Azure Cloud Engineer

Innosuisse
promotes science-based innovation for tomorrow's Switzerland and helps start-ups and SMEs to seize opportunities of the future and be internationally competitive.
Our Digital Solutions Team provides the digital solutions and IT services that support Innosuisse’s business processes and enable the digital handling of applications and related procedures. This includes internal solutions as well as digital platforms and tools used by applicants, innovation mentors, accredited coaches, experts, project partners and other external stakeholders to submit, process, assess and manage funding and support requests. To strengthen our team, we are looking for you as
As an Azure Cloud Engineer, you ensure the secure, stable and standardized operation as well as the continuous further development of our Azure platform. Working closely with architecture, security, operations and external partners, you make a key contribution to the reliable and scalable provision of our digital services.
Azure Cloud Engineer
Your tasks:
You operate and continuously develop our Azure platform – including the Azure Landing Zone, subscriptions, networks, private endpoints, DNS, Key Vaults and central platform services.
You implement governance and security requirements on a technical level, in particular in the areas of Microsoft Entra ID, IAM, RBAC, PIM, Conditional Access, Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, encryption and Zero Trust.
You are responsible for monitoring, logging and alerting and you maintain operations documentation as well as operational standards.
You support incidents, changes, migrations and disruptions in the Azure environment and ensure root-cause analysis, technical remediation and sustainable improvements.
You develop automations and infrastructure as code using tools such as ARM, Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell, Azure CLI and CI/CD pipelines.
You work closely with architecture, security, operations, application teams and external partners and provide support on topics such as resilience, backup, recovery, compliance and cost optimisation
Our requirements:
You have a degree in computer science, business informatics or a comparable qualification (Bachelor’s or Master’s) and have several years of practical experience in operating and securing cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure. Additional training or certifications in Azure administration, Azure security or cloud operations (e.g. Azure Administrator or Azure Security Engineer) are an advantage.
You have a sound understanding of secure, stable and standardised platform operating models on Azure and in-depth knowledge in the areas of cloud operations, Azure security, identity & access management, networking, monitoring and technical operations.
Infrastructure as code, automation in the Azure environment and the use of Azure DevOps, Git and modern CI/CD pipelines are part of your day-to-day work, and you are able to identify and assess technical risks and derive pragmatic measures to improve security, stability and operability.
You work independently, in a structured and reliable manner and are able to document technical interrelationships in a comprehensible way and explain them clearly to different stakeholder groups.
You think analytically and in a networked way, act responsibly and solution-oriented and have a strong awareness of data protection and information security. You communicate confidently in German (C1) and have good English skills in a technical context.
Innosuisse offers you :
An exciting and dynamic working environment in which you contribute to the promotion of science-based innovation in Switzerland in the interest of the economy and society.
A varied area of responsibility at the heart of Swiss innovation activity, where you can contribute your knowledge and experience and help ensure that highly innovative products and services are successfully supported.
Flexibility as well as attractive employment conditions with excellent social benefits.
A motivated, committed and professional team that is looking forward to working with you.
Would you like to help move the world forward with Swiss innovation?
We look forward to receiving your application through our application portal. For further information, please contact Mr Markus Geiser, Co-Lead Digital Solutions (by phone on 058 343 60 73 or by email at markus.geiser@innosuisse.ch).
Innosuisse takes into account the different needs and life experiences of its employees and promotes diversity. Equal opportunities are a top priority and we are committed to promoting the professional integration of people with disabilities.