Azure Cloud Engineer (all humans)

Make a difference in the financial life of millions of people: At Erste Digital you are co-creating the digital future, in which better financial health is possible. #believeinyourself

We are part of Erste Group – the largest banking group in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 2,500 branches and over 45,000 employees. Our more than 2,000 IT experts and enthusiasts are the bank's Digital Muscle.

Cloud division is responsible for the multi-tenant (all Erste Group entities) and multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) setup and operation. 

Share Service Integration & Agile Department is part of the Infrastructure and Cloud division. Our main task is the global configuration of the central Erste Group Microsoft 365 tenant, Entra ID and shared services within the Azure landing zone. Working with security teams, we create and document governance principles and policies, maintain and continuously improve delegation model for Microsoft cloud services to allow operational tasks to be performed by integrated entities, and automate repetitive core management tasks.  

What to do:

As the saying goes; ‘keep your feet on the ground, and your head in the clouds’, is the type of person we are looking for. Someone who has the foresight and expertise to define the cloud landscape, while being the person on the ground helping the customer and our teams succeed in the cloud journey. As a Cloud Engineer, you will facilitate, communicate, design and guide the implementation of cloud technical blueprints and solution designs. This means you can gather requirements, analyze them and make synthesis to propose new solution. 

You will participate on cloud white papers preparation. Additionally, you will define and supervise group cloud standards, operate shared services and common part of the landing zone for multiple customers. 

You will ultimately be responsible for matching the technical design specifications with the needs of our customers, but also help our project managers and solution architects understand these requirements with clarity. 

You check these boxes:

• Proven technical expertise in cloud technology and architecture SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and Digital Transformation related topics 

• IaaC skills (Terraform, CI/CD) 

• Scripting skills (PowerShell preferred) 

• High level knowledge of cloud network components and concepts ( Hub&Spoke) 

• Multiple years of experience as an operations engineer, ideally with DevOps experience  

• Strong troubleshooting and problem analysis skills (Code debugging, performance optimization, application monitoring) 

• Technical knowledge about Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, Google) , Azure as preferred  

• A natural confidence with your communication and team skills, while being fluent in English 

• The right mindset for DevOps knowing the processes and the common tools (Source code control, version control, development pipeline, continuous delivery, automated testing, application analytics) 

You will also impress us by:

• Having a background and interest in either enterprise IT or software development or application modernization, in a DevOps environment 

• Your never-ending passion for Cloud technologies and your ability to quickly learn new ones 

• Being fascinated in trying out new technologies and seeing new challenges as an opportunity to shine 

• Embracing the opportunity to work in a agile team with a flat hierarchy, open mind and culture 

• Soft skills like knowledge sharing, pair programming and trust which can foster team development and substitutability within the team  
  

Why you will like us:

• Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at Erste

• Interest groups and clubs: Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic

• Health Care – Taking care of your health is important. That’s why we contribute to your above standard medical examination and provide a helpline in case of hard lifetime situations. You also receive a salary compensation during sick leave

• Work-Life-Balance – Sabbatical, paternity leave, contribution to marriage & childbirth, 4 days of extra holiday per year, contribution to the 3rd pillar and MultiSport card. This is how we promote a balance between work, leisure, and family

• Employee Referral Program – Become a talent scout for career opportunities in IT. We are rewarding every successful referral for Erste Digital

• A competitive and performance-related salary dependent on your professional and personal qualifications is granted - we are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 2 800 gross per month for this full time position. But this is just a formality, we are more than happy to discuss your actual expectations.

The way we are:

Erste Group considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.