, networking and security services.
• Strong expertise in cloud security architecture, IAM, encryption and compliance.
• Solid knowledge of network protocols and hybrid cloud networking.
• Experience with cloud architecture patterns and frameworks.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure‑as‑Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD.
• Excellent level of written and spoken English.

📊 What will your responsibilities be?

• Translate business needs into Azure architectures aligned with the Well‑Architected Framework.
• Design HA/DR, identity, governance, monitoring, compute, network and data‑storage solutions.
• Lead cloud migration and modernization projects, ensuring secure and scalable architectures.
• Develop IaC and CI/CD pipelines (ARM, Bicep, Terraform, Azure DevOps).
• Maintain architecture blueprints, standards, and governance models.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, ISO, and internal security policies.
• Integrate cloud security best practices: IAM, access control, encryption and data protection.
• Provide architectural guidance during POCs, pilots, testing and implementation phases.
• Collaborate with developers, security, data and IT teams; document and communicate designs clearly.
• Propose improvements to performance, cost efficiency and cloud operations.

💼 What do we offer?

• Hybrid work model, with 2 days of remote work per week.
• Location: Sandweiler (Luxemburg)
• Competitive salary depending on experience.
• Full‑time freelance/permanent contract with Hays.

We are looking for professionals like you, passionate about technology, and eager to take on a new challenge. If this aligns with you, apply for the position so we can share more details with you!