Senior Cloud Engineer

We are looking for a highly motivated Cloud Engineer to join a new and growing Cloud Centre of Excellence team. You will support application and DevOps teams in translating architectural requirements into scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant native and hybrid-cloud designs. You will guide application and integration teams toward market best practices and solution patterns and contribute to developing and evolving the cloud platform.

Responsibilities

• Support DevOps teams in architecting applications and directly support the Azure cloud environment.
• Translate architecture principles into detailed technical designs for native and hybrid cloud applications.
• Develop effective cloud infrastructure through technical oversight and implementation of security best practices.
• Translate security requirements from Security Architects into technical designs.
• Develop infrastructure as code on Azure using best practices and support implementations from development to production.
• Review design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
• Cooperate with application teams to support and deliver solutions and new capabilities, driving innovative issue resolution.
• Identify issues in Azure services or the Azure platform; conduct in-depth diagnosis and share knowledge with other cloud engineers.
• Build tools and automation to maximize cloud capabilities, including troubleshooting and diagnostic tools.
• Cooperate with leadership on process improvements and strategic initiatives.
• Write and update technical documentation, including user manuals, system documentation, technical standards, and training materials.

Requirements

• Proven experience designing applications in public cloud, especially Azure.
• Hands-on experience governing Azure, including Management Groups, Subscriptions, Azure Policies, RBAC, and Landing Zones.
• Knowledge of traditional distributed-systems architectures, including virtualisation, Windows, Linux, storage, and containers.
• Familiarity with Azure App Service, API Management, Azure Functions, messaging services, container-hosting services, and other Azure resources.
• Knowledge of networking and core Internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, and distributed networks.
• Ability to design, implement, troubleshoot, and document technical hybrid-cloud solutions.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps and Terraform.
• Ability to migrate on-premises workloads to cloud service providers.

Soft Skills

• Ability to build customer relationships and influence and negotiate to achieve defined goals.
• Ability to distinguish quick wins from long-term goals and ensure quality.
• Active listening skills.
• Ability to reduce complex tasks and situations into clear, manageable items.
• Teamwork mindset.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to drive sound team decisions.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing Agile environment.

This is a permanent position; freelance or contract arrangements are not available.

What We Offer

• Work with inspiring, supportive, and engaged colleagues from more than 80 countries in a professional international environment.
• Learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.
• Hybrid working model: office connection eight days per month, with remote-working options.
• Inclusive culture that celebrates diversity; qualified applicants are considered regardless of personal characteristics. Accommodation can be requested during the application process.