DevOps Cloud Engineer (Azure & Databricks)
Technology, Data & Digital · IT Infrastructure & Security · DevOps · Cloud Engineering · Data Engineering
In short
Vattenfall is seeking a DevOps Cloud Engineer experienced in Azure and Databricks to operate and develop their data, analytics, and AI platforms. This role involves designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code to ensure secure, reliable, and future-ready Azure and Databricks environments.
Responsibilities
- Designing, implementing and operating Azure-based cloud platform solutions
- Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Git and automation tools
- Developing and managing Infrastructure as Code solutions using ARM, Bicep and scripting technologies
- Automating provisioning, deployment and lifecycle management of cloud resources
- Maintaining and improving self-service platform capabilities based on .NET Core and Angular
- Ensuring platform reliability, availability and operational stability
- Supporting administration and continuous improvement of Azure Databricks and Snowflake environments
- Implementing security controls in alignment with enterprise policies and governance requirements
- Collaborating with architects, developers and operations specialists to deliver secure and scalable cloud services
- Operating and further developing Vattenfall’s Azure Databricks platform for analytics, data and AI workloads
- Managing identity and access controls through Azure AD integration and RBAC principles
- Supporting secure networking concepts including private endpoints and secure cluster connectivity
- Implementing and maintaining data governance capabilities using Unity Catalog and related Databricks services
- Managing platform resources using Infrastructure as Code approaches such as Terraform and ARM templates
- Establishing compute standards, governance controls and cost optimisation practices
- Enabling integrations with Azure Data Lake, Power BI, Snowflake and other enterprise services
- Supporting onboarding and adoption of platform capabilities across teams
- Contributing to monitoring, logging and security improvements throughout the platform landscape
- Identifying opportunities to improve performance, cost efficiency and sustainability of cloud services
- Enhancing automation and self-service capabilities for platform users
- Supporting the introduction of new cloud, AI and analytics capabilities
- Helping to create a seamless developer and data practitioner experience across the platform ecosystem
Requirements
- Several years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer or similar role in Azure environments
- Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, preferably within operations, governance or platform engineering
- Strong understanding of Azure services including Networking, Storage, App Services, Virtual Machines and Entra ID (Azure AD)
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD practices
- Experience working with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as ARM, Bicep, Terraform and PowerShell
- Knowledge of analytics and data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Spark or modern data lake architectures
- Understanding of cloud governance, security and access management principles
- Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python or similar technologies
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities
- Professional communication skills in English
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimisation
- Experience supporting enterprise AI or machine learning platforms
Benefits
- Challenging and independent job
- Informal, dynamic working environment
- Opportunity to shape the future of a changing company
- Great work atmosphere
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion
- Work-life balance
- Flexibility to work from home
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