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September 28, 2026

Cloud Platform Architect

Senior • Remote

40,000 - 65,000 EUR/yr

Berlin, BE, Germany

Quick Facts

Remote-focused Cloud Platform Architect role centered on designing and evolving multi-tenant cloud platform architecture using OpenStack and/or VMware. Includes architecture ownership, scaling and capacity planning, PreSales technical support, and on-call rotation.

Role Description

You will design and improve the multi-tenant platform (OpenStack/VMware). The work covers data center, network, security, storage, and compute integration, plus platform blueprints, operating concepts, scaling models, and technology evaluations. You will also support PreSales technically and act as a sparring partner for engineers and consultants.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and further develop multi-tenant platforms (OpenStack/VMware)
  • Design data center, network, and security architecture—backbone, firewalls, and segmentation
  • Design and integrate network, security, storage, and compute components
  • Create platform blueprints, operating concepts, and scaling models
  • Perform sizing and capacity planning for compute, storage, and network resources
  • Design new cloud services and contribute to the service portfolio
  • Technically evaluate new technologies for platform adoption
  • Support PreSales with architecture design, capacity planning, and effort estimation (~10–15% of your time)
  • Create and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and guidelines
  • Serve as a technical sparring partner for engineers, consultants, and team leads
  • Participate in team on-call rotation

Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science or comparable qualification
  • Multi-year experience designing and operating complex cloud and data center infrastructures; at least three years in multi-tenant platform design
  • Excellent OpenStack and/or VMware expertise (vSphere, NSX, vSAN, vCloud Director)
  • Deep knowledge of data center network architecture, enterprise storage, and security concepts
  • Experience designing tenant-capable platforms with clean isolation
  • Strong practical automation and Infrastructure-as-Code skills (Terraform, Ansible, APIs)
  • Ability to communicate complex architectures, make decisions, and defend them under challenge
  • Experience working with PreSales and customers on technical topics
  • Willingness to join on-call rotation
  • Willingness to attend onsite customer meetings or provide PreSales support about 2–4 days per month with planning in advance
  • Very good German and English skills
  • Relevant certifications are a plus

Benefits

  • Modern workplace and family-friendly environment
  • Flexible trust-based working hours
  • 30 days of vacation
  • Option to work from the EU abroad for up to 3 months per year
  • Health and fitness offers
  • Training and certification opportunities
  • Company car or electric vehicle for customer appointments; JobRad options
  • Contributions toward retirement savings, discounts across 1,500+ providers, and childcare subsidies

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