Business Development Manager; m​/w​/d – ERP & AI | Consumer Goods & Retail Germany

Business Development Manager (m/w/d) – ERP & AI | Consumer Goods & Retail Germany

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Avanade is growing, and we seek motivated and engaged technology professionals to join our Managed Services team delivering continuous value to our client’s businesses. We are seeking a Azure Cloud Architect with experience in Cloud Resiliency Architect ure who is passionate about improving reliability, continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities of enterprise cloud environments. You will work closely with customers to provide high-impact assessments and practical recommendations to strengthen operational resilience.

Core to the Role

Assess the resiliency posture of customer environments from both technical and operational perspectives.

Evaluate disaster recovery (DR) plans, business continuity (BC) strategies, and Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs).

Conduct in-depth analysis of cloud infrastructure, application dependencies, observability, and failover capabilities.

Review and enhance incident response plans including escalation protocols, communication plans, and recovery sequencing.

Identify risks, vulnerabilities, and single points of failure across workloads and operational processes.

Recommend improvements aligned with Azure Well-Architected Framework, SRE principles, and ITIL practices.

Engage customer stakeholders to understand RTO/RPO objectives and recovery workflows.

Produce professional documentation outlining findings, risks, and recommended improvements.

About You

You are an experienced Cloud Resiliency Engineer with strong expertise in Azure architecture, disaster recovery, and business continuity. You have a proven ability to assess complex environments, identify risks, and deliver clear, actionable recommendations to both technical and executive stakeholders. Professional Skillset

Deep experience with high availability and disaster recovery design in Microsoft Azure.

Strong understanding of Azure architecture including availability zones, backup, recovery, and monitoring services.

Familiarity with cloud-native resiliency patterns and site reliability engineering (SRE) practices.

Experience designing and assessing Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs).

Experience in business continuity planning and operational resilience.

Strong communication and documentation skills across technical and business stakeholders.

Together we do what matters.

At the intersection of business transformation and Microsoft technology , we are looking for an Azure Cloud Architect who can help clients unlock value from their cloud investments.

In this role, you will lead from the front —combining deep Azure expertise, consulting mindset, and delivery excellence to design and implement enterprise-grade cloud solutions aligned with Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF) .

You will…