Azure Cloud Architect (m/w/x)

Avanade is a global leader in digital and cloud services, business solutions, and design‑led applications. As a joint venture of Microsoft and Accenture, we are the world’s largest consulting company focused exclusively on Microsoft technologies.We support our clients across Cloud, Modern Workplace, Business Applications, Data & AI, and Security, and place a strong emphasis on our #PeopleFirst culture.Shape the Future of Cloud TransformationAre you passionate about designing innovative cloud solutions that help organizations transform and thrive? Do you enjoy combining strategic architecture expertise with hands-on technical leadership? If so, we invite you to join our growing Azure Platform team.As an Azure Cloud Architect, you will work with enterprise clients to design, build, and modernize cloud platforms leveraging the full power of Microsoft Azure. You will help organizations accelerate their cloud journey while ensuring security, scalability, resilience, and operational excellence.You act as a key interface between business, project management, development, operations, and external stakeholders, taking ownership of architectural decisions and providing technical leadership across projects.Your ResponsibilitiesDesign resilient, scalable, and secure Azure cloud architectures for enterprise customers. Lead the design and implementation of Azure Landing Zones that establish a compliant and secure cloud foundation. Architect and drive complex migrations of infrastructure, applications, and databases from on-premises environments to Azure. Design and implement cloud-native solutions using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, and modern Azure platform services. Develop hybrid and edge cloud solutions that integrate Azure with existing enterprise environments. Define cloud governance, security, identity, networking, and compliance standards. Leverage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates) to automate deployments and platform management and Agentic development and deployment.Collaborate closely with technical teams, project stakeholders, and executive leadership to ensure successful delivery. Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams. Support solution development, client workshops, architecture reviews, and pre-sales activities.Your ProfileStrong hands‑on experience in architecting, implementing, and operating Microsoft Azure solutionsDeep understanding of cloud and enterprise architectures, distributed systems, and hybrid scenariosExperience with networking, security, and identity concepts (e.g. Azure AD / Entra ID, Zero Trust, private networking)Knowledge of automation and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Bicep, Terraform, ARM, Azure DevOps, GitHub)Experience with integration and data architectures in cloud environmentsSolid understanding of governance, ALM, and quality frameworksAbility to communicate complex technical topics clearly and appropriately to different audiencesStrong analytical and conceptual skillsConfident and professional interaction with customers and project stakeholdersMentoring and coaching mindset toward consultants and engineersExperience or solid knowledge in data and AI‑based services on Azure (e.g. Azure AI Services, Copilot integration, analytics, automation)Fluency in German and English is required