Lead with expertise, drive innovation.

Are you an experienced Azure professional ready to shape secure, scalable cloud platforms for leading organisations? At Accenture the Netherlands, we are seeking Azure Cloud Engineers / Architects who combine hands-on engineering depth, architectural thinking and strong client-facing skills to deliver cloud transformation at scale.

Summary

• Seeking Azure professionals for Engineering & Architecture roles
• Location: Amsterdam (with travel to client location around the Netherlands)
• Experience level: Medior - Senior
• Work hours: 40 hours per week
• Language: English mandatory, strong preference for Dutch speaking candidates

What you'll do:

·         Design and deliver secure, scalable Azure platforms and landing zones aligned with enterprise architecture, security and compliance requirements.

·         Translate client needs into practical cloud architectures, technical roadmaps and implementation plans.

·         Build and automate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform or Bicep, and CI/CD pipelines.

·         Lead or support cloud migration and modernisation activities across infrastructure, identity, networking, security and operations.

·         Work directly with client stakeholders and multidisciplinary delivery teams, providing technical direction, clear communication and pragmatic decision-making.

·         Mentor engineers, promote reusable engineering standards and contribute to Azure and platform-engineering capability development within Intelligent Infrastructure Services.

·         Travel to client locations within the Netherlands when required for workshops, delivery and stakeholder engagement.

How We Reinvent:

This role sits within Digital Core and Intelligent Infrastructure Services (IIS). We help clients modernise their infrastructure foundations, accelerate cloud adoption and create secure, automated platforms that enable broader business and technology transformation.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team of cloud engineers, architects, security specialists, network specialists, consultants and project leads. Together, you will solve complex infrastructure challenges and deliver measurable outcomes for clients.

We go to market by industry, leveraging Accenture’s global delivery network and strategic partnerships with ecosystem leaders such as Microsoft, AWS and Google. Our culture of shared success and continuous learning ensures that every team member contributes to and benefits from our reinvention journey.

What we're looking for:

·         Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a comparable field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

·         Experience: Significant hands-on experience designing, building or transforming Microsoft Azure environments in complex enterprise settings.

·         Skills: Strong knowledge of landing zones, subscriptions and management groups, identity and access management, networking, security, governance, monitoring and resilience. Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices, preferably Terraform and/or Bicep, Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, and scripting such as PowerShell or Python.

·         Leadership: Strong stakeholder management, structured communication and collaboration skills, with the confidence to advise and challenge clients constructively.

·         Language: Professional English is required. Dutch language capability is strongly preferred for Netherlands-based and public-sector client environments.

·         Mobility: Willingness to travel to client sites within the Netherlands as part of this client-facing role.

Bonus points for:

·         Microsoft certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Network Engineer Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate or DevOps Engineer Expert.

·         Experience with Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift, hybrid cloud, sovereign cloud, cloud migration factories or platform product models.

·         Experience in regulated industries, public-sector environments or large-scale transformation programmes.

·         Knowledge of FinOps, cloud operating models, site reliability engineering or service-management integration.

What we offer:

·         Work-life flexibility: 4x9 workweek option, hybrid working and FlexDay.

·         Financial well-being: Competitive base salary, MyBenefits budget, annual bonus, net allowance and Employee Share Purchase Plan.

·         Health and wellness: Collective health insurance scheme, mental-health support and Well-being Hub.

·         Time off and leave: 26 vacation days, special leave types and Culture Days.

·         Mobility and commuting: NS Business Card and mobility budget, with options including an electric bike, car lease or public-transport reimbursement.

·         Career development: Performance Achievement programme, learning and development platform, certification opportunities and guidance from People Leads.

·         Inclusion, diversity and social impact: Do Good Volunteer Programme, inclusion and diversity networks and Refugee Talent Track.

·         Culture and community: Accentrics, Friday drinks, the annual Accenture NL party and a collaborative organisational culture.

Ready to lead and innovate? Apply today and become a Reinventor at Accenture the Netherlands.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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