Senior Cloud Engineer

About the team

The Cloud Transformation Delivery Team is a unit in the Public Cloud Transformation department. The team focuses on driving cloud transformation across the business domain ITs through architecture and Engineering delivery. The team also acts as a gateway to understand application needs and help establish new shared services and capabilities on the Public Cloud platform.

The Cloud Transformation Delivery's mission is to deliver business value through enabling Swiss Re and the business units to utilize the power and flexibility offered by public Cloud and accelerate the public cloud adoption across Swiss Re.

About the Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in Cloud Engineering? Are you passionate about everything Azure Cloud?

Then join us as a Senior Cloud Engineer 

 Your main responsibilities:

• Enhance and maintain a library of Cloud Infrastructure Templates using Terraform to enable Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ensuring secure and compliant cloud infrastructure deployment for all application teams.
• Develop and maintain a FinOps recommendation engine by identifying opportunities to reduce Azure infrastructure costs and leveraging statistical analysis and Azure expertise to optimize infrastructure for all Azure workloads.
• Create YAML CI/CD pipelines using Azure ADO, GitHub, and GitLab to automate application delivery in compliance with all DevSecOps standards of SwissRe.
• Provide support and assistance to application teams for any Azure-related incidents.
• Improve public cloud developer experience by identifying patterns in Azure-related issues and suggesting automated remediation solutions for the root causes.

About you

The following proven technical skills will be required:

• Expertise in Terraform and PowerShell for delivering Infrastructure as Code (IaC) on Azure.
• Proficient in CI/CD using Azure DevOps, GitHub, and GitLab on Azure.
• Strong experience in writing and maintaining custom tools based on Python and Kusto Query Language (KQL).
• Strong experience in Azure Infrastructure creation and maintenance.

Azure AI Services (Foundry, ML OpenAI, Anomaly detection, Bot Services, LUIS) , AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), App Services, DataBricks, ADF (Azure Data Factory), ASB (Azure Service Bus), EventHub, KV (Key Vault), SA (Storage Account), Container Registry, Azure Functions, Redis, LogicApps, Azure Firewall, VNET (Virtual Network), Private Endpoint, Service Endpoint, SQL Server, CosmosDB, MongoDB

• Expertise in executing and maintaining Azure disaster recovery and backup setups.
• Strong experience in setting DevSecOps standards based on Azure.
• Effective stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to work with Product Owners, Product Managers, Architects, and engineering teams.
• Comfortable working in a transformational and complex environment at a fast pace and getting things done.
• Proficiency in English is required.

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.