Cloud Manager

Summary

Join Newsweek as a Cloud Manager and contribute to the design, delivery, and administration of cloud solutions across Microsoft, Google, and AWS platforms. Collaborate with business users and IT personnel to optimize cloud environments, focusing primarily on Microsoft Azure. This hands-on role involves developing cloud strategy, overseeing architecture, managing operations and security, and potentially leading teams. The position offers a full-time work arrangement with the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere in the UK or from the London office. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining data processing infrastructure, implementing data pipelines, and managing various Azure resources. The role also includes collaboration, documentation, continuous development, and providing training and guidance to IT teams.

Requirements

• Experience relating to the job responsibilities plus a strong understanding of cloud computing technology (Microsoft, Google, AWS etc.)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Platform with a strong understanding of Azure offerings
• Experience with Azure Active Directory, provisioning Azure Services
• Familiarity with automation tools like Terraform and Ansible
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

Responsibilities

• Working with multiple cloud platforms including Microsoft 365, Google, Azure, and AWS, depending on tasks set. Primary focus being Microsoft Azure
• Design, develop, and maintain our data processing and analytics infrastructure on the Azure platform
• Implement data pipelines using Microsoft Stack
• Implement and administering Azure Kubernetes
• Provision and managing various Azure resources (VMs, App Services, storage)
• Implement and managing Azure networking
• Implement security, privacy, and compliance measures
• Monitor resources and implementing backup and recovery
• Manage Azure Active Directory
• Implement scaling and auto-scaling
• Manage Azure costs
• Diagnosing and resolving Azure issues
• Drive projects independently
• Drive automation and evaluating emerging technologies
• Deliver advanced AI solutions at a rapid pace
• Collaborate with Business users, IT personnel, and key stakeholders, Cybersecurity teams, Cloud Engineers, DevOps teams, IT support staff, Product Owners and Architects, and participates in team meetings and workshops
• Document business processes, changes, and technical details
• Develops policies and procedures in collaboration with stakeholders
• Keep skills current by learning new IT solutions and updating existing ones
• Evaluate emerging technologies
• Provide training and guidance to IT teams on cloud technologies
• Provide training and guidance to relevant parties on cloud technologies, automation, and security best practices
• Support the team on various IT projects
• Proactively identify new solutions to improve operations and champion the rollout of these solutions
• Any other reasonable duties to meet the needs of the business

Preferred Qualifications

Microsoft Azure certifications are beneficial

Benefits

This is a full-time role, with the ability to work from home anywhere in the UK or from our London Canary office during the hours of 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday