Lead Architect - Cloud Infrastructure

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Date: Mar 31, 2026

Location: Madrid, MD, ES

Company: Suntory Global Spirits

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

 

What makes this a great opportunity?

Responsible for designing, planning, operations, and support of the Enterprise cloud computing infrastructure. Core scope includes Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Accountable for effectively planning, organizing, and maintaining overall landscape to ensure the stable management of the organization's cloud infrastructure.

Role Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the evaluation and implementation of cloud strategy and architecture
  • Responsible for cloud operating model definition and execution.
  • Responsible for cloud SOPs, architectural documentation and stakeholder alignment.
  • Govern cloud infrastructure operations, to ensure security and stability.
  • Responsible for defining system requirements in alignment with application architects and owners.
  • Lead logical design review and deployment architecture design in new requests for cloud BAU teams.
  • Responsible for design and maintenance of automated resource provisioning architecture: generating scripts and templates, designing data structures and DevOps pipelines.
  • Discover cloud services offerings,  and execute processes and standards for optimal implementation.
  • Responsible for monitoring the consumption of cloud resources, request fulfillment turnaround, application performance, and systems security posture.
  • Responsible for technical preparation of RFPs and cloud resources cost estimates.

Team relationship

  • Vendor Management -Ability to work with managed infrastructure teams on shore - offshore support teams.
  • Direct management of internal reports

 

Involved activities with other Support Leads, Support Partner, Third Parties, and other IT Infrastructure Groups

Qualifications

  • Education - Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. Certifications - MS Azure Administrator Associate/GCP Cloud Engineer
  • Level of Experience: Minimum 15 years systems experience include 5 years managing, designing, and delivering cloud infrastructure solutions. Consulting background preferred.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, including ability to develop and present initiatives or proposals to audiences that include Business or IT leads.
  • Experience of managing technical teams.

 

Core Competencies

  • Strong collaborative approach to work with our Security, Application, and Platform teams.
  • Strong technical skills.
  • Operationally focused.
  • Troubleshooting and decision making.

 

 

Skills

  • Cloud infrastructure– multi-cloud architecture design, networking, security, IAM, containers, serverless resources, monitoring, data & storage, migration to the cloud.
  • DevOps - methodologies, IaC, automation
  • FinOps – cost management and optimization.
  • VDI – architecture, maintenance, cost & performance optimizations.
  • Windows - architecture, maintenance, and administration of Windows servers Linux - architecture, maintenance, and administration of Linux servers
  • Database - cloud database management including MySQL
  • Programming - General programming skills.
  • Technical documentation, architecture design diagrams.
  • Active Directory and group policy.
  • Display strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
  • Self-motivated and able to meet objectives with little or no direct supervision.

 

While relocation, immigration, and/or tax compliance support are not guaranteed, we may offer assistance to successful candidates depending on factors such as role requirements in accordance with company guidelines.

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.


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