Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.
The Cloud Engineer will lead, evaluate, implement and maintain cloud services for all projects.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Design, build and support complex cloud-based solutions using Azure (must have)
- Enable applications modernization and migration to Azure, focusing on robustness, scalability, performance, flexibility, security, and automation.
- Understand and apply security standards / guidelines / tools to adhere to the required cloud controls.
- Create detailed Azure technical design from architecture solution to ensure that the solution meets requirements and are aligned to architecture principles and technology stack.
- Support SIT, UAT, release, and production operations as needed, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, etc.
- Drive evaluation and adoption of new cloud technologies at architecture board.
- Establish a culture and environment where building, testing, and releasing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) could happen rapidly and frequently.
- Azure SQL and NoSQL Database administration for azure SQL MI, SQL Server, PostgreSQL single server, Flexible servers and Cosmos DB.
- Azure Databricks, Data Factory, Synapse and Azure Data Lake resource provisioning and administration.
- Automate deployment, provisioning, and management of multiple Azure infrastructure components using CI/CD pipelines, Terraform and Ansible, including but not limited to virtual networks and subnets, VMs, storage, containers, serverless, VDI, logging, and monitoring.
- Perform regular maintenance for all Azure services including upgrade, patch, backup / restore, troubleshoot, and remediation.
- Drive DevOps (CI/CD) continuous improvements to automate development and release management.
- Knowledge on Microsoft Power Apps environments and administration.
QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE
- Recognized degree or higher in Computer Science or related Engineering fields.
- At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in designing / implementing Azure services and technologies for enterprise projects, including Azure AD, AKS, ASR, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, Cosmos DB, Functions, Azure DevOps, etc; experience or knowledge with GCP is a plus.
- Demonstrated automation experience using PowerShell, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), and Terraform.
- Strong programming skills using Python, GO, PHP, Bash.
- Certifications are encouraged and demonstrate continuous learning of technologies essential for this role e.g. Azure (data & analytics, infrastructure & security) certifications.
OTHER TRAITS
- Positive attitude and collaborative mindset.
- Impeccable problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Highly motivated to keep abreast with the latest development in cloud technology and to acquire deep technical knowledge and skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Strong engineering mindset.
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.
