Position: Azure Cloud Engineer
Company: Luxoft
Experience required: 5y
Category: DevOps
English level: upper
Published: 2021-08-01T00:00:00+03:00

This is a small team currently consisting of two Cloud Architects/Engineers, which will be overseen by the Head of Cloud Engineering and Grid Computing.
The primary cloud platform is Azure, with limited support for Oracle Cloud. There is a possibility that we will be onboarding AWS in the near future.
The responsibility of the team is to manage all aspects of the public cloud platform for Iaas, PaaS and Saas. This includes architectural design and guidance, liaising with application teams, implementing solutions for application teams, and monitoring and supporting the cloud resources.

Responsibilities
• Produce architectural designs based on the business requirements documents for projects.
• Liaise with application teams and other infrastructure teams.
• Implement solutions for applications.
• Work with other members of the cloud team to increase the stability, security and cost effectiveness of the platforms.
• Provide BAU support to cloud users.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Essential:

• Architectural design documentation
• Azure experience, including developing ARM templates
• Development experience, ideally with Python.

Preferred:

• Experience with Oracle Cloud
• Experience with AWS

Skills
Must have

Functional / Technical Competencies:
Essential
• Experience working in a team to support Azure as a primary cloud provider.
Education / Qualifications:

Essential:
• AZ-104

Nice to have

Preferred:
• Strong development experience and ability to use automation to solve problems
• Experience with developing code for containers, and managing docker / Kubernetes.
• Development using REST APIs.

Preferred Education:
• Bachelor degree
• AZ-303 or higher

Personal requirements:
• Excellent communication skills
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
• Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
• A structured and logical approach to work
• Strong problem solving skills
• A creative and innovative approach to work
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment
• Strong numerical skills
• A confident approach, with the ability to present to both management and technical audiences