Senior Commercial Cloud Architect – Europe
Shape the future with us! Join Orange Business as a Senior Commercial Cloud Architect for our Cloud Pan-European Presales & Advisory business area. Location: Norway, Sweden, Belgium, or Netherlands.
Senior Commercial Cloud Architect for Europe at Orange Business
Contract: Permanent
Business Area: Cloud – Pan-European Presales & Advisory
Location: Oslo, Stockholm, Brussels, or Amsterdam
Ways of Working and Travel: Hybrid; EU travel required
Languages: Fluency in English; other European languages are a plus
The position, mission & team:
Orange Business is strengthening its position as a trusted digital partner in Europe, combining its leadership in connectivity, cybersecurity and cloud to help clients accelerate their digital evolution.
The Senior Commercial Cloud Architect – Europe is pivotal in this mission. You guide European enterprises in building the right cloud environment to support growth in a market shaped by sovereignty demands, hybrid complexity, and rising cost pressure. You lead cloud advisory engagements, design hybrid architectures, support presales cycles, and drive the development and rollout of our cloud advisory and transformation offers.
We value people who are proactive on every level, deliver exceptional results, work well with others, and make a clear impact on our clients and our business. If you love collaborating, learning, sharing your expertise, and being recognized for your achievements, you’ll fit right in with our team.
What you’ll do:
All the responsibilities we’ll trust you with
Cloud Advisory & Architecture
Advise clients on cloud strategy, hybrid architecture and operating models.
Assess current-state architecture, maturity and cost across cloud and on-prem environments.
Define target cloud and hybrid architectures aligned to cost, performance, sovereignty, and compliance needs.
Identify optimization opportunities using FinOps principles and modernization levers.
Advise on sovereignty and locality requirements, including Azure Local where relevant.
Present clear recommendations to C-level and senior stakeholders.
Presales & Commercial Support
Shape architectural direction and solution outlines for panEU opportunities.
Contribute to RFP/RFI responses, workshops and bid defense activities.
Translate business needs into commercially viable cloud architectures.
Position Orange Business cloud services clearly during client engagements.
Offer Leadership & Thought Leadership
Act as a thought leader on hybrid cloud, architecture, and cloud economics.
Serve as offer lead for cloud advisory and transformation services.
Drive the development, industrialization and rollout of cloud advisory offers across countries.
Ensure adoption of offers by country teams and integrate field learnings into continuous improvement.
Develop reusable methods, tools, and best practices for the European cloud community.
Who you are:
What matters most for this role
Your interests & soft skills:
Personal Attributes
Commercially sharp; focused on outcomes and value.
Clear communicator able to simplify complex topics.
Collaborative across countries and teams.
Pragmatic, curious and grounded in real-world cloud practice.
Your technical expertise:
Experience
5+ years in cloud advisory, architecture or presales roles.
Experience with hybrid (on-prem + public cloud) environments.
Exposure to LNA/MNC clients across Europe.
Confident engaging with senior and executive stakeholders.
Skills
Strong knowledge of Azure (preferred) and on-prem infrastructure; awareness of AWS/GCP.
Ability to link business drivers to architecture and governance choices.
Understanding of cloud economics, sovereignty, governance and operating models.
Structured, concise and consultative communicator.
Fluent in English; other European languages a plus.
Certifications
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture frameworks
(Other relevant cloud or architecture certifications also valued.)
Nice to Have
Experience with Azure Local or sovereignty-driven deployments.
FinOps experience or certification.
Experience in offer development or portfolio management.
Why you should join us:
Some of the rewards of working at Orange Business
A community of experts - as Digital Natives, we put innovation at the heart of our expertise.
We may work with tomorrow’s technology, but at our core we are a people-oriented organization.
An open and inclusive culture, that enables us to reach our full potential.
Hybrid ways of working and modern & collaborative offices.
Read more about the local benefits we offer: Oslo, Stockholm, Brussels, Amsterdam.
Apply now
We can’t wait to meet you!
About Orange Business:
Check out our career site for even more information or connect with us on LinkedIn.
- Areas of expertise
- Platform & Managed Services
- Locations
- Brussels, Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
