Cloud Architect
Posted 25 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Principal Cloud Architect”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
CertificationsMicrosoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CRISC, FinOps Certified Practitioner
The Role
The Evolve programme is accelerating Euroclear’s adoption of public cloud by establishing secure, resilient and scalable foundations, architecture standards and reusable implementation patterns. It brings together architecture, engineering, security, operations and migration stakeholders to enable workloads to move to and operate effectively on Azure in line with Euroclear’s business, risk and regulatory requirements.
As Principal Cloud Architect, you will act as a senior architecture leader for cloud adoption. You will set architecture direction across a broad, cross-organisational scope; help mature the Cloud Solution Design Authority into an effective and sustainable decision-making body; steer cloud foundation priorities; govern architecture artefacts and reference implementations; and provide pragmatic guidance to workload teams.
The role combines strategic architecture leadership, hands-on delivery support and cross-functional decision-making. A key outcome is to expand Euroclear’s cloud presence responsibly by turning cloud strategy and principles into actionable standards, deployable patterns and sound workload decisions.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Solution Design Authority
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Mature the Cloud Solution Design Authority by clarifying its mandate, decision rights, intake process, governance, cadence, quality criteria and follow-up of architecture decisions.
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Establish a sustainable operating rhythm that enables timely, traceable and risk-informed decisions.
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Facilitate complex architecture discussions, document outcomes and ensure that decisions, conditions and actions have clear owners.
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Improve the quality and consistency of architecture submissions by providing guidance, templates and early engagement.
Cloud Foundations and Roadmap
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Refine, prioritise and maintain the cloud foundation roadmap across identity, connectivity, security, governance, management, operations and automation.
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Balance migration demand, risk reduction, platform scalability, technical debt and delivery capacity when setting priorities.
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Identify cross-platform dependencies and sequence foundation capabilities so that workload teams can adopt cloud safely and efficiently.
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Advise programme and technology leadership on architecture choices, investment priorities and delivery trade-offs.
Architecture Direction and Artefacts