Senior Cloud Operations Engineer - EUROPE

Job Title: Senior Cloud Operations Engineer
Location: Remote Europe ( no other region will be considered)
Working Time: Central European Working hours 
Centric Software provides a Digital Transformation Platform for the most prestigious names in fashion, retail, footwear, luxury, outdoor and consumer goods. Centric’s flagship Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, Centric 8, delivers enterprise-class merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, quality, and collection management functionality tailored for fast-moving consumer industries. Centric SMB provides innovative PLM technology and key industry learnings for emerging brands. Centric Visual Innovation Platform (VIP) offers a fully visual, transformative experience via large touchscreens and mobile devices, revolutionizing group decision making and creative collaboration while dramatically condensing time to market and product innovation.
Job Summary:
Centric's Automation and Cloud Services team is seeking a forward-thinking individual to play a crucial role in leveraging cloud technologies and automation. This position focuses on building and maintaining a cutting-edge, scalable, and secure platform for the Centric C8 cloud application. A significant part of your role involves using Pulumi, Terraform, and Ansible to automate common cloud operations tasks, thereby enabling the cloud team to operate more efficiently. Additionally, strong programming skills, particularly in Python, are essential for developing sophisticated automation and cloud services.
Responsibilities:

• Advanced Automation Development: Lead in the creation of an automation framework using Pulumi, Terraform, and Ansible, coupled with strong Python programming skills to automate and create a catalog of services aimed at streamlining cloud operations tasks.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Mastery: Employ Pulumi or Terraform extensively to design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure with a focus on scalability, reliability, and security.
• Ansible Integration: Develop Ansible playbooks for configuration management, ensuring seamless, automated provisioning and deployment processes across all cloud environments.
• Python Programming: Develop and maintain Python scripts and applications that automate cloud operations tasks, improve system efficiencies, and contribute to the automation catalog.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee and maintain a multifaceted cloud infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, cost-efficiency, and security across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud platforms.
• Process Automation: Identify and automate routine cloud operations tasks, minimizing manual interventions and promoting operational excellence.
• Collaborative Development: Work alongside cloud, development, and DevOps teams to ensure automation tools and practices meet operational needs and solve complex challenges.
• Documentation and Advocacy: Create comprehensive documentation for the automation processes and the service catalog. Advocate for automation best practices across the organization, providing training and support where necessary.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, MIS, or related technology field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of experience in cloud operations and infrastructure management in AWS, Azure, or Google cloud
• 5+ years in incident response and major incident management
• Expertise in Pulumi or Terraform for IaC, with a strong portfolio demonstrating successful deployments.
• Proficient in Ansible for configuration management and automation tasks.
• Strong programming skills in Python, with experience in developing automation tools and scripts in a cloud environment.
• Advanced Linux and Windows experience
• Certification in AWS, Azure or Google Cloud is a plus.
• Solid understanding of Cloud networking and security
• Expert knowledge in containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker Kubernetes, Rancher)
• Experience in version control, CI and automation tools such as Github/Bitbucket, Github Actions, Jenkins, Rundeck)
• Experience in deploying and troubleshooting Java based applications and microservices.
• Experience in deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting Database technologies like MSSQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB
• Experience in monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Nagios, Prometheus, ELK stack)
• Experience with the following technologies: Virtualization, VPN, RDP, SSO, Kafka
• Familiarity with project management tools like Confluence/Jira is beneficial.

Additional Information:
This position is ideal for a proactive, innovative individual who excels in a fast-paced setting and is dedicated to leveraging automation to enhance cloud operations
What we offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits
•  A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• Opportunity to work remotely with a dedicated and motivated team
• A remote work environment built on collaboration, flexibility, and respect
• Varied and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset.