Azure Cloud Engineer

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We are the Swiss Leader in Online Banking and we provide trading, investing and banking services to+500’000 clients, through our performant and secured digital platforms.

Our +1000 employees work in a flexible way, without dress code and in multicultural teams.
By having a huge impact on the industry, they are growing their skills portfolio and boosting their career in a fast-pace environment.

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You will be joining the Corporate Systems team, whose role is to provide the reliable working environment and productivity tooling that over 1000 employees need every day. This includes third-party applications run via public-cloud vendors as well as a fleet of on-premise servers and services using Infrastructure as Code Principles.

You will be responsible for designing, implementing and managing our public cloud infrastructure and integrations. You will play a crucial role in integrating industry best practices and continuously improving our reliability and deployment posture. Your expertise will guide your team in assessing and executing the organization’s hybrid cloud objectives.

You will work in a demanding environment that values an engineering mindset and prioritizes simple, elegant solutions over complexity. We are dedicated to doing things correctly, automating manual processes, and investing in our team members.

Responsibilities:

• Design and architecture: design and develop azure based solutions, ensuring they align with business objectives and industry best practices.
• Implement and deploy scalable, secure cloud infrastructure with azure services.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, troubleshoot issues and ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Create and manage infrastructure as code to streamline cloud operations and maintenance tasks.
• Ensure cloud solutions adhere to security and compliance standards, including data protection, identity management, and access controls.
• Assist management in tracking and optimizing cloud expenditure, ensure the organization achieve stable and predictable cost structures.

Minimum:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field involving programming (e.g., physics, mathematics), or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in IaC (Infrastructure as code) tooling such as Ansible, Terraform and ARM templating.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline tooling such as Azure devops, GH Actions or Gitlab CI/CD.
• Cloud operating experience with Entra, ActiveDirectory, Office 365, Purview, AIP (Azure Information Protection ) and Power Platform, etc.
• Microsoft certified: azure solutions architect expert or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge and expertise in defining implementation for End Point Security, User behavior analysis and Security Policies under the Microsoft ecosystem and using the Microsoft Defender Products.
• A systematic approach to problem-solving, strong communication skills, and a sense of ownership and drive.

Ideally:

• Understanding of IT systems, infrastructure, procedures, operational protocols and incident response.
• Certifications such as Microsoft certified: azure administrator associate or azure security engineer associate are a plus.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following: Python, Powershell, .Net, C, C++, Ruby, Rust or Go.
• Experience with monitoring and working with Kubernetes, standalone VMs or containers, VMware.
• Ability to quickly learn and work with new emerging technologies, methodologies, and IT solutions.

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