Cloud & AI Lead

Role Overview

As our Cloud & AI Lead in Lisbon, you will be designing and delivering end-to-end AI solutions on Azure and working with our sales team on important pre-sales. You will act as a trusted advisor to customers and as a reference architect for the practice.

What You Will Do

Delivery (40–50% of the role)

Lead and deliver as a senior consultant on client engagements across the full lifecycle

Design technical solutions using Azure AI, GenAI, and Power Platform by translating functional requirements into actionable blueprints and overseeing their implementation

Build architecture diagrams, solution blueprints, PoCs, pilots, and technical documentation

Lead the development and configuration of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps), IaC templates (Terraform / Bicep), and AI-integrated applications.

Pre-sales

Produce technical and commercial proposals - roadmaps, estimations, and architecture approaches

Contribute to offer development

Foster and actively participate in the Microsoft technical relationship, staying current on vendor roadmaps.

People

Facilitate technical interviews for engineering recruitment.

Experience

Experience with the Microsoft stack, with a strong track record as an Azure Architect

Deep hands-on expertise across Azure AI Foundry, AI Services, AI Search, and App

Proven experience with GenAI and Azure OpenAI, including RAG patterns, AI Agents, and Agentic architectures

Strong architecture background: MCP / Agentic patterns, data platforms, API-first and event-driven design, and integration at scale

Comfortable with DevOps and IaC practices - CI/CD pipelines, Terraform or Bicep, and Git-based workflows.

Profile

Fully bilingual French / English (written and spoken)

Strong business acumen and client-facing confidence - comfortable presenting to both technical and executive audiences

Autonomous and structured, capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously

Clear, precise communicator who can translate complex technical concepts for business stakeholders

Proactive, curious, and self-driven on technology, following the AI space closely.

Nice to Have

AI Low Code with Copilot Studio and Data Experience with Databricks, Azure Data Factory and SQL

Experience with Power Platform - Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse - for enterprise automation and low-code solutions

Experience with Infrastructure with Kubernetes, Cosmos DB and Security

Relevant Certifications: AZ-305, AI-102, PL-600

Experience in a consulting or managed services environment

Natural aptitude for business analysis and project management

Comfortable with public speaking, hackathons, or community involvement

Experience mentoring and upskilling junior consultants

Active presence at external events such as demos, talks, and hackathons