Cloud Platform Architect – Kubernetes & Azure
Brussels-Capital
Digital - Architecture
Work experience: 5-7
Reference number: 92628
Join a progressive organization where your expertise will shape the future of cloud solutions in a collaborative and challenging environment. This role provides the opportunity to work on significant projects within the cloud architecture domain, making real-world impacts on enterprise operations.
Your role:
- You act as Application Owner for Kubernetes-based platforms and workloads across public cloud and on-prem environments, taking full accountability for the application lifecycle from design to decommissioning.
- You translate business and IT strategy into secure, scalable cloud architectures in close collaboration with technical architects and platform teams.
- You define, maintain, and enforce cloud architecture standards, reusable building blocks, and reference patterns.
- You continuously optimize the Kubernetes platform for performance, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- You conduct feasibility studies and impact analyses to assess architectural, operational, and financial implications of platform changes.
- You embed cost awareness into all architectural decisions by applying FinOps principles across cloud and hybrid environments.
- You provide architectural oversight to ensure alignment with enterprise standards, governance frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
- You mentor engineers and architects, promote best practices, and support knowledge sharing across teams.
- You review and validate technical deliverables from external partners to ensure quality and architectural compliance.
What are we looking for?
- You have at least 5 years of demonstrable experience as a Cloud Architect on Microsoft Azure in production environments.
- You have at least 5 years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production, covering both platform and workload concerns.
- You have experience architecting and operating hybrid environments spanning public cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
- You have proven experience defining and enforcing architecture standards and governance frameworks in enterprise contexts.
- You have strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably using Terraform.
- You apply FinOps principles to drive cost transparency and sustainable cloud consumption.
- You have experience conducting feasibility studies and impact analyses for complex infrastructure decisions.
- You provide technical leadership through mentoring, guidance, and architectural governance.
- You are fluent in French or Dutch (C1) and have strong proficiency in English (C2).
What do we offer?
Location: Brussels (hybrid)
Start date: 23 February 2026
End date: 29 February 2028
Contract type: Freelance or Permanent
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