Senior Cloud/Devops Architect (Azure)

<h3>Company Description</h3><p><em><strong>Why are we here?</strong></em></p><p>Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.</p><p>Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><strong><u>In a nutshell</u></strong></p><p>As a Senior Cloud Architect at Eurofins you will<strong> be supporting our global IT Application development teams to move towards a cloud-first and DevOps mind-set and transition many of our applications to be deployed, run and operated via automation</strong> <strong>in the public cloud.</strong></p><p><strong><u>Where will you be based and what business will you support?</u></strong></p><p>Based in Dublin, Ireland, you will be part of a geographically dispersed IT Architecture team with a focus on supporting our global IT Application development teams. </p><p><strong><u>How can you help us?</u></strong><strong> </strong></p><p>As a Senior Cloud Architect in Eurofins you will:</p><ul><li>Collaborate with the Cloud Engineering Team in defining cloud Standards and Governance;</li><li>Design scalable enterprise cloud frameworks (AWS control Tower, Azure Landing Zones etc);</li><li>Collaborate with product development to define their technology transition into the cloud;</li><li>Evangelise DevOps/Cloud culture and practices throughout the business;</li><li>Define and standardise tooling;</li><li>Improve software performance metrics;</li><li>Be a trusted hands-on advisor for IaC and CI/CD pipelines;</li><li>Automation of processes, testing and security;</li><li>Document standards in readiness for governance approval;</li><li>Consult with business to build new channels between development and operations teams. </li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><p><strong><u>Are you our kind of extraordinary?</u></strong></p><p><strong>You have:</strong></p><ul><li>At least 5 years of experience in Cloud architecture (Azure); including high-level designs, cloud governance and related technical documentation;</li><li>Strong general experience in both Multi Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) and On-premises environments. </li><li>Hands on experience with Terraform and Cloudformation;</li><li>Hands on experience of Kubernetes and containerisation;</li><li>Knowledge of DevOps tooling<ul><li>Collaboration tools.</li><li>Application Lifecycle Management tools,</li><li>Cloud/IaaS/PaaS/Serverless tools,</li><li>Source and version control tools,</li><li>CI/CD delivery tools,</li><li>Continuous testing/security testing tools,</li><li>Release Orchestration tools,</li><li>Monitoring tools,</li><li>Analytics tools;</li></ul></li><li>Experience with CI/CD and GitOps pipelines; </li><li>The ability to manage multiple projects / tasks concurrently and drive them to completion;</li><li>The ability to work independently and effectively under pressure while identifying ambiguity and driving for clarity;</li><li>The ability to motivate and influence others.</li></ul><p><strong>You are:</strong></p><ul><li>An excellent communicator (concise writing and orally convincing);</li><li>A strong collaborator, able to build relationships with both leaders and team members;</li><li>Capable to establish trust based on outstanding expertise with stakeholders;</li><li>Capable of adapting quickly to a complex distributed organization;</li><li>Detail oriented;</li></ul><p><strong><u>What else should I know?</u></strong><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>Experience in working with distributed teams or offshore teams is a plus. </li><li>Vendor Specific cloud certifications, Architect, DevOps are also a plus!</li></ul><h3>Additional Information</h3><p><em><strong>What can we offer you?</strong></em></p><ul><li>A <strong>competitive salary package</strong>, including bonus and benefits;</li><li><strong>Extensive on-the-job coaching and training opportunities</strong>;</li><li> A <strong>hybrid working environment </strong>(office/home)</li><li><strong>Challenges within a multi-cultural and cross-regional team</strong> as part of the international and fast-growing Eurofins organization;</li><li>A <strong>dynamic working environment</strong> with a good team spirit where personal development and growth are highly encouraged. </li></ul><p><em><strong>Your application:</strong></em></p><p>As the role and Eurofins' IT Talent Acquisition team are international, <u>please ensure to submit you