Deloitte is the biggest professional services Firm in the world and making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. We’re driven to create positive progress for our clients, community, people, and the planet. This sense of purpose inspires us to work to the highest standards, to tackle the challenges that matter. Joining us means becoming part of a Consulting team that’s at the top of its game and growing. Working with the best people and technology in the market, you’ll tackle meaningful projects that transform the future for high-profile local and international clients. And you’ll do it as part of a people-first culture that’s supportive, collaborative and, above all, welcoming..Exciting opportunity within our Engineering Team:Deloitte Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Cloud Architect within our Engineering team. By choosing to work with us you will be joining a practice which is widely recognised by our clients for its insight, expertise and for the quality of our work. You will be able to work in a culture that is innovative, collaborative and supportive of your personal and professional development. Our track record of commercial success and our growth ambitions can provide you with a fantastic platform for your career.About the Role Leading the design and development of technical solutions based on the Microsoft Platform (using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure AD, and Microsoft Azure AD B2C) Promote Azure cloud internally to sales and delivery teams to drive growthEducate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of Microsoft Azure and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloudCapture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the public cloud solutions architect communityAuthor or otherwise contribute to public cloud customer-facing publications such as whitepapersBuild deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates and act as a technical liaison between customers, delivery teams and supportApply proven multidisciplinary techniques and tools to address key issues, including: aligning business and IT strategies and architectures, managing complex business IT transformations, optimising IT performance/value and managing IT costs, in the context of appropriately managing risk and achieving business resultsAssist our clients in establishing and implementing a vision, road map and governance to address today’s business needs and support future growthIdentify where our clients can leverage IT for greatest strategic impact, defining a target IT architecture that supports business requirements and reduces costsAbout YouSelf-starter with an in-depth hands-on work experience with large-scale implementations of Azure. Experience in other platforms such as AWS or GCP would be a plusExtensive experience of enterprise, full-life cycle in Architecture in the professional IT/Software Development services industryProject experience migrating and deploying cloud based solutions (GCP, Azure or AWS)Architecting, implementing and supporting Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services infrastructure and topologiesKnowledge of .NET, and cloud technologies development languages and tools, to continue with developmentHas a certification in Azure Architecture, additional certifications in AWS and GCP would be preferredUnderstanding of Infrastructure as a Service, Infrastructure as Code and related concepts on public cloudExperience with distributed computing, cloud security, IaaS & PaaS architectures, knowledge of big data/analytics, ci/cd, DevOps, SRE and networking conceptsContainer experience with Docker and Kubernetes or other container orchestration platformsUnderstanding of Identity and Access Management, user and system authentication methods and certificates, tokens and certificate managementIf you believe that you meet most of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply. Deloitte is an equal opportunities employer and will ensure any reasonable accommodations are implemented as part of the recruitment and selection process.What we offerYour reward at Deloitte is competitive, supports our purpose and enables our people to never stop growing. Your reward at Deloitte is not just your salary, we believe in investing in our people's personal and professional development and empowering their work-life balance. Our ambition is to achieve gender equality and enable continuous growth. We offer supports and benefits that suit you, wherever you are in life, including health and well-being, pension, savings, training, coaching and enhanced leave options among others. Keep on being you. Bring your full, absolute self to work, every day. Explore, question and collaborate. Stretch your thinking, while building a career that inspires and energises you. And, whatever motivates you, keep growing both professionally and personally – because when you make an impact that matters, we do too.