Cloud Architect

Egypt (Cairo) - Greece (Athens) - Bulgaria (Sofia)
- Information Technology
- Hybrid
- Experienced Professionals

**Department**:Enabling Technology, Digital & Technology Platform Services.

**Location**:Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria.

**The Cloud Architect i**s responsible for designing, developing, and implementing cloud-based solutions that meet the organization's business needs while adhering to cloud architecture standards. This role focuses on leveraging infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to automate cloud deployments, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and scalability. The Cloud Architect works within the broader cloud adoption framework to ensure that cloud services are delivered in a secure, cost-effective manner, while supporting business growth. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, this role ensures that cloud solutions integrate seamlessly into existing IT infrastructures and meet performance, security, and compliance standards. The Cloud Architect is also responsible for ensuring that the cloud infrastructure is resilient and flexible enough to support future innovation.

**YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Design cloud solutions based on business requirements**:Work closely with stakeholders to design cloud solutions that align with the enterprise’s cloud adoption framework, focusing on scalability, security, and performance.

**Design Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)**: Use tools such as Terraform or Azure Resource Manager (ARM) to automate cloud infrastructure deployments, ensuring consistent, reliable, and scalable cloud environments.

**Ensure cloud security and compliance**: Design and implement cloud security measures, ensuring that solutions comply with industry regulations and internal governance frameworks (e.g., ISO, GDPR).

**Develop standardized cloud solutions**: Create reusable cloud architectures and templates that can be standardized across projects, reducing complexity and improving deployment speed.

**Support continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)**: Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate cloud solutions into automated CI/CD pipelines, ensuring faster, more reliable deployments.

**Provide technical expertise on cloud service selection**:Evaluate and recommend cloud services, tools, and architectures (e.g., serverless, containers, microservices) based on business and technical requirements.

**ARE THESE YOUR SECRET INGREDIENTS?**
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
- Cloud Solution Design: Expertise in designing end-to-end cloud solutions that meet business and technical requirements, with a focus on automation, scalability, and security. Familiarity with both hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Skilled in deploying cloud infrastructure using automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Azure Resource Manager), ensuring consistent and reliable cloud environments.
- Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD): Knowledgeable in integrating cloud solutions into CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and automated cloud deployments.
- Cloud Resource Optimization: Strong understanding of optimizing cloud resources (e.g., compute, storage) to ensure cost-efficiency without compromising performance or availability.
- Collaboration Across Cloud Teams: Ability to work closely with DevOps, cloud engineers, and product teams to design, develop, and implement cloud infrastructure that aligns with business goals.
- Fluent in written and verbal English

**Key Personal Attributes**
- Innovative and Creative: Able to design cutting-edge cloud solutions, utilizing the latest cloud-native services and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) techniques to address business challenges creatively.
- Detail-Oriented Problem-Solver: Demonstrates exceptional attention to detail when designing and implementing cloud solutions, ensuring that all aspects—from security to scalability—are accounted for.
- Collaboration-Focused: Strong team player who collaborates across DevOps, engineering, and business teams to ensure cloud solutions are implemented effectively and meet stakeholder requirements.
- Technically Proficient: Passionate about staying up-to-date with cloud advancements, continuously learning about new cloud services, automation tools, and best practices.
- Adaptable and Resilient: Can handle the fast pace and evolving nature of cloud technology, staying flexible when cloud environments or business needs change.
- Strategic and Business-Oriented: Focuses on aligning cloud solutions with long-term business goals, understanding that cloud architecture is a critical component of the organization’s overall success.

**Certifications**
- Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

**ABOUT YOUR NEW TEAM**:

- We are Coca-Cola Hellenic, a growth-focused consumer goods business and strategic bottling partner of the Coca-Cola Company. We bottle, distribute and sell an unrivalled range of products in