9 Google Cloud Platform jobs in Ireland

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Senior Associate Grant Thornton Advisors LLC and Grant Thornton Ireland (GT) have recently come together to form a powerful multinational, multidisciplinary platform that delivers premier advisory, tax, and independent audit services. With $2.7 billion in revenues and nearly 60 offices across the U.S., Ireland, the UAE, and other territories, our combined platform brings enhanced solutions and capabilities supported by cutting-edge technologies and a team of nearly 13,000 quality-driven professionals. Grant Thornton Ireland contributes nearly 3,000 people across 9 offices in Ireland, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, and Bermuda, and is part of a global network of over 68,000 professionals spanning more than 149 countries. Together, we offer a truly global reach backed by deep local knowledge and national expertise. By joining forces, we strengthen our ability to act as trusted advisors who make business more personal - investing in relationships and empowering clients to make the right decisions for their organisations today and into the future. Whether working with the public sector to build thriving communities, partnering with regulators and financial institutions to build trust, or supporting diverse businesses to achieve their goals, Grant Thornton now provides a singular, seamless client experience grounded in collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to the issues that matter most. At GT Ireland we don't just predict your future, we build it. A Career at GT Looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services? One where fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity are valued? At Grant Thornton we do things differently. What does this mean for you? A career in a more inclusive working environment, a more collaborative work culture, a more supported, flexible working role, more possibilities to grow and more opportunities to help shape the future for your clients. We respect and value your experience. And we want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best. It is how it should be. Grow with us At Grant Thornton, we care about our people and work hard to make you feel valued. If you are looking to deepen and develop your skills, knowledge, and experience throughout your career, then that is what you will get, and more. The Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for understanding, supporting, and maintaining Grant Thornton's cloud environment ecosystem, with a focus on Microsoft Azure and AWS. Additionally, this role will support internal processes as part of the overall infrastructure delivery, including managing/interacting relevant service providers and support efforts to meet evolving business needs. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Provide expert-level guidance and support for enterprise cloud environments, specializing in Azure (IaaS & PaaS), AWS, Application Services, Azure Virtual Desktop, Entra ID, and cloud-based networking solutions. Ensure the design, deployment, and ongoing maintenance align with industry best practices and business objectives. Participate in IT change management processes, including handling Incident, Change, and Service Requests, to ensure seamless support across Azure, AWS, and other cloud environments. Adhere to ITIL best practices for effective service delivery and incident resolution. Support cloud-related incident management and post-incident reviews, focusing on Azure cloud primarily. Analyze root causes, implement corrective actions, and collaborate with service provider teams to resolve service disruptions quickly. Optimize Azure Virtual Desktop environments for global users, including configuring host pools, session hosts, scaling plans, and ensuring alignment with Windows Virtual Desktop best practices. Work closely with MSP and global teams for operational support. Contribute to BCDR planning, focusing on Azure Site Recovery and cloud-native backup solutions. Ensure proper configuration of Azure and AWS resources for failover, disaster recovery, and high availability. Implement and automate security controls, cloud governance processes, and compliance validation across Azure and AWS environments. Utilize tools such as Azure Security Center and AWS CloudTrail to monitor security, detect vulnerabilities, and automate remediation to maintain best practices. Analyze compute, storage, and network performance metrics across Azure (VMs, Azure Blob Storage, Azure SQL Database, etc.) and monitor capacity, usage, and metrics, escalating issues as necessary to prevent resource exhaustion and optimize resource allocation. Contribute to the design and delivery of cloud infrastructure solutions, ensuring the architecture is scalable, resilient, and cost-effective in Azure and AWS. Work with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions meet business needs. Maintain an updated ITSM catalog of supported cloud resources, ensuring accurate documentation for Azure and AWS offerings, including Virtual Machines, Networking (VNETs, Subnets), Storage Accounts, PaaS services (Azure SQL, API) and other resources. Provide regular status updates on open service issues related to Azure and AWS infrastructure. Address escalations and blockers in weekly meetings with MSP and GT teams, ensuring cross-team collaboration to resolve service provider-related issues efficiently. Leverage tools like Nerdio and Azure Virtual Desktop to streamline processes, ensure seamless access, and resource allocation across multiple global instances, ensuring consistency and optimization. Monitor and optimize cloud costs in both Azure and AWS using tools such as Azure Cost Management and AWS Cost Explorer. Track and manage cloud spend, ensuring efficient resource utilization and adherence to budget constraints. Support ongoing cloud projects, participate in cloud-related research and development (R&D), and assist in evaluating modern technologies to continuously improve the organization's cloud infrastructure capabilities. Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in computer science or practical experience in a technical field involving large, complex cloud environments is required. Microsoft Azure/AWS and other IT Certifications are a plus. Minimum 5 years of experience in comparable role with at least 3 years of recent experience managing Azure Cloud Services Minimum 3 years working with Azure AVD deployments and experience with tools like Nerdio a plus. Experience working with managed service providers, cloud services, hosted solutions, and Windows server environments. Experience creating and reviewing technical documentation. Proficiency in ITIL framework and methodologies including CMDB. Solid understanding of applications, data, integrations, and infrastructure architecture Solid analytical skills, experience solving practical issues and engaging cross functional teams. Working knowledge of distributed systems in an enterprise environment Infrastructure support background: virtualization, DNS, DHCP, data backup, disaster recovery, high availability Ability to successfully communicate with business partners, management, vendors, and technical teams. Familiarity with Azure DevOps or comparable systems Strong customer service skills Solid working knowledge of Service now. On-premises Active Directory experience Experience of Azure migrate and/or other similar third party tools Knowledge of Automated tools for Cloud resource deployment such as Ansible, Terraform or similar A successful candidate must have the following attributes: The ability to work on their own initiative and be a self-starter and a quick learner. Strong attention to detail and ability to consistently produce high quality accurate work Proven planning and organizational skills Exceptional problem solving and troubleshooting skills The willingness and ability to work co-operatively with others as part of a Global team. Flexibility in terms of responsibilities and working arrangements, as is normal with this type of job Good interpersonal and communication skills with strong report writing and documentation skills. Life at GT Reward and benefits: Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive. Equity, diversity and inclusion At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities and family types present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued. We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm's best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one. Recognition: We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme. #IJ To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process click the Apply button below to Login/Register.

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Senior Associate Grant Thornton Advisors LLC and Grant Thornton Ireland (GT) have recently come together to form a powerful multinational, multidisciplinary platform that delivers premier advisory, tax, and independent audit services.

With $2.7 billion in revenues and nearly 60 offices across the U.

S., Ireland, the UAE, and other territories, our combined platform brings enhanced solutions and capabilities supported by cutting-edge technologies and a team of nearly 13,000 quality-driven professionals.

Grant Thornton Ireland contributes nearly 3,000 people across 9 offices in Ireland, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, and Bermuda, and is part of a global network of over 68,000 professionals spanning more than 149 countries.

Together, we offer a truly global reach backed by deep local knowledge and national expertise.

By joining forces, we strengthen our ability to act as trusted advisors who make business more personal - investing in relationships and empowering clients to make the right decisions for their organisations today and into the future.

Whether working with the public sector to build thriving communities, partnering with regulators and financial institutions to build trust, or supporting diverse businesses to achieve their goals, Grant Thornton now provides a singular, seamless client experience grounded in collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to the issues that matter most.

At GT Ireland we don't just predict your future, we build it.

A Career at GT Looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services? One where fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity are valued? At Grant Thornton we do things differently.

What does this mean for you? A career in a more inclusive working environment, a more collaborative work culture, a more supported, flexible working role, more possibilities to grow and more opportunities to help shape the future for your clients.

We respect and value your experience.

And we want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best.

It is how it should be.

Grow with us At Grant Thornton, we care about our people and work hard to make you feel valued.

If you are looking to deepen and develop your skills, knowledge, and experience throughout your career, then that is what you will get, and more.

The Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for understanding, supporting, and maintaining Grant Thornton's cloud environment ecosystem, with a focus on Microsoft Azure and AWS.

Additionally, this role will support internal processes as part of the overall infrastructure delivery, including managing/interacting relevant service providers and support efforts to meet evolving business needs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Provide expert-level guidance and support for enterprise cloud environments, specializing in Azure (Iaa S & Paa S), AWS, Application Services, Azure Virtual Desktop, Entra ID, and cloud-based networking solutions.

Ensure the design, deployment, and ongoing maintenance align with industry best practices and business objectives.

Participate in IT change management processes, including handling Incident, Change, and Service Requests, to ensure seamless support across Azure, AWS, and other cloud environments.

Adhere to ITIL best practices for effective service delivery and incident resolution.

Support cloud-related incident management and post-incident reviews, focusing on Azure cloud primarily.

Analyze root causes, implement corrective actions, and collaborate with service provider teams to resolve service disruptions quickly.

Optimize Azure Virtual Desktop environments for global users, including configuring host pools, session hosts, scaling plans, and ensuring alignment with Windows Virtual Desktop best practices.

Work closely with MSP and global teams for operational support.

Contribute to BCDR planning, focusing on Azure Site Recovery and cloud-native backup solutions.

Ensure proper configuration of Azure and AWS resources for failover, disaster recovery, and high availability.

Implement and automate security controls, cloud governance processes, and compliance validation across Azure and AWS environments.

Utilize tools such as Azure Security Center and AWS Cloud Trail to monitor security, detect vulnerabilities, and automate remediation to maintain best practices.

Analyze compute, storage, and network performance metrics across Azure (VMs, Azure Blob Storage, Azure SQL Database, etc.) and monitor capacity, usage, and metrics, escalating issues as necessary to prevent resource exhaustion and optimize resource allocation.

Contribute to the design and delivery of cloud infrastructure solutions, ensuring the architecture is scalable, resilient, and cost-effective in Azure and AWS.

Work with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions meet business needs.

Maintain an updated ITSM catalog of supported cloud resources, ensuring accurate documentation for Azure and AWS offerings, including Virtual Machines, Networking (VNETs, Subnets), Storage Accounts, Paa S services (Azure SQL, API) and other resources.

Provide regular status updates on open service issues related to Azure and AWS infrastructure.

Address escalations and blockers in weekly meetings with MSP and GT teams, ensuring cross-team collaboration to resolve service provider-related issues efficiently.

Leverage tools like Nerdio and Azure Virtual Desktop to streamline processes, ensure seamless access, and resource allocation across multiple global instances, ensuring consistency and optimization.

Monitor and optimize cloud costs in both Azure and AWS using tools such as Azure Cost Management and AWS Cost Explorer.

Track and manage cloud spend, ensuring efficient resource utilization and adherence to budget constraints.

Support ongoing cloud projects, participate in cloud-related research and development (R&D), and assist in evaluating modern technologies to continuously improve the organization's cloud infrastructure capabilities.

Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in computer science or practical experience in a technical field involving large, complex cloud environments is required.

Microsoft Azure/AWS and other IT Certifications are a plus.

Minimum 5 years of experience in comparable role with at least 3 years of recent experience managing Azure Cloud Services Minimum 3 years working with Azure AVD deployments and experience with tools like Nerdio a plus.

Experience working with managed service providers, cloud services, hosted solutions, and Windows server environments.

Experience creating and reviewing technical documentation.

Proficiency in ITIL framework and methodologies including CMDB.

Solid understanding of applications, data, integrations, and infrastructure architecture Solid analytical skills, experience solving practical issues and engaging cross functional teams.

Working knowledge of distributed systems in an enterprise environment Infrastructure support background: virtualization, DNS, DHCP, data backup, disaster recovery, high availability Ability to successfully communicate with business partners, management, vendors, and technical teams.

Familiarity with Azure Dev Ops or comparable systems Strong customer service skills Solid working knowledge of Service now.

On-premises Active Directory experience Experience of Azure migrate and/or other similar third party tools Knowledge of Automated tools for Cloud resource deployment such as Ansible, Terraform or similar A successful candidate must have the following attributes: The ability to work on their own initiative and be a self-starter and a quick learner.

Strong attention to detail and ability to consistently produce high quality accurate work Proven planning and organizational skills Exceptional problem solving and troubleshooting skills The willingness and ability to work co-operatively with others as part of a Global team.

Flexibility in terms of responsibilities and working arrangements, as is normal with this type of job Good interpersonal and communication skills with strong report writing and documentation skills.

Life at GT Reward and benefits: Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish.

We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.

Equity, diversity and inclusion At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues.

We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs.

People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities and family types present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.

We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm.

We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them.

Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients.

Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer.

You form the bedrock of our firm's best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.

Recognition: We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours.

Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements.

Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.

#IJ To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page.

To start the process click the Apply button below to Login/Register.

At Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C), we are leading a high-growth, AI-powered global sales team-one that is deeply connected to our partners and driven by customer success. By uniting our Small Medium Business, Corporate, Strategy, and Partner teams, we are unlocking the largest customer opportunity, backed by the industry's most significant investments. Leveraging the power of AI and our extensive partner ecosystem, we are redefining how businesses of all sizes adopt technology to drive growth and innovation. SME&C is more than a sales organization-it's a culture of innovation, opportunity, and inclusivity. Here, you'll be part of a diverse, high-performing, and customer-obsessed team where collaboration, connection, and continuous learning fuel everything we do. If you thrive in a fast-paced, digital-first environment and are eager to make a meaningful impact, explore how SME&C can be the next step in your career. Together, we are shaping the future of business.
Do you love working with customers to achieve their business outcomes? Would you love to build expertise around the leading, next generation cloud services?
This is an opportunity to join the SME&C EMEA team as a Cloud & AI Platform CSA for Azure Infrastructure to support the German-speaking markets.
In this role you will proactively act as the voice of the customer/partner and internal communities leveraging relevant insights from feedback tools and systems. Identifies and/or translates customer/partner problems into industry solutions. Drives self and guides other team members to focus on customer/partner experience through efficient delivery and ensuring a seamless and connected customer experience. Proactively identifies, escalates, and mitigates blockers using appropriate tools. Delivers solutions in line with company methodologies, ensuring proven practices and patterns are followed. Proactively identifies new opportunities for Consumption, Usage & Unified expansion at scale. Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record. Leverages market insights and demand signals. Contributes to leading virtual teams using knowledge of Microsoft architectures and their context in the competitive landscape. Proactively identifies gaps that enable solutions to scale across customers.
The base salary for this position starts from EUR 77,200 per annum depending on experience.
In line with our Flexible Work approach, for roles at Microsoft Germany and Austria, we recommend spending at least two days per week in the office or at the customer site. The specific days to work from the office or at the customer will be defined in agreement between the employee and their manager.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
**Responsibilities**
Business Impact:
Operates according to required operational excellence and proven practice standards throughout all sales stages/activities/tools of record (e.g., pipeline updates, time tracking). Collaborates across Microsoft and customer/partner teams through on-strategy delivery to achieve customer/partner objectives and increase customer/partner satisfaction. Proactively manages business and technical risks, adapts methodology and applies governance principles to identify, communicate, and minimize business and technical risks. Executes work in compliance with industry and Microsoft guidelines and procedures. Continuously prioritizes among competing demands in their work and identifies where impact occurs with customers, ensuring alignment with business priorities and goals.
Delivers solutions in line with company methodologies (e.g., product offerings such as value-based deliverables (VBDs), advice, training, technical validation), ensuring proven practices and patterns are followed to prepare customers for operational readiness and achievement of their business goals and targets. Leveraging knowledge of change management proven practices and/or involving the change management team, proactively helps the customer deploy for long-term organizational adoption to increase customer satisfaction and drive consumption/usage. Guides customers/partners towards a well-architected (e.g., secure, resilient, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled), and cost- and performance-optimized solution to increase retention and expansion opportunities. Provides feedback to Unified Delivery Team on VBDs to refine and further develop content.
Proactively identifies new opportunities for Consumption, Usage & Unified expansion (especially Enhanced Solutions) at scale based on business value to customer/partner and clear understanding of the Microsoft value proposition for supported platforms to empower cloud success, foster and strengthen security and resiliency, and drive AI innovation. Actively listens to and respectfully challenges customers/partners, building trust to then advocate for alternative architectures/solutions/approaches that shape and/or enhance customer requirements. Identifies, and evaluates industry trends (e.g., customer industry verticals, information technology (IT) industry), gathers customer/partner insights (e.g., feedback around technical preferences, environments, business needs, competitive landscape), and maps existing architecture and digital transformation solutions to customer/partner business outcomes. Proactively captures opportunities in appropriate systems, processes, and tools, working collaboratively across the organization to execute on opportunities aligned with Microsoft's Customer Engagement Model.
Proactively identifies, escalates, and mitigates blockers using appropriate tools and processes to accelerate solution deployment, value realization and usage/consumption. Applies business, technical, industry, and/or enterprise knowledge to architecture or support projects to meet business and information technology (IT) requirements and resolve identified constraints.
Customer Centricity:
Proactively acts as the voice of the customer/partner, sharing ideas, feedback, insights, success stories and strategic/technical input with Engineering teams, Product Offerings teams and internal communities leveraging relevant insights from feedback tools and systems. Identifies patterns of feedback across customers/partners/territories/industries and leverages them to develop strategic and actionable insights. Presents business cases to program managers to influence product roadmaps, decision making, bug fix prioritization, and own and drive initiatives as appropriate.
Identifies and/or translates customer/partner problems into industry solutions aligned with Microsoft product and platform strategy, and explains why and/or how they meet customer/partner outcomes and return on investment (ROI) goals (e.g., via proof of concept, minimally viable product (MVP), rapid prototype) relative to competitive offerings. Proactively helps the customer/partner adopt and use Microsoft product/platform strategy-aligned (cross-solution area) solutions. Builds relationships with technical decision makers (TDMs), and helps build the bridge between TDMs and business decision makers (BDMs). Independently interacts as needed with customers/partners' Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and other C-level (CXO) roles to bridge understanding of security, compliance, operational and risk requirements across BDMs, TDMs, CIO and CISO teams, appropriately engaging additional subject matter experts when deeper expertise is required.
Drives self and guides other team members to focus on customer/partner experience through efficient delivery and ensuring a seamless and connected customer experience. Defines customer/partner conditions of success by leveraging an understanding of customer goals. Anticipates and addresses customer/partner dissatisfaction and unmet needs, and executes strategies to improve customer experience, value realization, and acceleration of transformation.
Partner Specialization:
Identifies and prioritizes several opportunities that align with revenue goals, and orchestrates growth of solution utilization pipeline with partners. Provides assistance with partner and sales teams to bring clarity to specific opportunities through proof of concept and technical pre-sales support.
Understands solution area-specific market opportunities (e.g., competitor insights) and collaborates with Global Partner Solutions (GPS) business stakeholders to lead and execute initiatives to translate opportunities into actions. Proactively guides and supports partners in developing repeatable offerings, practices, products, and solutions. Advises the partner throughout initial strategic customer implementations.
Technical Leadership:
Leverages market insights and demand signals to assist leadership in identifying relevant areas in which to drive up-skilling and/or accreditations based on demand. Role models technical readiness, both depth-aligned to solution area priorities and breadth-aligned to Customer Success Unit (CSU)/corporate initiatives (e.g., security, resilience, AI), and influences team to drive their own technical readiness. Acts as a mentor, leading readiness and upskilling activities in the team/organization by educating colleagues on technical and non-technical concepts and sharing proven practices.
Proactively identifies gaps through delivery, communicates those gaps to relevant team members and internal/external stakeholders, and connects gaps and patterns across business and technology areas that drive changes and improvements to products, IP (both existing and new), technologies, and/or processes/practices that enable solutions to scale across customers. Contributes to the development and modification of Microsoft's structured frameworks and methodologies. Provides thought leadership and innovation to customers/partners and internal communities at the local level.
Contributes to leading virtual teams (v-teams) around technologies and customer/partner challenges, and shares ideas, insights, and strategic, technical input with technical teams, internal communities across the field, and the larger virtual team across Microsoft using knowledge of Microsoft architectures and their context in the competitive landscape. Demonstrates strong industry knowledge and increases recognition for Microsoft solutions by contributing to and sometimes leading presentations and engagements with external and internal audiences (e.g., Tech Connect, Build, Ignite) Contributes to intellectual property (IP) and identifies patterns where no IP exists (e.g., CoPilot and AI scenarios) to help build scalable and repeatable models. Participates in external technical and non-technical community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, webcasts, blogs, hackathons) that elevate the Microsoft brand and shares learnings across internal teams.
**Qualifications**
Required/minimum qualifications:
+ German language fluency.
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND extensive experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
+ Cloud & AI Platform Infrastructure deep technical experience.
**A strong focus on below is required:**
**Infrastructure & Platform Expertise**
+ **Virtual Machines (VMs)** - Windows and Linux
+ **Networking** - VNETs, VPNs, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, Network Security Groups
+ **Storage** - Blob, Disk, File, Backup, Recovery Services Vault
+ **Identity & Access Management** - Azure Active Directory, RBAC, Conditional Access
+ **Security** - Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Azure Policy, Sentinel
+ **Hybrid Cloud** - Azure Arc, on-premises integration, VMware, and Hyper-V
+ **Containers & Infra as Code** - AKS, Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates
+ **Monitoring & Management** - Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights
**Architecture & Design**
+ Cloud-based solution architecture (IaaS and PaaS)
+ Azure Well-Architected Framework
+ Cloud Adoption Framework
+ Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
**DevOps & Automation**
+ Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
+ PowerShell, CLI, Ansible
+ CI/CD pipelines and automation scripting
**Certifications**
+ Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Additional or preferred qualifications:
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND extensive experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND extensive experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
+ Experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
+ Experience working on technical projects.
+ Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
+ Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

**Introduction**
You will be joining the Deployable Architecture Factory team, a high performing, versatile team who develop solutions to automate both simple and complex workflows across technologies and wider IBM teams.
With the IT industry is undergoing a monumental transformation-shifting from traditional systems to dynamic, scalable, and service-driven cloud platforms. At IBM, we are at the forefront of this evolution, helping enterprises reimagine their digital future through cutting-edge cloud technologies.
We are seeking passionate and experienced Cloud Platform Developers to join our high-impact team in Dublin, Ireland. In this role, you will be instrumental in building and automating the infrastructure that powers IBM's next-generation cloud platform. Your work will directly influence how we deliver performance, scalability, and security at a global scale.
As a key member of our agile engineering team, you will:
* Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to automate cloud resource provisioning.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable rapid, reliable, and secure cloud deployments.
* Contribute to the development of resilient and scalable cloud-native architectures.
This is more than just a job-it's an opportunity to be part of a team that is redefining how cloud infrastructure is built and operated.
**Your role and responsibilities**
As a Cloud Platform Developer specializing in Infrastructure as Code, you will:
* Design and automate deployable architectures for IBM Cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Go, HCL or similar technologies.
* Develop reusable automation modules and templates to enable consistent, scalable, and secure cloud deployments.
* Collaborate with architects and offering managers to translate solution designs into automated infrastructure blueprints.
* Ensure compliance and security by embedding best practices and governance policies into infrastructure code.
* Participate in design reviews and technical discussions, presenting infrastructure solutions and automation strategies to engineering and architecture teams.
* Own and drive infrastructure automation projects, adapting to varying scopes and timelines based on business needs.
* Write and maintain test cases (unit, integration, and functional) to validate infrastructure deployments and ensure reliability.
* Continuously improve deployment pipelines and contribute to the evolution of cloud platform engineering practices.
* Document deployable architectures and automation modules in a clear, concise, and user-friendly manner to help internal teams and consumers effectively adopt and integrate them.
**Required technical and professional expertise**
* Demonstrate experience in software development or engineering, with a strong foundation in data structures and algorithms.
* Hands-on experience in designing and developing cloud-native architectures and working with IBM Cloud or other major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
* Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation frameworks.
* Experience in Golang or a related programming language, with a solid understanding of RESTful API design, microservices, and ORM concepts.
* Experience developing and maintaining REST APIs using Golang and/or Python.
* Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies, with experience using Docker and Kubernetes.
**Preferred technical and professional experience**
* Proficiency in using version control systems, preferably Git.
* Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, debug, and optimize infrastructure and application code.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to document deployable architectures and automation modules clearly for internal and external consumption.
* Experience working in agile development environments, collaborating across cross-functional teams.
* Experience with message queuing systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ for building scalable, event-driven architectures.
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization's extensive global network. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
**Role Description**
The Cloud Platform Engineer is responsible for the support of complex Cloud solutions across Azure/AWS/GCP. Typical day-to-day workload would focus on the development and creation of automations to support the delivery of Cloud resources, management, and consumption in an enterprise environment. An ideal candidate will have background experience related to Cloud engineering or Cloud development, with experience in automated solutions against a Azure Cloud.
**Role Objectives**
This role is responsible for the creation of automated solutions and support regarding SMBC Americas Cloud platforms, notably Azure, across all SMBC/Group Company entities in the Americas and EMEA Division. This role requires experience of Microsoft Azure engineering with a heavy focus on automation.
- Finding and improving operational efficiencies to best suit Cloud resource delivery, access management and security implementations.
- Support of production workloads within a multi-Cloud environment, including, but not limited to monitoring, patching, backup and restoration of Cloud resources.
- Delivery of Cloud infrastructure for partner solutions.
- Creation and support of automation and infrastructure as code solutions for resource creation and policy, leveraging PowerShell/Azure DevOps, Ansible and other approved corporate automation and orchestration platforms.
- Sound familiarity with orchestration and automation practices at scale, with a heavy emphasis on designing solutions for other teams to consume.
- Prior experience working with version control tools such as Github / Azure DevOps, including repository management, pipeline as code, and sdlc workflows.
- Basic understanding/debugging experience when it comes to application infrastructure, databases, networking, and DNS.
- Design, creation and maintenance of complex Infrastructure as Code and Pipelines as Code solutions in a highly reusable capacity.
- Work with internal teams and vendors on the integration of a diverse set of systems into the central ITSM/ITOM platform, ServiceNow.
- Participate in the automated implementation of monitoring systems, for event monitoring, alerting and metrics.
- Discover opportunities and help facilitate a mechanism to change, evolve, improve, and simplify the infrastructure and supporting processes/procedures.
- Directly interface with support teams across all disciplines, to facilitate a closer relationship for collaborative implementations and knowledge sharing.
- Ensure handover of new/updated systems/documentation to team providing 24x7x365 support.
**Qualifications and Skills**
- Proficiency in Cloud services related to one or more Cloud providers including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
- Strong automation skillset with the ability to identify and create automation workflows.
- Strong PowerShell or other scripting experience, especially with the goal of automation.
- Experience with infrastructure as code development and iteration in either Terraform/ARM/Bicep/CloudFormation.
- Hands on operational experience and knowledge with Azure or AWS.
- Experience with monitoring and log aggregation tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Splunk, ELK, etc.
- Basic knowledge of foundational IT tooling across a wealth of domains to facilitate understanding of automation creation.
- Fundamental understanding of public vs private networking in the Cloud.
- Strong knowledge on Git merging and branching strategies.
- Ability to execute proof of concepts and deploy complex solutions.
- Understanding of typical SDLC processes, workflow as pertaining to infrastructure.
- Basic understanding of Atlassian Suite (Jira/Confluence) is a plus.
- Prior experience working with orchestration tools (Rundeck/Cutover preferred) and infrastructure-as-code tools (HashiCorp Terraform).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to articulate requirements, concepts and ideas to business and technology partners.
- Strong technical ability for diagnosis, triage, troubleshooting and problem analysis with the ability to communicate results to business stakeholders, IT support teams to resolve issues both quickly and effectively.
- Ability to influence people outside the immediate span of control, negotiate and resolve conflicts, and work with business users, IT partners and vendors.
- High-Level customer service mindset and commitment to deliver quality results to internal stakeholders in a demanding environment.
- A strong sense of urgency and accountability with exceptional time management skills.
- Comfortable in effectively communicating with business end users, technical IT Teams, network partners and vendors.
- Comfortable in fast-paced environment with changing priorities and schedules.
**Additional Requirements**
SMBC's employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.
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Account Manager, Google Cloud (English)
_corporate_fare_ Google _place_ Dublin, Ireland
**Early**
Experience completing work as directed, and collaborating with teammates; developing knowledge of relevant concepts and processes.
**Minimum qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
+ 2 years of experience in one or more of the following: sales, building client relationships, or account management.
+ Experience in technology sales focused on developing relationships with current business customers and growing their spend.
+ Ability to communicate fluently in English to communicate in this customer-facing sales role.
**Preferred qualifications:**
+ Experience in executing email campaigns through marketing automation and CRM tools.
+ Experience in selling with and through resellers and promoting SaaS to Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) and Mid-Market customers.
+ Experience in Google Workspace or promoting productivity tools.
+ Experience in translating analysis and insights into business plans.
+ Ability to manage multiple tasks with shifting priorities and varying deadlines.
+ Ability to communicate fluently in Spanish, Arabic, Italian, German, or Polish to support client relationship management in this region.
**About the job**
As a member of the Google Cloud team, you inspire leading companies, schools, and government agencies to work smarter with Google tools like Google Workspace, Search, and Chrome. You advocate for the innovative power of our products to make organizations more productive, collaborative, and mobile. Your guiding light is doing what's right for the customer, you will meet customers exactly where they are at and provide them the best solutions for innovation. Using your passion for Google products, you help spread the magic of Google to organizations around the world.Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
**Responsibilities**
+ Identify opportunities to upsell Google Workspace products to the existing Workspace customers.
+ Work with reseller partners to generate business opportunities through the partner channel.
+ Cultivate Google Workspace usage, adoption, and customer satisfaction over the phone with customers.
+ Liaise with Marketing and Product teams to improve the overall experience.
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With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft's products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers' expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft's portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.
The Global Customer Success (GCS) organization, an organization within CE&S, is leading the effort to enable customer success on the Microsoft Cloud by harnessing leading, AI-powered capabilities and human expertise to deliver innovation solutions that accelerate business value, drive operational excellence and nurture long term loyalty.
In the Customer Success team, we are looking for people with a passion for delivering customer success. As a Business Program Manager, you will enable customers to achieve their outcomes, based on their investments in Microsoft technology. Leveraging your delivery leadership and subject matter expertise, you will help customers get value from their Azure investments. Microsoft aspires to help our customers transform their business and operations with AI solutions built on Azure. Azure is the most comprehensive, innovative, and flexible cloud platform today and Microsoft is hiring professionals that will drive customer cloud adoption for AI Innovation within the most important companies in the market. This role is flexible in that you can work up to 100% from home other than required travel for customer, employee, business meetings as needed.  
This role is flexible in that you can work up to 100% from home.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
**Responsibilities**
As a Business Program Manager for the Cloud and AI Platform (CAIP), you will drive the landing, messaging, feedback loop, and progress toward KPIs for the strategic priorities of the Customer Success Unit across the EMEA time zone for Azure Cloud and AI Platform solution plays. You will collaborate with the Technical Program Managers in WW Customer Success, Global Business Leaders to enable landing, Engineering, Marketing, Partner, and Delivery teams within Microsoft to align the delivery motions and execution guidance for Azure Cloud and AI solutions. You will be responsible for providing meaningful data insights, actionable reporting to enable rapid response by the field teams and our own internal Customer Success teams, specifically focused on the EMEA Timezone
+ You will partner with Solution Play aligned Technical Program Managers in Global Customer Success to provide insights uncovered through existing reports, automation of data aggregation and through experimentation by utilizing Agentic AI to accelerate the continuous feedback loop between our teams and the EMEA Time zone field teams.
+ You will utilize automation and AI Agents to optimize across the disciplines of landing, tracking, and data analysis by leveraging Copilot Agents & Automation workflows to accelerate field adoption and deliver actionable insights for the strategic delivery priorities for Cloud and AI.
+ You will track & understand the key KPIs in the EMEA timezone.
+ This role is pivotal in supporting the landing, scaling, and tracking of our Cloud & AI Business. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data analysis, the power of automation, an eagerness to learn AI Agents, business program management and a passion for driving business growth and operational excellence.
1. **Scaling Operations:**
2. Identify / create standardized mechanisms for tracking results of all Customer Success KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) with a depth and insightful understanding for anomalies across regions for Americas Operation Units in CAIP business while leveraging key AI Agent tools to eliminate repetitive tasks to drive role optimization.
3. Support the Americas CAIP business with actionable approach to data analysis.
4. Stream line processes for internal Customer Success teams, the field teams and our other stakeholders
5. Work closely with cross-functional teams to standardize processes and best practices through a closed loop process
6. Monitor and analyze performance metrics to ensure scalability and sustainability of business operations.
7. **Tracking and Reporting:**
8. Have a depth of knowledge for Copilot Agents, PowerApp & PowerBI that will enable you to streamline and automate repetitive processes and a deeper depth of data analysis. These outcomes will enable all field teams to understand KPIs to drive action, while optimizing for their time to spend more time directly on customer outcomes.
9. Generate regular reports and insights to inform decision-making and strategic planning.
10. **Stakeholder Collaboration:**
11. Act as a liaison between global and regional teams to ensure alignment and effective communication.
**Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field
+ Experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
+ Solid experience in either Copilot Studio (building agents), PowerAutomate, PowerApp and / or PowerBI
+ Experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external)
+ Experience in delivery of projects, delivery strategy, or delivery management functions
+ Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
+ Proven experience in business strategy, project management, and data analysis.
+ Strong understanding of the EMEA market and its unique challenges and opportunities.
+ Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, global environment.
+ Proficiency in data analytics tools and software.
+ Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
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**Our Purpose**
_Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._
**Title and Summary**
Lead Platform Engineer - AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer
Overview
Mastercard's Database Platform Engineering Team is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Software Engineer to spearhead the development of a robust AWS DevOps capability. This role is pivotal in enabling full lifecycle CI/CD for the database products in AWS Environment, and in launching self-service datastore offerings via the AWS Forge Marketplace.
You will work closely with platform engineers, database engineers, and architects to design, build, and maintain a scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platform. Your contributions will directly impact Mastercard's ability to deliver database products efficiently and securely across AWS and Azure environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Knowledge of a multi-account AWS platform using services such as EKS, EC2, RDS, Glue, EMR, MSK, S3, IAM, VPC, Transit Gateway, and Control Tower.
- Build and manage infrastructure using CloudFormation/CDK(TypeScript), with fluency in Python.
- Develop CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, BitBucket/GitHub, Artifactory, and Sonarqube.
- Drive platform reliability and scalability through automation, observability (Splunk, Dynatrace), and incident response.
- Collaborate across teams to support deployment pipelines and troubleshoot integration issues.
- Mentor junior engineers and lead architecture discussions and code reviews.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps with a strong focus on AWS.
- Proven expertise in infrastructure automation and cloud-native development.
- Deep understanding of CI/CD practices and cloud security frameworks.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug and optimize complex systems.
- Strong understanding of major SQL and NoSQL databases, including Oracle, PostgreSQL,DocumentDB and related AWS RDS services.
- Experience with Azure and hybrid cloud environments is a plus.
Nice to Have
- AWS certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, SysOps, Database Engineer.
- Experience with PCI auditing and CIS benchmarking in cloud environments.
**Corporate Security Responsibility**
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
+ Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
+ Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
+ Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
+ Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.