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# Cloud Architect - The Netherlands

- **Company:** SDG Group
- **Location:** Amstelveen, Netherlands
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Google Cloud, Backend, Kubernetes, Data Analytics, Bicep, Front End Software Development, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** July 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nl.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d52d636927b71280

## About the Role

* Completed bachelor's degree or master's degree in a relevant field
 * Fluent in English and Dutch
 * Cloud platforms: Azure (AWS / Google Cloud Platform (GCP) can be considered as a plus)
 * Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Bicep
 * Containers & orchestration: Docker (Kubernetes is considered a plus)
 * Strong understanding of networking, security, and distributed systems
 * Knowledge of modern architecture patterns
 * Ability to design across both backend and frontend system landscapes at architectural level

## Description

The Cloud Architect is responsible for defining, designing, guiding, and overseeing the delivery of scalable, secure, and high-quality end-to-end solutions within cloud and data-driven environments. The role ensures that solutions are robust, scalable, secure, and future-proof, while balancing business, functional, non-functional, and technical requirements.

This role acts as a key advisor to business stakeholders, enterprise architects, and delivery teams, translating complex requirements into clear architectural designs and ensuring consistent implementation across projects and platforms., * Define and design end-to-end solution architectures based on business, information, application, and technical requirements

 * Translate business and functional requirements into robust technical designs
 * Define, document, and maintain architecture deliverables
 * Support and guide development teams in implementing architecture and applying best practices
 * Collaborate with enterprise architects, domain architects, and technical teams to ensure coherence
 * Ensure quality, security, scalability, performance, availability, and maintainability are met
 * Identify and mitigate architectural risks and provide expert-level guidance on complex technical challenges
 * Stay up to date with technological developments and translate them into actionable architectural improvements
 * Experience with IoT platforms, AI-driven solutions, or data-intensive architectures is considered a plus


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