Microsoft Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer

Dear Consultant,

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer to join our multinational client dynamic team in a hybrid setup in Krakow.

Our client is a global leader in the banking industry - one of the largest financial holdings in the world.

Location: Krakow, Poland (Hybrid)

Engagement Type: B2B Contract

Client: Multinational Financial Institution

Role - Microsoft Azure DevOps Cloud Engineer

Qualifications and experience:

• The ideal candidate for this role will have the below experience and qualifications:
• Strong and demonstratable experience of Azure WAF enablement engineering.
• Strong experience and understanding of cloud network security concepts and engineering.
• Experience of engineering and deploying IaaS and PaaS services in Azure.
• Expert understanding of DevOps principles and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and techniques.
• Proficient understanding and implementation of CI/CD pipeline on Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Understands security and compliance frameworks and controls, with experience and understanding of Microsoft Sentinel or Defender.
• Operational effectiveness - delivers solutions that align to approved design patterns and security standards.
• Excellent skills in at least one of following: ARM, Powershell, Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience in dealing with multiple support groups that contribute to a service.
• A track record of constantly looking for ways to do things better and an excellent understanding of the mechanisms necessary to successfully implement change.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences. Essential Skills
• Technical knowledge and breadth of experience deploying Azure technology services. (Identity, Networking, Compute, Storage, Web, Containers, Databases).
• Strong and demonstratable experience of Azure WAF enablement engineering.
• Strong experience and understanding of cloud network security concepts and engineering.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipeline on multiple technology stacks.
• Experience working with highly available/high-load web infrastructure e.g. web proxies, reverse proxies.
• Demonstrable risk management knowledge.
• Keen problem solving skills (Analytical and Creative). Desirable Skills
• Industry recognised cloud certifications, multi-cloud experience Azure + GCP/AWS.
• Programming experience in the following languages: PowerShell, Terraform, Python Windows command prompt and object orientated programming languages.
• Demonstrable experience of Linux administration and scripting preferably Red Hat.
• Experience operating in highly regulated industry, e.g. Financial Services.