Senior Cloud Engineer (m/f/d)

About the Job

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer with a strong foundation in cloud platforms and infrastructure automation, paired with solid software development experience. In this role, you will take the lead in implementing, and evolving our DevOps toolchains and practices across AWS and Azure. Your focus will be on enabling highly automated, secure, and scalable cloud environments through Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, GitOps, and modern DevOps tooling.

What you do

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and efficient cloud-based solutions on AWS and Azure, ensuring adherence to functional and non-functional requirements.
• Lead initiatives to automate cloud infrastructure, develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitOps methodologies and streamline deployments.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate best practices in development, code quality, and automation, while mentoring and guiding development teams in DevOps and automation practices.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of cloud applications using serverless architectures, Kubernetes, and event-driven patterns, while applying security best practices for authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Monitor and optimize the performance, scalability, and reliability of cloud applications, ensuring software systems meet design, testing, and security standards.
• Stay updated with the latest cloud technologies and development trends, applying new tools and frameworks as needed, and fostering continuous improvement through knowledge sharing and team reviews.
• Promote team growth by mentoring junior developers, conducting reviews, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

What you bring

• Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role, with a strong focus on AWS or Azure Cloud infrastructure automation, DevOps practices, and expertise in CI/CD pipelines, GitOps frameworks (e.g., Flux, ArgoCD) and GitFlow methodologies.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, or JavaScript, with additional expertise as a polyglot programmer in at least two languages, and experience in serverless architectures, Kubernetes (custom CRDs, operators, controllers) and event-driven patterns (queues, streams, pub/sub systems).
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices, including managing security protocols (ABAC, RBAC, JWT, SAML, AAD, OIDC) and experience in designing secure authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Expertise in software architecture, development, and systems testing, with familiarity in No-SQL databases like DynamoDB, functional programming principles (list/map/reduce/compose techniques, monads) and adherence to SDLC, DRY, KISS and SOLID design principles.
• Solid understanding of scalability, concurrency, distributed systems, and cloud networking, including proxies, with experience in building serverless cloud applications and optimizing performance, scalability and reliability of cloud solutions.
• Strong technical guidance and decision-making abilities to shape solutions, enforce development best practices, and apply quality gates such as code reviews, pair programming and team review meetings, while collaborating effectively in cross-functional agile teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, mentor junior developers and foster a collaborative, fast-paced team environment using tools like GitHub for version control and code management.
• Basic knowledge of AI technologies, principles and their practical use.

What we offer                    

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform and innovate the infrastructure, applications and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

We at Allianz believe in a strong inclusive culture that encourages people to speak their minds, get involved and question the status quo. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love, or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

To Recruitment Agencies

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.

 92792 | IT & Tech Engineering | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent