senior cloud engineer

The role is responsible for working closely with software, QA, and system engineers to understand requirements and prototype, architect, implement, operate, and update DevOps solutions accordingly. You must be flexible to constant business and technology change, with the ability to interact, engineer and collaborate efficiently with a wide range of stakeholders.

More specifically you will:

•   Design and implement scalable, secure and cost-effective solutions based on business requirements.

•   Coordinate as a product owner one or more teams that implement software configuration, integration, build & deployment tools.

•   Establish a portfolio of DevOps processes, practices, and tools to empower and support delivery teams in CI/CD with rapid delivery across value streams.

•   Automate provisioning, scaling and monitoring processes with infrastructure teams or cloud providers.

•   Educate and foster self-service and efficiency wherever possible

•   Ensure availability, scalability, maintainability, monitoring of systems for operations

•   Educate with training and mentoring junior engineers

Who you are

•   At least 3-5 years of professional experience in a relevant role. 

•   Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering or other related field 

•   Expertise in Cloud Platforms (certifications are a plus) and CI/CD pipelines, e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD.

•   Expertise in Virtualization and infrastructure technologies, e.g., Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, VMWare, Xen, KVM, Windows.

•   Experience in Public and private cloud IaaS and PaaS deployment models and technologies, e.g., AWS (preferred), Openstack, Azure.

•   Infrastructure automation and configuration management tools, e.g., Terraform, Helm, Ansible.

•   Strong understanding of network protocols, client-server communication and networking inside Kubernetes Cluster.

•   Experience in Performance Test automation with SonarQube and live Monitoring with Splunk.

•   Familiarity with firewalls, VPNs, WAF and security policies.

•   Advanced ability to analyze and interpret complex problems or processes, identify and understand requirements, and develop solutions.

•   Strong problem-solving and design thinking skills, and ability to produce out-of-the-box ideas and innovative solutions.

•   Strong relationship building, persuasion, and collaboration skills, acting as enabler for coordination of activities between technical teams and building of cross-functional relationships quickly and confidently.

•   Agility and willingness to track, assess, and incorporate practice and technology developments into day-to-day working.

•   Automated software and infrastructure deployment and configuration management.

•   Agile and DevOps Software development experience.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Competitive pay, bonus & remuneration package 

• Private Health & Medical Insurance 

• Hybrid way of working: a blend of remote and office-based working, including the option to work up to 20 days from abroad 

• Remote work equipment to help you create a comfortable, ergonomic workspace at home 

• Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings 

• Vodafone Parental Leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual orientation or length of service 

• Spirit of Vodafone Day: one day each quarter dedicated to your personal development 

• Extra days off: Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day 

• Needless to say, we cater for your communication wherever you are 

• Office amenities (subject to the office location): such as restaurant, gym and parking 

• Special employee offers and discounts