Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Aon Hewitt; Poland; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join their global team. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in AWS and Azure to drive innovation and support cloud-native solutions. You will collaborate with diverse teams to establish standards, promote best practices in automation, and ensure compliance with security protocols. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of cloud technology while working in an inclusive and dynamic environment that values your contributions and encourages your professional growth. Join a forward-thinking organization that prioritizes employee wellbeing and fosters a culture of continuous learning.

Benefits

Global Wellbeing Days

Flexible working solutions

Continuous learning opportunities

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of infrastructure experience required.
• Strong experience with cloud technologies and automation.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction and support for cloud workloads.
• Promote standard cloud methodologies and best practices.
• Lead infrastructure efficiency initiatives.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Python

Powershell

DevOps

CI/CD

Container Orchestration

Education

B.S. in relevant field

AWS/Azure/VMware certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Job description

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Aon is looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer. In this role you will work with engineering colleagues globally to help accelerate and drive the next wave of innovative new products and services on Azure and AWS. You will be a member of a global Cloud Engineering team that helps define and support services, processes and technology platforms which colleagues can leverage in an autonomous and secure fashion. You will also assist solution lines in their use of and transition to cloud-based deployments and patterns by providing expert advice and technical support.

You will work with global teams to define and establish patterns, standards and tooling to support greenfield cloud-native solutions and migration of existing applications from fixed data centres.

You are expected to have a strong self-directed work ethic with experience in provisioning, orchestrating and supporting cloud-native services using automation and infrastructure as code.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills are required as this role will involve working closely with internal teams, external developers, partners and customers and lead the evaluation/evolution of tools/technologies/programs with these groups.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

About Aon Technology

Aon Technology are responsible for supporting the delivery of global platforms in Aon to enable enhanced productivity and value delivery at a truly enterprise scale, partnering with teams across the organization to accelerate and drive the next wave of innovation on cloud.

What the day will look like

• Provide technical direction, engineering capability, guidance and support across global development teams to help them adopt, build and operate workloads in the cloud at scale.
• Work within a global virtual cloud enablement team and operations function, partnering with other technology lines, solution line partners, and stakeholders to understand and identify business demand, priorities, issues, and strategies that will help establish and define the right platform to meet the short-term and long-term needs.
• Promote and enforce standard cloud based methodologies, processes and tools that will ensure compliance with architectural and security standards which you will also contribute to.
• Help build and support a DevSecOps culture within the organization by advocating developing and supporting best practices around automation, monitoring, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and secure coding amongst others.
• Act as custodian of the platform, guiding business & technology make well-informed choices on projects which impact the direction of our technology estate.
• Drive ongoing infrastructure efficiency initiatives to ensure costs are tied to consumption.
• Lead by example and be a mentor to engineers across the organization and geographies on cloud based patterns, designs, and engineering practices.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

Required:

• Experience with AWS & Azure environments
• Experience providing technical engineering, consulting and operational support ideally with Cloud Technologies
• Experience with Terraform
• Experience with Python, Powershell and other Scripting/Automation languages and techniques.
• Experience with DevOps approaches and configuration, development and automation toolsets for cloud
• Experience working with CI/CD tooling and pipelines in tools such Azure Devops and GitLab

Highly Desirable

• Experience with Container/Container Orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes
• Experience with Terraform module development

Competencies

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
• Able to work independently and in a self-directed manner.
• Solution and Detail-orientated; Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Customer-focused; strong effective collaborator with ability to influence.
• Excellent technical skills with knowledge of cloud platforms, infrastructure, networking and security best practices.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize activities to deliver desired outcomes.

Education:

• Preferred years of Infrastructure Experience: 5 – 10 years
• Education: B.S. Preferred
• AWS/Azure/VMware certified Preferred

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status.

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email [e-mail]

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