CLOUD ARCHITECT (F/H)

Type of contract : CDD 36 months renewable
Salary : Between 70 and 80K depending on qualificationss
Location : Lyon
Direct Report to CTO

Job context
Within the General Secretariat, the Executive Directorate for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) provides the digital platforms and services that form the technological backbone of the Organisation.
As a Cloud Architect, you will ensure the consistency, scalability and sustainability of cloud-native and hybrid infrastructures. Reporting to the Head of Engineering and Solution Design, you will act as the Design Authority to govern key technical decisions.

Your responsibilities
Define and validate the technical architecture of cloud-native and hybrid systems (reliability, security, operability)
Review and approve infrastructure designs (Kubernetes, EKS, Rancher, OpenShift, Terraform, Helm, etc.)
Define and enforce standards, reference architectures and blueprints
Promote automation, Infrastructure as Code and GitOps / DevSecOps practices
Advise and mentor solution architects, engineers and operations teams
Serve as an escalation point during major incidents and Go Live launches
Lead proofs of concept: multi-cluster federation, workload identity, service mesh
Drive governance: design reviews, ADRs, technical communities of practice

The roleReporting to the Head of Engineering and Solution Design, you will act as the Design Authority for public and private cloud architectures. You will ensure the consistency, scalability and long-term viability of cloud-native and hybrid infrastructures, and drive the organization's cloud transformation.

Your profile
University degree (3–4 years of higher education) or equivalent
Minimum 5 years of experience in a large, complex enterprise IT environment
Proven experience as a Design Authority or Principal Architect for public and private cloud
Strong expertise in Kubernetes, IaC, DevSecOps pipelines, hybrid and multi-cloud architectures
Hands-on experience with escalation support for cloud platforms and infrastructure incidents
Knowledge of GitOps, Zero-Trust, Policy-as-Code and ITIL processes
Fluent English; working knowledge of French strongly desirable; Arabic or Spanish a plus
Leadership, rigor, sound decision-making under pressure, ease in a multicultural environment
Technical environmentKubernetes, Rancher, EKS, OpenShift · Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, Ansible, Pulumi · ArgoCD, Spinnaker, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD · Istio, Cilium, Envoy · Vault, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno · Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Jaeger, Tempo · AWS, Azure, GCP, private cloud · CIS, NIST 800-207, ISO 27001