14 Infrastructure Manager jobs in Ireland

**Job Requisition ID #**
25WD90323
**Position Overview**
**Senior Cloud Infrastructure Automation Engineer**
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join our team in Platform Services and Emerging Technology's Developer Enablement DevRel group. The developer enablement organisation's mission within platform services is to provide developers with the tools and support they need to build high-quality applications that meet our requirements.
This includes enabling developers to create, test, and deploy software applications using the Autodesk developer tools. The DevRel team promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration to create a community of enabled developers. It empowers developers to take ownership of their work and contribute to our success.
You will represent developer needs within the APAC/EMEA regions by providing technical support, building and maintaining our developer enablement solutions, and working with partner platform teams to ensure the platform meets their needs. This role is in Ireland. You will report to a Senior Engineering Manager.
**Responsibilities**
- Help application teams standardise the service deployment configuration and process
- Help the application teams accelerate the deployment duration
- Work closely with application teams to get onboarded to internal developer platforms
- Provide technical support to developers who are using platform services
- Assist developers in building and deploying their applications
- Troubleshoot issues and work with development teams to resolve problems
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure the platform meets their needs
- Maintain documentation and training materials for the platform
- Stay up to date with new technologies and trends in the industry
**Minimum Qualifications**
- 5 + years managing resources within cloud computing platforms such as **AWS, GCP or Azure**
- 5+ years of experience automating the software development lifecycle with continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD) tools like **Jenkins, CloudBees and Spinnaker**
- Experience with Infrastructure Provisioning and Automation tools like Terraform
- Experience with development, build, and deployment processes for workloads, including serverless, container-based, enterprise, and other application implementations
- Monitoring & Observability: Proficient with Dynatrace (APM) and **SonarQube (code quality)** for monitoring internal developer ecosystem health and metrics
- Artefact repository management tools such as **Artifactory (JFrog), Nexus, or GitHub Packages** are required for maintaining and deploying build artefacts in CI/CD pipelines
- Good hands-on experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker or **Kubernetes**
- Implemented and instrumented observability practices, tooling, and solutions, including **Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Dynatrace and NewRelic**
- Creation of technical documentation in the form of runbooks, notes, and engineering resources
- Good inter-team communication, coordination and collaboration skills
**Preferred Qualifications**
- Experience or involvement in open-source software and communities
- Enjoys speaking at conferences and developer communities
- Relevant certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, and Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
If you are a motivated self-starter passionate about empowering developers to build exceptional software, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a great work environment.
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My Dublin based client is recruiting for a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Operations Engineer. This is a perm role working on a hybrid model. We are seeking a technically skilled and security-focused Senior Cloud Infrastructure Operations Engineer to lead cloud infrastructure operations and provide support for customer on-premises this role, youll ensure high levels of availability, performance, and security across modern cloud infrastructures while contributing to scalable deployment processes and security best practices. Key Responsibilities Take ownership of cloud infrastructure performance, availability, and cost efficiency. Enhance and secure deployment pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible, and related tools. Troubleshoot and resolve customer-facing operational incidents. Strengthen security posture, support audits, and manage vulnerability remediation. Lead the design and evolution of automated deployment processes. Provide technical and deployment support for on-premises customer environments. Optimize AWS infrastructure for scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Ensure compliance tracking across multiple AWS accounts. Serve as an escalation point for operational issues. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to defining best practices. Experience 7+ years in cloud infrastructure operations or DevOps roles. Proven expertise with AWS services, infrastructure-as-code, and automation tools. Strong hands-on experience with Jenkins pipelines, Ansible, and scripting (Python/Shell). In-depth understanding of IAM, audit logging, encryption, and secure deployment practices. Desirable Skills Familiarity with Terraform, AWS Config, or AWS Security Hub. Experience with cost management and optimization tools. Background working within regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g., SOC 2). Skills: DevOps Azure Cloud Infrastructure AWS Python Jenkins Development

Company description: Tirln is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands. The farmer-owned co-operative has a first-class track record of success in the global market. Rooted in a rich heritage of family farming and embedded in its communities, Tirln has evolved to bring the passion of its farmers and their high-quality milk and grains to the international marketplace. Using modern-day technology and applying the best processes to its milk pool of three billion litres and its premium grains portfolio, Tirln now exports to more than 80 countries. Its award-winning brands are household names in Ireland, and include Irelands number one consumer dairy brand, Avonmore. The organisation draws on a wealth of experience to deliver exceptional products and tailored nutritional solutions including Kilmeaden, Wexford, Truly Grass Fed, Solmiko, CheddMax and GAIN Animal Nutrition. Tirln has a strong market presence in the UK, France, Germany, UAE, the US, North Africa, Japan and China. A talented team of over 2,100 people manage Tirlns network of 11 production facilities, with annual revenues of over €3 billion. Tirln is committed to sustainability through its comprehensive Living Proof programme and has signed up to the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). For more information, visit Job description: IT Infrastructure Engineering Manager (Senior) Hybrid working model Tirln Tirln, currently partnering with a 3rd party service provider for the provision of IT services, is about to embark on a significant IT transformation programme to stand up its own IT capability. The initial focus will be on enabling projects and will involve close collaboration with our partner. This will require a number of new and exciting roles to join the Tirln IT team, working in adynamic& collaborative environment. ? Tirln is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands. Tirln owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, and GAIN Animal Nutrition. We nurture a talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivering annual revenues of over €3 billion, and over 2,300 people to manage our network of 11 processing plants and 52 agri branches. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations. Overview Reporting to the IT Transformation Manager, the IT Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for maintaining the business's data centre infrastructure and working together with a managed service provider for Tirlns data centres and server infrastructure. The role is responsible for overseeing the work performed and manage operational aspects of the managed service provider relationship. Key Responsibilities Work closely with managed services provider to set up, configure, and maintain hardware and software components within the datacentre, such as servers, storage, and operating systems Oversee the central components of the Microsoft IT Infrastructure, such as Active Directory and related core IT infrastructure services, ensuring it is secure, available, performing optimally, and addressing any technical issues in a timely manner Oversee and direct managed service providersas they perform routine maintenance tasks and upgrades on central IT infrastructure, in line with Tirlns security policies and controls Ensure the datacentre and central IT Infrastructure complies with security standards and industry regulations, and implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans as needed Work collaboratively with other IT teams and business stakeholders to support new initiatives and projects Participate in datacentre and central IT Infrastructure related incident management as required liaising with service management, the managed service partner and application teams Contribute to the Strategy development for Tirlans Central IT Infrastructure Key Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field 8-10 years experience in Microsoft IT Infrastructure or similar Familiar with IT infrastructure services such as Microsoft Active Directory Proven experience working with managed service providers in managing datacentres and IT Infrastructure Knowledge of security standards and best practices, including ISO 27001 and NIST Familiar with virtualization technologies, such as VMware Technical knowledge of server hardware, operating systems and storage technologies Knowledge of data backup and disaster recovery processes Networking experience is advantageous Experience in working with Cloud Services desirable Strong verbal and written communication skills Proven analytical and problem-solving skills Strong team player with a growth mindset About us Through our expertise in research and development, customer insights, food safetyand state-of-the-art manufacturing we bring innovative food and nutrition solutions to a global market. Our new and vibrant headquarters in Kilkenny City operates as a collaboration hub where multi-functional teams come together in a hybrid work environment. Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion We believe in the value of difference. We know that different perspectives, life experience and backgrounds can drive innovation and deliver growth. We welcome people from all walks of life without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status. Join our Talent Pool Considering a new career in Tirln but this isnt the role for you? Join our talent community and sign up for job /careers Tirln is a Values Based Organisation Skills: IT Infrastructure IT Infrastructure Engineer Microsoft IT Infrastructure Benefits: Gym Laptop Paid Holidays Parking Pension

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day and we need you as a **Critical Infrastructure Network Engineering Manager.**
Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a **Critical Infrastructure Network Engineering Manager** you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. Your responsibilities will be to oversee the design, installation, and maintenance of the network infrastructure for the organization. You will also be responsible for managing a team of network engineers, ensuring that they have the necessary skills, tools, and resources to perform their tasks efficiently and effectively. You will also be involved in planning and implementing network security policies and procedures, as well as troubleshooting and resolving any network issues that may arise. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, drive business impact, and improve network service availability. With a flexible workplace, you can work from home partially or fully and/or come to the office/lab on an as needed basis.
As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.
Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.
With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.
Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action!
**Responsibilities**
**Responsibilities:**
**People Management and Support**
+ Promote open information exchange, resolve intra- and inter-team issues, manage conflicts, remove barriers for agile priority shifts, and engage all stakeholders to meet mutual objectives and represent the organization effectively
**Network Design and Implementation**
+ Perform technical analysis and lead the design architecture of network plans for the enterprise, analyzing network & security requirements of the business and architects' solutions that include highly available and resilient designs.
+ Own and drive technical roadmap and strategy, through effective collaboration with architects, engineers, and senior leaders.
**Maintaining and Operating Networks**
+ Monitor network system state in compliance with current capacity plan guidelines, and network services budgets, including reviewing invoices from service providers for usage, errors, and inconsistencies, and adjusting where feasible.
+ Maintain standards and best practices for network toolset environments with a focus on Fault Management and Capacity/Performance Monitoring tools.
**Project Management**
+ Lead and manage network engineering projects from inception to completion using Agile methodologies and DevOps-based tools, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and priorities.
+ Oversee sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, and manage timelines and budgets, ensuring effective collaboration and communication within the team.
**Other**
+ Embody our culture ( and values **.**
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications:**
+ 7+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
+ OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation.
+ OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
+ OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
**Background Check Requirements:**
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
+ Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ 11+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
+ OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
+ OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
+ OR Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation.
+ 1+ year(s) experience delivering network designs into production and experience with live site accountability for a network.
+ 5+ years' experience with network authentication systems such as TACACS+ (Cisco ISE, Duo)Possession of Industry certifications within the network Engineering CCNP or CCIE Route & Switch and work with industrial control systems.
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 ( .

Are you curious, passionate about infrastructure, and ready to solve complex challenges in the AI era? Join us as a Digital Cloud & AI Solution Engineer - Azure Platform focused on the Cloud & AI platform for mid-market customers at Microsoft.
In this technical sales role, you'll help customers design secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures that support their modernization goals. Using Cloud & AI's IaaS and PaaS services, you'll guide organizations through migration, optimization, and innovation-translating technical capabilities into real business outcomes.
You'll collaborate across teams to deliver impactful solutions that enhance agility, reduce costs, and unlock value through AI-powered infrastructure.
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.
As a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer on the Azure Platform, you'll play a key role in helping mid-market customers modernize their infrastructure and unlock the full value of Microsoft's cloud. You'll work directly with technical and business stakeholders to design and implement secure, scalable, and resilient architectures that support AI workloads and business-critical applications.
You bring deep expertise in migrating core workloads-including Windows, SQL Server, Linux, PostgreSQL, and Oracle-to Cloud & AI. Beyond migration, you lead customers through modernization using the 6R strategy, containerization best practices, and Cloud & AI-native services like AKS and Arc, while exploring how AI and intelligent agents can accelerate legacy transformation.
You also apply strong networking knowledge to design hybrid and cloud-native solutions, including virtual networks, VPNs, and secure routing architectures that meet enterprise performance and compliance needs. You complement this with trusted partner solutions like NetApp, VMware, RedHat, and SAP to ensure a secure, optimized, and scalable migration experience.
This opportunity will allow you to:
+ Accelerate your career growth by leading impactful engagements that help customers modernize their infrastructure and adopt secure, scalable cloud solutions.
+ Deepen your technical expertise through hands-on architecture design, migration planning, and implementation of hybrid and cloud-native environments.
+ Develop strategic influence by guiding customers through infrastructure modernization and shaping technical decisions that support AI and business-critical workloads.
+ Strengthen your collaboration skills by working closely with engineering teams, partners, and customer stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.
To prepare for the role, you will be enrolled in the Elevate and Early-in-Profession (EiP) Program. Microsoft's Elevate and Early-in-Profession (EiP) programs exemplify the company's commitment to developing early-career talent through robust onboarding and mentorship. These programs are designed to accelerate new hires' productivity, integrate them into Microsoft's culture, and set them on a path for long-term growth within the company. Participants in Elevate/EiP benefit from a comprehensive onboarding experience that includes immersive training, structured job shadowing with seasoned colleagues, and continuous support from dedicated mentors. By investing heavily in the first six months of a new employee's tenure, Microsoft ensures its early-in-career hires build essential skills, confidence, and professional networks that will enable them to excel. 
As you join the team, You will have the opportunity to grow your technical expertise with access to a wide range of Microsoft learning resources-including support for earning industry-recognized certifications across Cloud & AI infrastructure, security, and AI.
With a solid understanding of Cloud & AI security services and compliance frameworks you will help customers meet regulatory requirements and build Cloud environments that are ready for the future.
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**
**Build Strategy**
+ Tailors Microsoft standard messaging to audience using knowledge of specific Microsoft products.
+ Learns about Microsoft capability to contribute to strategy development and how to provide strategic and technical input.
+ Tailors Microsoft value messaging to audience.
+ Reviews customer interactions and raises and acts on customer compete information to contribute to development and landing of compete strategies.
+ Learns how to serve as the voice of the customer (VOC) through feedback, blockers, insights, and resources (e.g., unified action tracker (UAT), technical feedback platform across communities).
+ Assists team members to monitor, analyze, or implement action plans to promote customer usage of key/prioritized Microsoft solutions/products that support customer's business outcomes.
**Scale Customer Engagements**
+ Engages other resources (e.g., product and engineering teams) and learns to leverage programs and investments (e.g., Microsoft Technology Center (MTC), exec briefing center, partner workshops) with support from peers.
+ Develops understanding of standards and best practices (e.g., managed service provider (MSP), managed certified professional (MCP)). May support customer engagements through pre-sales activities while utilizing common sales and delivery methodology for the Microsoft sales organization.
+ Engages other resources, leveraging basic resource knowledge, for key areas of technology as needed to overcome technical blockers on assigned technology set.
+ Develops understanding of current customer context and anticipatesnext steps. Uses product expertise to build credibility with customers individually or at scale.
+ Begins to develop awareness of available resources by familiarizing themselves with the community and engaging others to gain product knowledge. Engages other resources, leveraging basic resource knowledge, for key areas of technology as needed to overcome technical blockers on assigned technology set
+ Identifies customer needs and recommends suitable Microsoft solutions with support from peers. Improves customer interactions through feedback and observation.
+ Engages with and reaches out to customer technical and business decision makers with coaching from others.
**Scale Through Partners**
+ Engages in partner sell-with scenarios by contributing to the facilitation of technical engagements and partnering with colleagues to manage the sales process.
+ Engages in partner sell-with scenarios by contributing to the facilitation of technical engagements and partnering with colleagues to manage the sales process. Supports the development of relationships with pre-sale team and partners. Work with manager or peer mentor to learn how to identifytop 5 to 10 partners to work with in applicable territories.
**Solution Design and Proof**
+ Presents basic reference architectures to partners or customers for key parts of their technology sets.
+ Learns about and uses existing demonstration assets. Contributes to demonstrations (e.g., proof of concept (POC) sessions with partners) of solutions based on specific Microsoft products through early stage engagements with coaching from senior colleagues. Leverages partner/customer teams as needed to prove product capabilities and integration into customer environment. Reviews partner demonstrations and provides feedback to ensure alignment with Microsoft standards with guidance.
**Technical Leadership**
+ Ensures customer technical teams are aware of and leveraging available for-scale skilling programs
+ May participate in local Microsoft tech community sessions, hackathon, attend community calls, etc.
+ Consumes and leverages readiness materials to expand domain knowledge and practicesexpertise by communicating with customers, partners, and senior colleagues.
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field OR equivalent experience.
+ This role requires proficiency in written, reading, and conversational English & Swedish or Danish, or Finnish, or Norwegian, as you will be assigned to the Nordic Customer Market.
+ Technical Communication skills:The ability to adapt communications around different technologies, products, and services to the audience's level of understanding.
+ Problem Solving: The ability to identify problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
+ Presentation Delivery:The ability to deliver formal presentations to others. This includes sharing information on a range of topics in a clear, concise, engaging and convincing manner; commanding the audience's attention; using effective presentation materials.
This role is based in Ireland and has a work site flexibility of up to 50% work from home. If applying, please consider that you may be required to relocate to meet the requirements of this role.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field AND 2+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
+ 1+ year(s) experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
+ Creativity:The ability to apply ingenuity, inventiveness, and imagination to the inclusive design and construction of a product, service, program, or initiative.
+ Decision Making:The ability to make decisions in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. This includes the ability to define, diagnose, and determinean appropriate resolution, recommendation, or decision while considering alternatives and factors (e.g., resources, costs, trade-offs).
+ Relationship Management:The ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with supervisors, staff, managers, customers, and vendors. This includes expressing empathy and compassion when dealing with the needs and problems of others, being approachable, taking time to address the concerns of coworkers, and treating others with respect and dignity.
+ Microsoft Products: Knowledge of Microsoft products/services and the ability to participate in technical conversations related to products/services. Fundamental or Intermediate level credentials/certifications on Microsoft of competitive Cloud and/or AI Platforms, or willingness to attain the right technical certifications required for the role.
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 ( .

Are you curious, passionate about infrastructure, and ready to solve complex challenges in the AI era? Join us as a Digital Cloud & AI Solution Engineer - Azure Platform focused on the Cloud & AI platform for mid-market customers at Microsoft.
In this technical sales role, you'll help customers design secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures that support their modernization goals. Using Cloud & AI's IaaS and PaaS services, you'll guide organizations through migration, optimization, and innovation-translating technical capabilities into real business outcomes.
You'll collaborate across teams to deliver impactful solutions that enhance agility, reduce costs, and unlock value through AI-powered infrastructure.
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.
As a Cloud & AI Solution Engineer on the Azure Platform, you'll play a key role in helping mid-market customers modernize their infrastructure and unlock the full value of Microsoft's cloud. You'll work directly with technical and business stakeholders to design and implement secure, scalable, and resilient architectures that support AI workloads and business-critical applications.
You bring deep expertise in migrating core workloads-including Windows, SQL Server, Linux, PostgreSQL, and Oracle-to Cloud & AI. Beyond migration, you lead customers through modernization using the 6R strategy, containerization best practices, and Cloud & AI-native services like AKS and Arc, while exploring how AI and intelligent agents can accelerate legacy transformation. You also apply strong networking knowledge to design hybrid and cloud-native solutions, including virtual networks, VPNs, and secure routing architectures that meet enterprise performance and compliance needs. You complement this with trusted partner solutions like NetApp, VMware, RedHat, and SAP to ensure a secure, optimized, and scalable migration experience.
This opportunity will allow you to:
+ Accelerate your career growth by leading impactful engagements that help customers modernize their infrastructure and adopt secure, scalable cloud solutions.
+ Deepen your technical expertise through hands-on architecture design, migration planning, and implementation of hybrid and cloud-native environments.
+ Develop strategic influence by guiding customers through infrastructure modernization and shaping technical decisions that support AI and business-critical workloads.
+ Strengthen your collaboration skills by working closely with engineering teams, partners, and customer stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.
To prepare for the role, you will be enrolled in the Elevate and Early-in-Profession (EiP) Program. Microsoft's Elevate and Early-in-Profession (EiP) programs exemplify the company's commitment to developing early-career talent through robust onboarding and mentorship. These programs are designed to accelerate new hires' productivity, integrate them into Microsoft's culture, and set them on a path for long-term growth within the company. Participants in Elevate/EiP benefit from a comprehensive onboarding experience that includes immersive training, structured job shadowing with seasoned colleagues, and continuous support from dedicated mentors. By investing heavily in the first six months of a new employee's tenure, Microsoft ensures its early-in-career hires build essential skills, confidence, and professional networks that will enable them to excel. 
As you join the team, You will have the opportunity to grow your technical expertise with access to a wide range of Microsoft learning resources-including support for earning industry-recognized certifications across Cloud & AI infrastructure, security, and AI.
With a solid understanding of Cloud & AI security services and compliance frameworks you will help customers meet regulatory requirements and build Cloud environments that are ready for the future.
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**
**Build Strategy**
+ Tailors Microsoft standard messaging to audience using knowledge of specific Microsoft products.
+ Learns about Microsoft capability to contribute to strategy development and how to provide strategic and technical input.
+ Tailors Microsoft value messaging to audience.
+ Reviews customer interactions and raises and acts on customer compete information to contribute to development and landing of compete strategies.
+ Learns how to serve as the voice of the customer (VOC) through feedback, blockers, insights, and resources (e.g., unified action tracker (UAT), technical feedback platform across communities).
+ Assists team members to monitor, analyze, or implement action plans to promote customer usage of key/prioritized Microsoft solutions/products that support customer's business outcomes.
**Scale Customer Engagements**
+ Engages other resources (e.g., product and engineering teams) and learns to leverage programs and investments (e.g., Microsoft Technology Center (MTC), exec briefing center, partner workshops) with support from peers.
+ Develops understanding of standards and best practices (e.g., managed service provider (MSP), managed certified professional (MCP)). May support customer engagements through pre-sales activities while utilizing common sales and delivery methodology for the Microsoft sales organization.
+ Engages other resources, leveraging basic resource knowledge, for key areas of technology as needed to overcome technical blockers on assigned technology set.
+ Develops understanding of current customer context and anticipatesnext steps. Uses product expertise to build credibility with customers individually or at scale.
+ Begins to develop awareness of available resources by familiarizing themselves with the community and engaging others to gain product knowledge. Engages other resources, leveraging basic resource knowledge, for key areas of technology as needed to overcome technical blockers on assigned technology set
+ Identifies customer needs and recommends suitable Microsoft solutions with support from peers. Improves customer interactions through feedback and observation.
+ Engages with and reaches out to customer technical and business decision makers with coaching from others.
**Scale Through Partners**
+ Engages in partner sell-with scenarios by contributing to the facilitation of technical engagements and partnering with colleagues to manage the sales process.
+ Engages in partner sell-with scenarios by contributing to the facilitation of technical engagements and partnering with colleagues to manage the sales process. Supports the development of relationships with pre-sale team and partners. Work with manager or peer mentor to learn how to identifytop 5 to 10 partners to work with in applicable territories.
**Solution Design and Proof**
+ Presents basic reference architectures to partners or customers for key parts of their technology sets.
+ Learns about and uses existing demonstration assets. Contributes to demonstrations (e.g., proof of concept (POC) sessions with partners) of solutions based on specific Microsoft products through early stage engagements with coaching from senior colleagues. Leverages partner/customer teams as needed to prove product capabilities and integration into customer environment. Reviews partner demonstrations and provides feedback to ensure alignment with Microsoft standards with guidance.
**Technical Leadership**
+ Ensures customer technical teams are aware of and leveraging available for-scale skilling programs
+ May participate in local Microsoft tech community sessions, hackathon, attend community calls, etc.
+ Consumes and leverages readiness materials to expand domain knowledge and practicesexpertise by communicating with customers, partners, and senior colleagues.
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field OR equivalent experience.
+ This role requires proficiency in written, reading, and conversational English & German, as you will be assigned to the German Customer Market.
+ Technical Communication skills:The ability to adapt communications around different technologies, products, and services to the audience's level of understanding.
+ Problem Solving: The ability to identify problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
+ Presentation Delivery:The ability to deliver formal presentations to others. This includes sharing information on a range of topics in a clear, concise, engaging and convincing manner; commanding the audience's attention; using effective presentation materials.
This role is based in Ireland and has a work site flexibility of up to 50% work from home. If applying, please consider that you may be required to relocate to meet the requirements of this role.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field AND 2+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
+ 1+ year(s) experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
+ Creativity:The ability to apply ingenuity, inventiveness, and imagination to the inclusive design and construction of a product, service, program, or initiative.
+ Decision Making:The ability to make decisions in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. This includes the ability to define, diagnose, and determinean appropriate resolution, recommendation, or decision while considering alternatives and factors (e.g., resources, costs, trade-offs).
+ Relationship Management:The ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with supervisors, staff, managers, customers, and vendors. This includes expressing empathy and compassion when dealing with the needs and problems of others, being approachable, taking time to address the concerns of coworkers, and treating others with respect and dignity.
+ Microsoft Products: Knowledge of Microsoft products/services and the ability to participate in technical conversations related to products/services. Fundamental or Intermediate level credentials/certifications on Microsoft of competitive Cloud and/or AI Platforms, or willingness to attain the right technical certifications required for the role.
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 ( .

Description
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.
You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS' Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement organization works to deliver solutions to source, build and maintain our socially responsible data center supply chains. We are a team of highly-motivated, engaged, and responsive professionals who enable the core sustainable infrastructure of AWS. Come join our team and be a part of history as we deliver results for the largest cloud services company on Earth!
The IPS Procurement Category Management Org is responsible for the procurement of all third party provided services required for the operation of our Data Center infrastructure globally, including Colo and Edge facilities for externally delivered services not provided by the facility owner. The team is responsible for the identification, onboarding and performance management of suppliers as well as developing category strategies, conducting competitive tendering processes, supplier negotiations and the preparation of associated Work Orders.
The team is structured into three regions, each led by a regional manager, with each regional team composed of category managers with responsibility for the management of specific areas of spend within the region and a cohort of procurement specialists who support the category managers. The category management approach facilitates a strategic approach to procurement by facilitating in depth market analysis coupled with a cross functional approach to identify supplier and associated contracting options which are focused on meeting the particular needs of the business. Category management moves beyond traditional transactional based purchasing negotiations to provide a strategic approach to longer term, sustainable cost reductions, reducing risk and increasing resiliency in the supply base and facilitating innovation from within the supply base that the business can leverage.
This is a regional role within the IPS: Procurement -Category Management team responsible for contract negotiations and managing sourcing of third party provided services required for the operations of our Data Center infrastructure. The role specifically manages the category scope of sourcing within the Environment Health & Safety domain. The role is also responsible for working with the multiple AWS teams (including EHS program teams, legal teams and Professional Services team) to ensure SOWs and contracting terms are in compliance with legal requirements.
While cost reduction will always be a key focus of the team, the principle cynosure of the team is the delivery of services that are keenly focused on increasing reliability and supporting enhanced availability through robust relationships which support continuity of operations. As service and quality levels can vary greatly, principally based on the skill set within a supplier local organization, the regional structure facilitates tailoring of category strategies to meet local market considerations and closely monitor supplier performance at the local level.
Key job responsibilities
Category Management
The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, and communicates appropriately and influences internal partner teams and suppliers at all levels. You must be collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful in this role you must be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines; exhibit curiosity and learning drive; succeed in a fast-paced environment; engage and influence key stakeholders; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement. Also, you must have a demonstrated track record of managing multiple projects and driving them to completion to meet business objectives. It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon's Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit with a "get it done" mentality.
- Manage a critical categories with the Environment, Health and Safety Domain.
- Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations, drive collaboration to achieve long term value delivery.
- Obtain market intelligence, analyze category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies.
- Understand trends in customers' needs and concerns, across categories and regions, to influence customers' priorities.
- Lead supplier selection process across multiple sub-categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longer-term supplier selection strategies for management.
- Ensure you are knowledgeable about the supply market, new innovations and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically.
- Ensure you are knowledgeable about sustainability, diversity, in-country value and have experience developing category strategies to incorporate same.
- Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to delivery, quality, and cost.
- Create supplier scorecards to measure and track supplier performance.
- Lead business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and to ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships.
- Innovate within the procurement space, automating and/or improving tools or processes to better support the Procurement Lifecycle.
- Provide support throughout the contracting process, as well as SRM and management of contracts post-execution.
Contract Management
- Drafting key commercial contract terms within an AWS statement of work, work orders and work order amendments
- Communicate daily with cross functional teams including peers within the IPS -CM team, Legal, Infra-Operations and Security & EHS program.
- Proactively identify and implement operational improvements and enhancements that meet business requirements
- Participate in continuous process improvement projects such as creating and maintaining standard operating procedures
- Become the SOW creation subject matter expert
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
1. Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience
2. 8+ years' experience in a Procurement organization performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases and bidding.
3. Experience with driving category strategies, developing pricing models, and having influence across all levels of an organization.
4. Experience as a Project Manager who can prioritize workload and manage complex projects within cost and schedule.
5. Experience in drafting key contract terms for statement of works, contract amendments and work orders or a broad range of standard commercial contracts.
6. Irish Citizenship to work on UK and Germany Goverment Cloud sites
Preferred Qualifications
1. Ability to Experience to communicate and report on market intelligence data, including commodity trends and labor indexes.
2. Demonstrated success Experience in driving strategies and analyzing market trends.
3. Experience in data centers, engineering, an infrastructure service provider or similar technology company.
4. Experience with creating Procurement systems and tools.
5. Proven ability to Experience in implement category strategies globally and Proven ability to deep dive and develop innovative ideas for process challenges.
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

**Minimum qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
+ 2 years of experience in program or project management, leading multi-disciplinary projects.
+ Experience in AutoCAD for data center design and engineering tasks.
+ Experience in space planning for buildings.
**Preferred qualifications:**
+ Experience managing large-scale construction projects, within an international working environment.
+ Experience working with data center equipment/environments, including core and shell.
+ Experience designing data centers, server halls, warehouses, or large complex facilities.
+ Experience working with or within architectural and engineering firms.
+ Experience managing vendor relationships, with an understanding of standard practices in the design and construction industry.
+ Understanding of server floor equipment layout, including telecom and IT rack requirements.
A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. That's why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you'll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You'll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Design and optimize the physical layout of data center floors, ensuring efficient use of space and resources. This includes placement of server racks, network equipment, Power Distribution Units (PDUs), and cooling systems.
+ Design cable tray systems to support data and power cabling for server racks and other equipment. Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices for cable management.
+ Calculate power requirements for server racks and other equipment, taking into account redundancy and future growth. Collaborate with electrical engineers to design power distribution systems that meet these requirements.
+ Determine optimal placement and configuration of server racks, ensuring adequate airflow, bus duct accessibility, optimal network cable routes and maintenance accessibility.
+ Develop detailed 2D and 3D drawings using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, drawings will be used for construction, documentation, and asset management.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also and If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form:

**Minimum qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
+ 5 years of experience in program or project management, leading multi-disciplinary projects.
+ Experience managing technical programs for core infrastructure and capacity planning initiatives.
+ Experience communicating technical strategies and plans to various business stakeholders.
+ Experience developing business processes within a global network planning organization.
**Preferred qualifications:**
+ Experience with project management methodologies and tools, with an emphasis on managing projects through different lifecycle stages.
+ Understanding of financial implications of network changes and expansions.
+ Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changes in a fast-paced network operations and planning environment.
+ Excellent analytical skills to evaluate network requirements, identify potential issues, and develop effective solutions.
A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. That's why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you'll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You'll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.
The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google's products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Establish, contribute to, and track key business metrics focused on the efficiency and throughput of the new planning queues, such as processing time and SLA adherence.
+ Contribute to setting team expectations and drive priority analysis, aligning with Network Supply Plan objectives to streamline and improve the network planning process.
+ Provide technical expertise in network planning functions and contribute to programs aimed at efficiency, accuracy, and automation, with a focus on the tools and processes.
+ Liaise with partner teams to identify and resolve obstacles and ambiguities in the new processes and automation workflows.
+ Contribute to the Core and Campus NetPlanning functions, focusing on the transition from the legacy Change Request process to a request-driven, queue-based system for WAN Core, Campus, and L1 Plans of Record.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also and If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: