Freelance Cloud Solution Architect – Telecommunications Enterprise Application Understanding Needed (AWS / OpenShift)

Cloud Solution Architect – Telecommunications (AWS / OpenShift)
Location: 95% remote (1-2 days a month in Vienna, Austria)
Employment Type: Freelance 12 month contract + extension
Industry: Telecommunications / Cloud Transformation

About the Role:

Our client, a leading player in the telecommunications sector, is driving a large-scale digital transformation and cloud modernization program. They are migrating critical enterprise applications to AWS and OpenShift and need experienced Cloud Solution Architects / Senior Solution Designers to join their team.

This role is ideal for someone with a proven track record in cloud architecture, enterprise solution design, and telecom IT systems who can bridge business requirements and technical implementation.

Key Responsibilities - As a Cloud Solution Architect, you will:

• Design scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions using AWS and OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to capture and translate functional and non-functional requirements.
• Create conceptual and logical solution designs, including system interfaces, data flows, and dependencies.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data governance, and integration standards.
• Provide guidance on API integrations, data migration, and interoperability.
• Modernize legacy systems, refactor large Java-based codebases, and optimize application performance.
• Prepare process models, user stories, system context diagrams, and data models.
• Lead workshops and stakeholder sessions to validate solutions and drive consensus.
• Support agile delivery by participating in refinements, sprint planning, and reviews.
• Perform impact assessments for change requests and contribute to estimations.
• Mentor development teams and enforce best practices for cloud-native design and deployment.

Skills & Qualifications

• Several years of experience as a Solution Architect / Solution Designer / Business Analyst in enterprise IT environments.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud architecture and containerized solutions (OpenShift / Kubernetes).
• Hands-on background in Java backend development, system integration, and API management.
• Solid experience in modernizing legacy applications and large-scale code refactoring.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture, event-driven systems (Kafka), CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of integration principles (SOAP/REST APIs).
• Experience in telecommunications IT systems (pricing engines, product catalogs, quoting systems) highly desirable.
• Strong skills in requirements engineering, process modeling (BPMN), and solution documentation.
• Excellent communication skills – fluent in English, German is a plus.

Why Apply?

• Work on a major cloud transformation program at the heart of the telecom industry.
• Be a key player in shaping enterprise IT architecture for the future.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile setup.
• Opportunity to mentor teams, influence strategy, and drive innovation.
• Long term project, 12 months & extension