Overview:
SoftwareOne and Crayon have come together to form a global, AI-powered software and cloud solutions provider with a bold vision for the future. With a footprint in over 70 countries and a diverse team of 13,000+ professionals, we offer unparalleled opportunities for talent to grow, make an impact, and shape the future of technology. At the heart of our business is our people. We empower our teams to work across borders, innovate fearlessly, and continuously develop their skills through world-class learning and development programs. Whether you're passionate about cloud, software, data, AI, or building meaningful client relationships, you'll find a place to thrive here. Join us and be part of a purpose-driven culture where your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your career can go global.
Responsibilities:
* Ready to act as a strategic Azure advisor in a true generalist role, applying wide-ranging expertise across infrastructure, security, governance, AI, and modernization to design scalable, AI-ready cloud platforms that drive business outcomes?
* Do you bring broad hands-on Azure experience across enterprise architecture, security, AI, AKS, and DevOps to help shape and evolve the next generation of cloud services across the Microsoft ecosystem?
* Are you keen to be part of a global IT company that strives to build a diverse and inclusive culture of equal opportunities?
Location: Prague, Czech Republic | Work arrangement: Hybrid | Contract type: Full-time | Reporting to: Cloud Services Lead | Language requirements: Fluent/professional Czech/Slovak & English, written and verbal
We are looking for an experienced Azure Cloud Architect to help build, manage, and evolve SoftwareOne's cloud services in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. As such, you will act as a strategic advisor to customers, designing secure, scalable, AI-ready cloud platforms aligned with business objectives. This is a senior Azure generalist role, requiring wide enterprise architecture experience and deep expertise across infrastructure, security, governance, and modernization, as well as hands-on knowledge of modern Azure capabilities, including AI, Azure AI Foundry, Machine Learning, automation, container platforms (AKS), and DevOps practices.
Key Responsibilities
* Architecture & Design: Design secure, scalable Azure and hybrid architectures with integrated AI/data capabilities and define end-to-end architecture standards, patterns, and design documentation across enterprise domains
* AI, Data & Intelligent Solutions: Architect and govern enterprise AI solutions (AI landing zones, MLOps, responsible AI) and integrate AI across Microsoft ecosystem and enterprise systems, including presales use case evaluation
* Cloud Security & Compliance: Design Zero Trust security and identity governance in Azure, implementing security platforms (Defender, Sentinel, Purview) and enforcing compliance and security baselines across workloads
* Governance, Platform Engineering & FinOps: Define Azure Landing Zones and governance frameworks while driving platform engineering practices and FinOps-based cost optimization for scalable enterprise environments
* Containers, AKS & Modernization: Architect and modernize cloud-native applications using AKS, containers, and serverless, including IaC, GitOps, and resilient, highly available platform design
* Automation & DevOps: Design CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code solutions while implementing DevSecOps, automation, and MLOps pipelines for secure and scalable delivery
* Migration & Enterprise Advisory: Lead Azure migration and modernization programs while providing enterprise advisory, presales support, architecture leadership, and mentoring
* Architectural Knowledge & Modern Capabilities: Apply deep enterprise architecture expertise across distributed systems, governance, security, DR/BCP, and FinOps, including AI architecture patterns and third-party security integration
Qualifications:
* Extensive experience designing and implementing Azure environments (enterprise level)
* Strong knowledge of Azure core services including networking, compute, storage, identity, monitoring, and security, with hands-on experience in AKS and end-to-end Azure security stack (Defender, Sentinel, Purview)
* Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform), DevOps pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub optional), and automation frameworks for scalable cloud delivery.
* Certifications
* Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) - mandatory
* Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)
* Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100)
* Azure AI Engineer (AI-102) - highly recommended
* Ability to communicate complex architecture clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, with excellent presentation, documentation, and customer-focused communication skills
* Strategic, enterprise-level thinker with the ability to lead architecture discussions, influence decision-makers, and proactively drive innovation in AI and cloud technologies aligned to business value
Our company benefits vary based on your location, but always include:
* Global company culture: We defined our 6 core values through our company culture (https://www.softwareone.com/en/our-story/our-values).
* A mentor who supports your successful start and is at your side with advice and action.
* President's Club: Recognition awarded by leadership and your peers.
* Flexible work: Do great work from anywhere but also visit local office to deliver excellence in team relationship.
* Lifelong education: A variety of training and development opportunities.
* Hire to Grow: We optimize our internal structures and feedback culture constantly to be your Employer of Choice, today and in future.
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