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Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Cloud Azure & DevOps Architect - Cloud Specialty Practice

Cloud Engineering +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCourbevoie, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree from an engineering school, university, or equivalent computer-science training is required.
  • At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, including significant experience designing and implementing application solutions on Microsoft Azure, ideally for .NET or Java environments.
  • Expertise in application architecture on Microsoft Azure.
  • Proficiency with Azure application services, including App Service, Azure Functions, API Management, Azure Container Apps or AKS, Azure SQL, Storage, Service Bus, Event Grid, Key Vault, Application Insights, and Azure Monitor.
  • Strong experience with modern application architectures, including distributed services, APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, domain-driven design, resilience patterns, performance, and security.
  • Experience designing or modernizing applications developed in .NET or Java.
  • Proficiency with DevOps and DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, automation, Infrastructure as Code, environment management, software quality, and securing the delivery pipeline.
  • Knowledge and use of an ALM platform such as GitHub or Azure DevOps, including source-code management, pull requests, branching strategies, repository management, CI/CD pipelines, and development collaboration.
  • Ability to guide development teams in adopting industrialization and delivery practices.
  • Ability to engage with technical and business stakeholders, challenge architecture choices, and support teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design robust, scalable, and secure application architectures on Microsoft Azure for .NET or Java applications.
  • Support clients in modernizing their application portfolios to Azure, including cloud-native applications, microservices, APIs, containers, serverless, and PaaS or FaaS platforms.
  • Define architecture choices, technical standards, and development best practices for modern application solutions.
  • Implement and industrialize DevSecOps practices, including continuous integration and deployment, Infrastructure as Code, test automation, secrets management, security throughout the development lifecycle, and observability.
  • Support teams in adopting effective and secure delivery pipelines.
  • Use and promote application lifecycle management practices through platforms such as GitHub or Azure DevOps, including source-code management, pull requests, branching strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and collaboration between teams.
  • Promote development-assistance tools such as GitHub Copilot when suitable for the client and project context.
  • Work on high-value scoping, architecture, expertise, audit, and implementation engagements.
  • Share Azure, DevSecOps, application architecture for .NET or Java, software quality, and security expertise across Sopra Steria teams.
  • Support the Microsoft practice through technology monitoring, knowledge sharing, community facilitation, accelerator development, and contribution to service offerings.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge or experience with GitHub Copilot to improve productivity, code quality, and development practices.
  • Knowledge or experience with Python, particularly for automation, data, or artificial intelligence.
  • Experience in software quality, including test strategy, test automation, code analysis, performance, observability, and reliability.
  • Knowledge of cloud and application cybersecurity, including IAM, identity management, secrets security, pipeline security, GitHub Advanced Security, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
  • Knowledge of FinOps and Azure cost optimization.
  • Experience with artificial intelligence on Azure, including Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Services, Semantic Kernel, RAG, or business assistants.
  • Microsoft Azure, GitHub, Azure DevOps, or DevOps certifications.

About the Company

Sopra Steria

IT consulting, digital services, and transformation

Sopra Steria provides consulting, digital services and solutions to help large organizations transform their business through technology. Its offerings cover strategy, systems integration, cloud, cyber security, software development, and managed services, designed to be delivered end to end—from assessing needs and designing a plan to implementing and operating IT systems. The company combines deep knowledge of many industries with a collaborative approach to tailor projects to each client and to deliver measurable, sustainable improvements in performance. Differentiators include its European scale (about 51,000 employees across roughly 30 countries), broad scope—from strategy to operation—and emphasis on practical outcomes that help clients stay competitive. The group’s goal is to put digital to work for its clients in a way that creates a positive, more productive future for all stakeholders.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1968

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