Senior IT Cloud Engineer

We are QUALCO, the technology arm of Qualco Group, with over 25 years of experience in delivering innovative solutions to the financial sector. We serve clients in over 30 countries, helping banks and other financial institutions manage credit and loans effectively while ensuring full regulatory compliance. Our advanced software leverages analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies to support every stage of the credit and lending lifecycle, remaining at the forefront of fintech innovation. 

As a Senior IT Cloud Engineer, you will be participating in implementation and L2 operations and support services to Qualco and customers infrastructures with critical response time requirements for their business technology systems. You will work independently and as member of a team to fulfill service requests. This role requires excellent technical background, prioritization, responsiveness, and customer service, along with excellent communication skills. 

Responsibilities:

• Deploy and Maintain Cloud Services in MS Azure in a corporate, multi-geography scale; 

• Implement Cloud integration and interoperability with on-premise infrastructure;

• Participate in design of solutions for high availability and disaster recovery for applications;

• Implementation and maintenance of High Availability and Disaster Recovery infrastructure and ensure system availability and reliability;

• Deploy and maintain Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure;

• Provide technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to service owners;

• Implement Security Best Practices and Ensure Cloud security; 

• Evaluates cloud infrastructure costs; 

• Liaise with vendors and other departments for problem resolution; 

• Maintain solid knowledge of various vertical areas of functionality and technology within IT engineering technologies;
• Ensuring that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements and supporting the continued implementation of the Group Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy.
  

• University degree in Computer Science or a related field;
• Minimum of 3 years of hand-on experience in Azure cloud platform (deployment & maintenance);

• Client oriented with client facing experience; 
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and project teams, contributing to planned deliverables;

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English;
• Solid Knowledge and Hands-On experience on MS Azure including IaaS, PaaS, IaC;

• Solid Hands-on experience in implementation and maintenance AKS, Entra ID, MS Identity and Federations, Azure DevOps;

• Good Knowledge and hands-on experience on design and implementation of Microsoft products and Services (Active Directory/DNS/ADFS/SQL);

• Knowledge in configuration of Monitoring Software and/or Full-Stack Observability platforms;

• Experience with Azure Defender ecosystem; 
• Certified in at least one of the following: 
• Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305, mandatory) 

• Azure Networking Solutions (AZ-700) 

• Azure Virtual Desktop (AZ-140) 

• Azure Security certifications 

• Knowledge and experience in AWS, GCP or Oracle Cloud would be considered a plus. 

Your Life @ Qualco 
This role is a hybrid opportunity in Athens. 

As a #Qmember, you will live out every day in a truly human-centered culture, based on mutual respect, trust, and cooperation. Your performance and commitment to our shared goals will be recognized, and there will be great opportunities to ensure your career growth.  
Find out more about #LifeatQualco 👉🏼 qualco.group/life_at_qualco_group 

Join the #Qteam and enjoy: 

💸 Competitive compensation, ticket restaurant card, and annual bonus programs

💻 Cutting-edge IT equipment, mobile, and data plan

🏢 Modern facilities, free coffee and beverages, and indoor parking

👨‍⚕ Private health insurance, onsite occupational doctor, and workplace counselor

🏝️ Flexible working model

🤸‍♂️ Onsite gym, wellness facilities, and ping pong room

💡 Career and talent development tools

🎓 Mentoring, coaching, personalized annual learning and development plan

🌱 Employee referral bonus, regular wellbeing, ESG, and volunteering activities

Your race, gender identity and expression, age ethnicity or disability make no difference in Qualco. We want to attract, develop, promote, and retain the best people based only on their ability and behavior.

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