Cloud Architect

You will join a large enterprise environment where cloud infrastructure is business-critical and built for stability, security, and scale. The organization operates a mature hybrid cloud landscape, combining on-premise infrastructure with Microsoft Azure, and places strong emphasis on automation, governance, and operational excellence.

This role combines architectural ownership with hands-on implementation, making it ideal for a Cloud Architect who enjoys designing robust platforms and staying close to the technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, govern, and evolve a hybrid cloud architecture spanning on-premise and Microsoft Azure
• Provision, manage, and secure Windows and Linux virtual machines across environments
• Lead the migration of message broker infrastructure to a managed cloud-based solution
• Design and implement a centralized logging and observability architecture
• Establish and maintain configuration management and server compliance standards
• Support repository and artifact management for application teams
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, security, and application teams on daily operations and troubleshooting

• You have 5+ years of experience as a Cloud Architect or Senior Cloud Engineer in enterprise environments
• You bring deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, including networking, compute, storage, governance, and security
• You have strong hands-on experience in Linux system administration
• You have proven experience with Infrastructure as Code, specifically Terraform
• You have experience designing and operating hybrid cloud architectures (on-premise + public cloud)
• You are comfortable working hands-on while maintaining architectural oversight
• You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Haves

• Experience with message broker platforms and managed cloud equivalents
• Experience designing centralized logging solutions (e.g. Elasticsearch-based stacks)
• Experience with configuration management and compliance tooling
• Exposure to repository management platforms (e.g. artifact repositories)
• Experience working in environments with high security and compliance requirements

Location: Bruges (hybrid) 

Duration: ASAP - Infinity and Beyond 

Terms: Freelance or Permanent