Azure Cloud Architect - Manager/Senior Manager (f/m/d)

Cloud Assessment & Strategy

• Perform cloud readiness and maturity assessments for enterprise clients;
• Analyze existing on-prem workloads and determine migration feasibility, risks, and value;
• Evaluate applications to decide whether cloud migration is necessary, recommended, or counterproductive;
• Estimate costs, TCO, expected optimizations, and ROI of cloud adoption;

Azure Architecture & Design

• Create high-level and low-level architectural designs aligned with Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF);
• Design end-to-end Azure solutions including;
• Networking, identity, security;
• Compute, storage, databases;
• Governance, monitoring, and automation;
• Lead technical discovery workshops and create architecture documentation;

Workload Migration

• Identify the right strategy per application: Rehost (lift-and-shift), Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild, Retire, Retain
• Define migration waves, dependencies, and cutover strategies;
• Support migration execution and ensure adherence to best practices;

Landing Zone Design & Implementation

Design and implement Azure Landing Zones using:

• Azure Blueprints / Bicep / Terraform;
• Hub-and-Spoke architecture;
• Entra ID integration;
• Management groups, RBAC, policies;

Ensure the landing zone meets requirements for:

• Security;
• Compliance;
• Cost management;
• Scalability;
• Operational excellence;

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams;
• Guide customers on cloud governance, FinOps, DevOps adoption;
• Mentor engineers and provide architectural oversight.

Must have:

• Strong knowledge of Azure Architecture, including governance, networking, security, identity;
• Experience with cloud discovery and assessment tools (Azure Migrate, Mover, Cloudamize, etc.);
• Practical expertise in migration strategies and workload classification;
• Hands-on experience building Azure Landing Zones;
• Strong understanding of Entra ID, RBAC, Conditional Access;
• Experience with IaC (Terraform, Bicep);
• Ability to explain architecture to both technical and non-technical stakeholders;
• Excellent documentation and presentation skills.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience in hybrid environments (Azure + on-prem);
• Knowledge of container platforms (AKS), serverless, event-driven architecture;
• Familiarity with DevOps processes and CI/CD tools (GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps);
• FinOps and cost optimization experience;
• Azure VMware Solution (AVS) knowledge;

Certifications (at least one):

Core Azure Certifications

• AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (mandatory);
• AZ-104: Azure Administrator (strongly recommended);
• AZ-900: Fundamentals (nice-to-have);

Advanced / Specialist

• AZ-500: Azure Security Engineer;
• AZ-700: Azure Network Engineer;
• DP-203: Data Engineering (if data-heavy workloads expected);
• Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100).

Things to know before departure: 

• Start: by arrangement -  always on the 1st and 15th of the month
• Working hours: full-time (40h); 27 vacation days
• Employment contract: CIM, Unlimited
• Line of work: Consulting
• Language skills: Fluency in written and spoken English, German is a plus
• Flexibility & willingness to travel
• Other: a valid work permit

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As a technology and business partner, MHP digitizes its customers' processes and products and supports them in their IT transformations along the entire value chain. As a digitization pioneer in mobility and manufacturing, MHP transfers its expertise to different industries and is the premium partner for thought leaders on their way to a Better Tomorrow.

MHP serves more than 300 customers worldwide: leading corporations and innovative medium-sized companies. MHP provides both operative and strategic consulting together with proven IT and technology expertise and specific industry knowledge. As OneTeam, MHP operates internationally, with headquarters in Germany and subsidiaries in the USA, UK, Romania, and China.

For 25 years, MHP has been shaping the future with its customers. More than 4.000 MHP employees share a commitment to excellence and sustainable success. This aspiration continues to drive MHP - today, tomorrow, and in the future.

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At MHP, you will continuously grow with your projects and objectives in an innovative and supportive environment. That makes us the perfect sparring partner for your career, fueling your growth as an expert in your field while expanding your business network.

We value the authenticity that comes from bringing your individual strengths into the team. Diversity plays a key role in our culture, and it brings different visions & flavors into the mix.

• We all share a strong team spirit. Every win, big or small, belongs to all of us.
• We always welcome curiosity, creativity, and unconventional thinking patterns.
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