Senior Cloud Architect – T-Cloud (m/f/d)

About the role

T-Systems Iberia is looking for a Senior Cloud Architect specialized in T-Cloud Public (TCP) to strengthen its Cloud Professional Services capabilities in Iberia. The role is customer-facing and hands-on: you act as a trusted technical advisor, helping customers design, adopt and transform their IT environments with T-Cloud Public, from architecture definition through implementation to transition into operations. You work closely with customers, Sales, Cloud Professional Services, engineering and delivery teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design end-to-end T-Cloud Public architectures covering compute, networking, storage, security, identity, resilience, observability and governance.
• Lead technical workshops, discovery sessions and architecture discussions with customers, and define reference architectures and reusable solutions.
• Define cloud landing zones, foundations and hybrid cloud architectures, and migration and modernization approaches.
• Support assessments, PoCs, pilots and technical validation, and contribute to proposals, RFPs/RFIs and solution designs.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code, automation and CI/CD principles, and help customers address security, compliance, resilience and data sovereignty.
• Mentor architects and engineers, capture lessons learned, and collaborate with international T-Systems and Deutsche Telekom cloud teams.

Required profile

• Several years of experience as a Cloud Architect, Solution Architect or Senior Cloud Engineer.
• Fluent English and Spanish; Catalan is an advantage.
• Ability to engage directly with customers, explain architectural trade-offs and lead technical discussions independently.
• OpenStack certification or significant hands-on OpenStack experience; T-Cloud Public / Open Telekom Cloud certifications are an advantage.
• Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud environments, cloud landing zones, governance frameworks, and cloud migration and modernization.

Required skills

• Cloud architecture: compute, networking, storage, IAM, security, high availability, backup and disaster recovery, monitoring and observability.
• Containers and Kubernetes.
• Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform, and automation and CI/CD practices.
• Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimization.
• Automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Git-based workflows and modern DevOps toolchains.

What we offer

• Hybrid work model and flexible working hours.
• Customized training, including access to Coursera and weekly language classes, plus mentoring and experience days.
• Flexible compensation plan (health insurance, meal vouchers, childcare, transport).
• Wellbeing benefits: telemedicine, life and accident insurance, social fund, specialist services and 26+ vacation days per year.