Systems Engineer – Microsoft Azure

MET Group is an integrated European energy company, headquartered in Switzerland, with activities in natural gas and power, focused on multi-commodity wholesale, trading and sales, as well as energy infrastructure and industrial assets.

MET Group is represented in 21 countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey and Ukraine.

MET Group is present in 33 national energy markets and 44 international trading hubs. The Group has a significant end-consumer presence in Belgium, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and The Netherlands.

MET Group has 1350+ permanent staff. The company is owned 90% by MET employees and 10% by Keppel Infrastructure, a wholly owned subsidiary of  Keppel Corporation*.

* Listed on the Singapore Exchange

Role summary:

As member of the growing IT  competence center in Budapest, build, implement, operate, improve and support scalable Microsoft Azure Cloud solutions.

Essential responsibilities:

• Provide 2nd (and gradually higher) level support for the company’s Azure environment, continuously improve platform skills and product expertise;
• Maintain and operate cloud resources, troubleshoot issues (including on-premises and 3rd party dependencies), identify root causes and implement corrective actions, eliminate recurring issues;
• Document technical solutions and support processes, regularly train 1st level helpdesk staff;
• Help automate operational activities and repetitive tasks, enable standardized maintenance services;
• Own key cloud operational metrics: maximize application performance, increase availability, reduce technology risks, stabilize critical platform services, and optimize costs;
• Partner with internal / external technical teams and functional counterparts to drive continuous infrastructure modernization, eliminate bottlenecks and enable business growth;
• Assist in vendor management processes for project work and ongoing operational support;
• Contribute to policies & guidelines that govern cloud deployment processes;
• Collaborate with IT security professionals to define, document, enforce, and audit overall cloud security – support regular testing exercises and remediate findings.

• 2+ years’ technical experience in Windows Server and SQL Server engineering across geographically dispersed and virtualized enterprise environments;
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in medium+ complexity Azure migration projects (“lift-and-shift”, re-factoring and / or re-platforming);
• BSc in Computer Science / IT Engineering or an equivalent industry proficiency with both practical & theoretical domain knowledge – relevant vendor certifications are a definite plus;
• Practical expertise in configuring, managing and troubleshooting Hybrid AD / Entra environments;
• Detailed knowledge of basic Azure offerings (including SQL database services) and demonstrated willingness to learn new capabilities, introduce new features;
• Good communication skills, fluency in English, practical experience with virtual teamwork and cross-country collaboration in an international / multi-cultural business environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, focus on results, reliability, thoroughness, analytical thinking;
• Practical expertise in complex computer networking and advanced PowerShell scripting skills are much appreciated.