Cloud Engineer

My responsibilities:

• Designing, developing, optimising, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure of our Azure data platform based on business and connectivity requirements while ensuring scalability and cost efficiency according to ETL and data lake principles
• Implementing security best practices and compliance standards (e.g. GDPR) to protect cloud-based assets and data
• Implementing monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve performance issues
• Resolving technical issues to support our business objectives
• Working within an agile team to create technical features that empower our Data Engineers, Data Scientists & Machine Learning Engineers
• Providing guidance and mentoring data and analytics professionals within your team regarding data and/or infra standards and best practices
• Evaluating and recommending new tools and technologies for analytical data engineering and data science
• Staying up to date with advancements in Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and related topics

The knowledge I own:

• Background in computer science or equivalent experience
• Experience in cloud computing services and data engineering, particularly in data analytics
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools and scripting languages (e.g. Terraform, PowerShell)
• Strong understanding of modern cloud networking concepts, especially within Azure environments
• Solid knowledge and understanding of networks, especially applicable in root cause analysis of connectivity issues between clouds and on-prem systems
• Proficiency in SQL and in at least one programming language, ideally including Python
• Experience in database development and data modelling, ideally with Databricks/Spark and SQL Server DB, as well as knowledge of relational, NoSQL, and cloud database technologies
• Conceptual knowledge of data and analytics concepts, e.g. dimensional modelling, ETL, reporting tools, data governance, data warehousing, and structured and unstructured data
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication skills and business fluency in English; German language skills are an asset but not required