Vacant job

We are looking for a Senior Technical Lead within Cloud & Infrastructure for a long-term assignment in a modern, technology-driven organization with a strong cloud-first strategy.

Assignment Overview

In this role, you will combine technical leadership with hands-on delivery, designing, implementing and optimizing hybrid cloud solutions across Azure and on-premises environments. The assignment is central to the organization’s cloud-first journey, with a strong focus on automation, scalability, security and operational excellence.

You will work closely with a Cloud & Infrastructure Product Owner and engineering teams, acting as a key technical authority while mentoring and guiding others.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Act as the primary technical authority within the Hybrid Cloud domain
• Balance strategic direction with hands-on execution
• Collaborate closely with the Product Owner to align architecture with business and product roadmaps
• Provide architectural guidance ensuring scalability, security and high availability
• Actively contribute to technical leadership communities and knowledge-sharing forums

Cloud & On-Prem Infrastructure

• Lead the design and implementation of Azure-based infrastructure solutions
• Work with container platforms such as AKS and Kubernetes
• Ensure seamless integration between cloud and on-prem environments
• Implement monitoring, backup and disaster recovery strategies across hybrid platforms

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Drive automation-first principles and DevOps ways of working
• Build and maintain IaC using Terraform, Bicep and related tooling
• Streamline deployment pipelines and infrastructure lifecycle management

Cost & Vendor Management

• Identify and implement cloud cost optimization strategies
• Manage vendors and ensure cost-efficiency and performance
• Monitor and report infrastructure costs with clear improvement recommendations

Mentoring & Team Development

• Provide technical mentorship to engineers both within and outside the team
• Promote best practices in cloud, DevOps and hybrid infrastructure
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation and developer productivity
• Support developer tooling such as Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise
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Required Experience & Skills

• Extensive experience with Azure cloud platforms and hybrid cloud architectures
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, containerization and orchestration
• Deep hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep)
• Proven background in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps automation and ITSM practices
• Experience integrating on-prem infrastructure with cloud environments
• Strong troubleshooting skills across both cloud and physical infrastructure
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with stakeholders at all levels
• Analytical, solution-oriented and comfortable handling complex technical challenges
• Forward-thinking, curious and collaborative, with a strong engineering mindset

Additional Information

Recruitment is ongoing and assignments may be filled before the stated deadline. Early application is strongly recommended.

About Soros Consulting

Soros Consulting is a specialist consulting company focused on technology, cloud, infrastructure and digital transformation. We work with experienced professionals and leading organizations to deliver high-impact expertise where it matters most. Our approach is personal, transparent and quality-driven — matching the right expert to the right mission.