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Cloud and Solutions Architect

DDS IT

Auckland, New Zealand · Full Time

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About DDS IT

DDS IT is a New Zealand-based technology services company with over 70 employees focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences through passion, energy, and a people-centred culture. Our collaborative firm partners with leading enterprises and offers accessible leadership to foster a family-friendly, flexible workplace. Our mission is to help organisations boost productivity through intelligent technology solutions and services, positively impacting both professional and personal growth.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Cloud & Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of innovative cloud solutions. This role blends strategic vision with hands-on technical leadership for cloud transformation and modernization projects. You will work across customer engagement, pre-sales, technical delivery, and solution architecture to create scalable and practical cloud platforms aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Facilitate customer discovery sessions, lead architecture workshops, and provide technical advisory support.
  • Design and oversee cloud solutions ensuring security, resilience, operational excellence, and cost-efficiency across cloud environments.
  • Support migration, modernization, and transformation programs spanning infrastructure, applications, and modern workplace technologies.
  • Collaborate closely with Sales and Account Management teams to shape project proposals and develop Statements of Work.
  • Offer technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams during project implementation.
  • Create and maintain reusable architectural patterns, standards, and best practices to enhance DDS IT's cloud capabilities.
  • Participate in continuous improvement activities within the Cloud Practice.

Required Skills and Experience

  • Proven experience delivering cloud solutions with a customer-centric approach in consulting, managed services, or enterprise contexts.
  • Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture and solution delivery.
  • Experience with cloud migration, transformation, and modernization projects.
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
  • Understanding of DevOps methodologies, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.
  • Broad knowledge of identity management, networking, security, hybrid infrastructures, containerization, and cloud governance.
  • Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills, able to translate technical concepts into business value.
  • Hands-on problem solver with commercial awareness and practical approach to solution delivery.

Additional Information

This role offers a unique chance to influence technical strategy, address complex customer needs, and stay closely connected to both architectural design and project delivery. DDS IT values innovation, continuous improvement, and initiative within a friendly and growing technology team in Auckland or Wellington, New Zealand.

Tools & software

Microsoft Azure · 2 to 5 years required

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