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Senior Cloud Engineer - Azure

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on advancing a modern Azure platform for a client in Basel Stadt, emphasizing automation and the migration of existing development and deployment tools to a future-proof DevOps landscape. You will contribute to the development of self-service platforms and ensure compliance with security and governance standards.

Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering, with a minimum of 3 years in operational Microsoft Azure.
  • Strong knowledge of Terraform, including module development, state management, versioning, and testing.
  • Solid understanding of Azure governance, Entra ID, RBAC, Azure Policy, managed identities, and Key Vault.
  • Fluent in German and proficient in English.
  • Preferred: Practical experience in building and operating CI/CD pipelines, ideally with Azure DevOps; knowledge of Jenkins and Bitbucket

Responsibilities

  • Advance and operate the Azure platform using Terraform, including modern testing, staging, and deployment approaches.
  • Automate recurring processes and expand self-service offerings for internal teams.
  • Provide standardized platform services, images, and database offerings to support efficient workload migrations.
  • Implement and enforce security, governance, and compliance requirements within the cloud platform.

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About the company

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Coopers Group AG

  • 51–200
Welcome to Coopers! We are a Swiss recruiting agency with a global reach. We support well-known organisations by finding managers and specialists in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering and Life Sciences. We are a competent partner in recruiting and help our clients finding the right personalities with the expertise they need and with the attitude that fits best with their company culture. Coopers supports candidates throughout the entire application process. Our work is not finished once we have successfully placed a person – we focus on a long-term partnership with our candidates. We care about our people. Whether candidates need support to find a place to live or need help with other administrational issues, our team is thinking outside the box and has a reputation for always having an answer. We believe that there are no problems – only solutions! Would you like to know more? Please get in contact with us. We are looking forward to hearing from you. Your Coopers Team PS: We can also support your international recruiting projects as we are the Swiss representative of the international recruiting and executive search network Talentor International. All infos can be found on our homepage coopers.ch

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Job description

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Für unseren Kunden in Basel Stadt suchen wir eine erfahrene Persönlichkeit im Bereich Cloud Engineering und DevOps, welche die Weiterentwicklung einer modernen Azure-Plattform vorantreibt. Der Fokus liegt auf Automatisierung, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Self-Service-Plattformen sowie der Migration bestehender Entwicklungs- und Deployment-Tools auf eine zukunftsfähige DevOps-Landschaft.

Deine Aufgaben:

  • Weiterentwicklung und Betrieb der Azure-Plattform unter Einsatz von Terraform, einschliesslich moderner Test-, Staging- und Deployment-Ansätze
  • Automatisierung wiederkehrender Prozesse sowie Ausbau von Self-Service-Angeboten für interne Teams
  • Bereitstellung standardisierter Plattform-Services, Images und Datenbank-Angebote zur Unterstützung effizienter Workload-Migrationen
  • Umsetzung und technische Durchsetzung von Security-, Governance- und Compliance-Vorgaben innerhalb der Cloud-Plattform
  • Evaluation, Einführung und Standardisierung neuer Azure-Services sowie Mitarbeit bei Resilienz- und Plattformthemen
  • Verbesserung der Developer Experience durch Dokumentationen, Templates, Standards und strukturiertes Onboarding.
  • Ative Mitgestaltung der Migration von Bitbucket und Jenkins nach Azure DevOps sowie Aufbau moderner CI/CD-Standards

Dein Profil:

  • Mindestens 5 Jahre Erfahrung im Cloud- oder Infrastruktur-Engineering, davon mindestens 3 Jahre im produktiven Betrieb von Microsoft Azure
  • Sehr gute Kenntnisse in Terraform inklusive Modulentwicklung, State Management, Versionierung und Testing
  • Praktische Erfahrung im Aufbau und Betrieb von CI/CD-Pipelines, idealerweise mit Azure DevOps; Kenntnisse von Jenkins und Bitbucket sind von Vorteil
  • Fundierte Kenntnisse in Azure Governance, Entra ID, RBAC, Azure Policy, Managed Identities und Key Vault
  • Sicherer Umgang mit PowerShell sowie mindestens einer weiteren Skriptsprache wie Python oder Bash
  • Erfahrung mit Azure PaaS-Diensten, Windows-Workloads sowie Security- und Compliance-Anforderungen in regulierten Umgebungen
  • Ausgeprägte DevOps-Mentalität mit Fokus auf Automatisierung, Plattform-Engineering, Self-Service und Developer Experience
  • Fliessende Deutsch- sowie gute Englischkenntnisse

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