Enterprise Cloud Architect

About the role

EY Consulting is looking for an Enterprise Cloud Architect to join its team in the Europe Central cluster, which serves organisations across Cyprus and internationally. The role shapes cloud strategy, architecture standards and adoption approaches, and guides cloud, hybrid and multi-cloud decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Shape cloud strategy, architecture standards, adoption approaches and transformation roadmaps, and guide cloud, hybrid and multi-cloud decisions including workload placement, migration and modernisation.
• Ensure alignment across enterprise, data, integration, application, security and service architecture.
• Review solution architectures against cloud strategy, standards and organisational requirements, and provide architectural assurance and constructive challenge across programmes, procurements and supplier solutions.
• Assess architecture decisions on security, resilience, interoperability, operability, sustainability and cost.
• Turn cloud and architecture requirements into procurement and tender documentation, and contribute to evaluation criteria, solution assessments and technical clarifications.
• Review supplier proposals for risks, dependencies, assumptions and compliance concerns.
• Communicate cloud options, decisions and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders and build consensus across business, technology, security, procurement and delivery communities.
• Identify opportunities to improve client and internal outcomes through cloud, AI and emerging technologies.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Substantial practical experience designing, reviewing or governing Microsoft Azure and hybrid architectures in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience in cloud architecture, engineering, consulting, transformation or technology leadership roles with progressively broader responsibility.
• Experience supporting cloud strategy, adoption, migration, modernisation and architecture governance.
• Ability to understand complex business and technology challenges and contribute to strategic and operational decisions.
• Strong relationships across business and technology communities, collaboration at all levels and support for colleagues' growth.

Required skills

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Depth in Microsoft Azure and breadth across enterprise architecture, security, data, integration, applications, service management, delivery and operations.
• Practical understanding of artificial intelligence and its application to cloud platforms, technology services and organisational outcomes, with attention to security, privacy, ethics, compliance and AI safety.

What we offer

• Competitive salary, 13th salary and Provident Fund.
• Private medical and life insurance, paid sick leave, paid paternity leave and yearly wellbeing days off.
• Flexible working arrangements (hybrid work and flexible schedule) and Friday afternoon off.
• EY Tech MBA and EY MSc in Business Analytics, EY Badges and mobility programs.
• Maternity, wedding and new baby gifts, and an Employee Assistance Program.