Overview Job Purpose: The role is aimed at turning MSC's Sail-as-One (SAO) principles and cloud strategy into governed, reusable cloud reference architectures that enable secure, scalable and cost-efficient solutions across the Cruise Division.Key Accountabilities
- Translate the Sail-as-One (SAO) principles and cloud strategy into reference architectures, standards and actionable implementation roadmaps.
- Design cloud-native, reusable and AI-enabled architecture patterns aligned with MSC's target operating model.
- Define cloud landing zones, governance guardrails and standards covering security, compliance, resilience and cost (FinOps).
- Review High-Level Designs (HLD) with delivery and product teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture.
- Assess and select cloud services and technologies, balancing innovation, total cost of ownership and risk.
- Drive the migration and modernization of applications to cloud, de-risking transition and reducing technical debt.
- Promote architecture reuse and knowledge-sharing across the Cloud Chapter and the wider EA community.




- Track emerging cloud trends and evolve the cloud reference architecture accordingly.
- Contribute to CapEx/OpEx governance through capacity, cost and performance optimization.

Requirements
- English and Italian as primary working languages.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related fields;
cloud architecture certification (e.G. Azure/AWS Solutions Architect) strongly preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in cloud / solution architecture roles, including hands-on design of cloud-native solutions and the definition of standards or reference architectures.
- Experience in complex, multi-divisional enterprise environments.
- Strong technical skills across at least one major cloud platform (Azure preferred — landing zones, AKS, networking, Key Vault), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Bicep), architecture modelling tools and FinOps practices.
- Strategic and systems thinking, with

📌 Cloud Enterprise Junior Architect (Italia)
🏢 Msc Cruises
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