Cloud Infrastructure Architect - Client Advisory

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

We are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Architect to join our Client Advisory team, with the objective of supporting commercial activities and contributing to the design of innovative technology solutions for enterprise clients.

This role operates in close collaboration with Sales, Key Account Managers (KAM), Solution Consultants, and Solution Managers, contributing in a highly integrated manner across the entire sales lifecycle. The position requires a strong team-oriented mindset and the ability to bridge technical expertise with business vision to deliver consistent, high-value client propositions.

Your key tasks

• Collaborate closely with Sales, KAMs, Solution Consultants, and Solution Managers to qualify opportunities and define the technical sales strategy
• Analyze client requirements (business and technical) and translate them into scalable, secure, and compliant cloud architectures
• Design end-to-end infrastructure solutions (compute, network, storage, security, disaster recovery)
• Contribute to the preparation of RFPs, RFIs, and technical proposals, including effort estimation, sizing, and costing
• Participate in technical workshops, collaborative sessions, and client presentations
• Work in alignment with delivery, security, and compliance teams to ensure feasibility and adherence to internal standards
• Support pricing definition and TCO/ROI analysis
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous improvement of pre-sales methodologies and solution design practices

Qualifications

• Proven experience (5+ years) in cloud infrastructure and/or solution architecture roles
• Strong knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (OCI preferred, AWS or Azure)
• Experience designing highly available and resilient architectures
• Solid understanding of networking, security, IAM, backup, and disaster recovery
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Strong collaboration skills in cross-functional environments
• Experience responding to RFPs/RFIs and producing technical documentation
• Proven experience in banking, financial services, or insurance (regulated environments)
• Proven ability to produce high-quality professional documentation (e.g., proposals, architectural designs, technical reports)
• Ability to prepare and deliver executive-level presentations (C-level deck slides)
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; a Master’s degree is preferred

It would be a real bonus if you have

• Knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, DORA)
• Cloud certifications (OCI, AWS, Azure)
• German, French, and Italian

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.  

 

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