Senior Cloud Engineer

Job description

About the job

Sales is the backbone of any insurance company. Agents and brokers do not only acquire new customers but also foster the relationship and loyalty of existing ones. Thus, agents and brokers need highly available, low-latency applications that enable them to manage and advise customers as effectively as possible.

Thus, we are seeking a highly skilled and motivated cloud engineer for our operations team in Barcelona.

As a cloud engineer, you work together with stakeholders from architecture, application development teams, testing teams, leadership, and OE representatives to understand challenges, expectations, and requirements of sales applications. You develop a roadmap for infrastructure solutions that allow for high-availability and low latency across the globe and follow-up with your team and stakeholders for timely delivery. You mentor a team of cloud engineers, ensure the team is productive, follow-up on blockers and make sure team-internal and team-external exchanges happen frequently.

You will work on a wide range of technological solutions ranging from cloud infrastructure (AWS), infrastructure-as-code (GitHub), deployments (Kubectl, Helm), to monitoring (Dynatrace) and incident management (ServiceNow).

You will be part of a global operations team located in Spain and Thailand. Your customers will be in various time zones across the globe including Asia and central Europe.

 

What you do

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Collaboration with cross-functional teams to define DevOps strategies and best practices.

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Communication with upper management to provide project updates and ensure alignment with business objectives.

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Mentoring and providing guidance to team members, fostering their professional growth.

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Design and develop cloud-based solutions, considering scalability, security, and regulatory compliance requirements specific to the insurance industry.

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Monitor and optimize the performance of our cloud infrastructure and services, identifying and resolving any performance bottlenecks to ensure optimal efficiency and responsiveness.

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Troubleshoot and resolve any issues related to our cloud infrastructure, services, and applications.

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Keep up to date with the latest cloud technologies, security practices, and industry trends in the insurance domain, making recommendations for improvements, cost reductions, and innovation.

 

What you bring

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Excellent teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

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Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

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Strong knowledge of AWS and respective services (RDS, EKS, Elasticache).

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Experience with common CI/CD Tools GitHub, Jenkins, IaC best-practices.

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Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash, NodeJS) and automation tools to streamline insurance operations on the cloud.

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Familiarity with security best practices and implementing robust security controls to protect sensitive insurance data.

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Experience in incident management and resolution. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly identify and resolve issues.

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Ability to be take part in on-call duties to provide support during our customer's business hours in a different time zone.

 

 

What we offer

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We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.

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We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).

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From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.

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Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.
 

70658 | IT & Tech Engineering | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent

 

 

About Allianz Technology

 

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

 

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

 

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology .

 

 

 

D&I statement

 

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity and commits itself to creating an inclusive work environment for all.

 

We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

 

Join us. Let´s care for tomorrow.

 

You. IT.

 

 

To Recruitment Agencies:

 

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.

 

 

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 70658 | IT & Tech Engineering | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent