Senior Cloud Platform Engineer in Katowice

Division: Group Technology Services (GTS)

We are looking for a highly motivated Cloud Engineer to be part of our new and growing Cloud Centre of Excellence Team where you will support application and DevOps teams in translating architectural requirements into scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant designs (Native & Hybrid). You have a key role on guiding the application and integration teams towards market best practices and solution patterns. You will also contribute on developing and making evolve the cloud platform.

Responsibilities:

• Support DevOps teams on architecting application and directly support our Azure Cloud environment.
• Translate architecture principles into detailed technical designs for native and hybrid cloud applications.
• Help us develop an effective cloud infrastructure by providing technical oversight and ensure security best practices are implemented and followed.
• Translate the security requirements from Security Architects into technical designs.
• Develop infrastructure as code on Azure using best practices and support implementations from development to production.
• Help reviewing design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
• Cooperate with application teams to support and deliver solutions and new capabilities, driving the change to develop innovative ways to resolve issues.
• Identify issues to specific Azure Services or the Azure Platform, conduct in-depth diagnosis on Azure platform and services and share knowledge with other cloud engineers.
• Build new tools and automate to take maximum benefit of the Cloud capabilities, including automating tools for troubleshooting, diagnostics and other purposes.
• Cooperate with leadership on process improvement and strategic initiatives.
• Write and update technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, technical standards and training materials.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in designing applications in public cloud, especially Azure.
• Hands-on experience in governing Azure (Management Groups, Subscriptions, Azure Policies, RBAC, Landing Zones, etc.).
• Knowledge of traditional IT architectures in Distributed Systems (Virtualisation, Windows, Linux, Storage, Containers).
• Familiar with architectures using Azure App Service, API Management, Azure Functions, Messaging services, container hosting services and other resources available in Azure.
• Knowledge of networking and core Internet protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, and distributed networks).
• Ability to design, implement, troubleshoot and document a technical hybrid cloud solution.
• Familiar with software development tools like Azure DevOps and Terraform.
• Capable to migrate on-premises workloads into Cloud Service Providers.

Soft skills:

• Able to build relationships with our customers and can influence and negotiate to achieve the defined goals.
• Ability to distinguish between quick wins and long term goals. Know what, when and where to check in order to guarantee quality.
• Ability to actively listen.
• Able to reduce complex tasks and situations to clear and manageable items.
• Understand that teamwork is essential for achieving results.
• Able to communicate well (verbally and written) and to drive the team to take the right decisions.
• Able to work in a rapidly changing (Agile) environment.

Please note that this is a permanent position and we do not offer freelance/contract arrangement for the role.