Cloud Principal Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026. Siemens Energy scores A on the Alion truth index.
Job ID
305771
Location
Portugal
Lisboa
Amadora
Remote vs. Office
Hybrid (Remote/Office)
Company
Siemens Energy Unipessoal Lda.
Organization
EVP Global Functions
Business Unit
Digital Core
Full / Part time
Full-time
Experience Level
Professional / Experienced
A Snapshot of Your Day
Join the innovative Siemens Digital Core team at our Lisbon or Porto offices as a Principal Cloud Architect, where you will play a pivotal role in defining and guiding our enterprise cloud architecture across Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and hybrid environments. Imagine translating business and technology strategies into secure, resilient, and economically sustainable architectures that drive innovation. You will lead modernization and migration initiatives, establish essential guardrails, and provide design assurance for critical business solutions. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to accelerate safe cloud adoption and enhance the transparency of cloud value and cost.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Define and evolve enterprise cloud architecture principles, target states, and multi-year roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
- Architect cloud foundations and landing zones, ensuring robust identity, security, and service integration.
- Lead cloud adoption and modernization initiatives, guiding workload placement and the retirement of legacy platforms.
- Create reusable blueprints and design templates that enhance delivery speed and quality.
- Embed cybersecurity and compliance principles into architecture decisions, ensuring operational readiness and resilience.
What You Bring
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Extensive experience in enterprise cloud architecture and platform engineering within a complex global environment.
- Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and strong knowledge of at least one additional Hyperscaler, preferably AWS or Google Cloud.
- Proven experience in leading large-scale cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex trade-offs to diverse audiences.
About the Team
You will be part of a collaborative and innovative team that is dedicated to shaping the future of cloud architecture. Our team focuses on driving cloud adoption and modernization while ensuring compliance and security. We work closely with various stakeholders, including business leaders and technical teams, to create solutions that meet the evolving needs of our organization. Together, we foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement, empowering each other to achieve excellence in our cloud initiatives.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character-no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards/Benefits
- Competitive salary and meal allowance.
- Fair compensation for international work.
- Health insurance coverage.
- Remote work permitted within the country.
- Additional 5 “Pontes” days off and Birthday off if it falls on a weekday, when not abroad (only applies for Portugal).