Senior Cloud Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer

Location: Dublin, IE

Company: Canada Life Group Services

Description:

Canada Life Assurance Europe plc (‘CLE’) is a dynamic insurance company with over 700 people across our offices in Germany and Ireland. We have been operating in Germany since 2000 and have established a fast-growing presence in one of the world’s largest and most established markets. We specialise in providing innovative unit-linked pension, savings, and protection solutions and have become a trusted partner for life insurance products distributed through independent brokers. It is our priority to support our customers at every stage of life with the best products and service, tailored to their needs - and we’re doing it all in a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees.

Role Overview

CLE is currently seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead the growing Platform team. You will be responsible for leading the implementation of scalable cloud platform, reporting to the Head of Software Engineering. Candidates will have a strong cloud engineering background and experience in automation, SRE, Agile methodologies, and cloud technologies.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience:

Building and supporting scalable, resilient cloud-based architectures

Standardising approaches and patterns across many applications and teams

Migration of on-premises applications to the cloud

Liaising with team leads and stakeholders; mentoring junior team members

Creating and socialising architecture patterns, designs, and maintaining a growing service catalog

What you will help us to achieve

Responsibilities:

Implement best of breed, scalable solutions according to defined patterns and practices

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write and manage declarative infrastructure using tools like Terraform or Azure Bicep

Continuously optimise and improve the Cloud Platform through automation and FinOps practices

Security & Compliance: Implement identity and access management (IAM), network security groups, and encryption protocols.

Monitoring & Reliability: Set up observability tools to track system health and performance

Provide expert guidance to development, platform, and operations teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Mentor and lead junior team members and unblock progress through forward-thinking and experience

What you will need to be successful in the role

Essential Skills:

Experience in designing, implementing, securing and monitoring production grade cloud platforms.

5 plus years' experience as a Cloud Engineer or DevOps/Platform role.

Highly proficient in pipeline architecture and automation; experience with Azure DevOps being preferred

Knowledge and experience of Terraform, Helm, Bash, and PowerShell

Good knowledge of System Architectures, Software Engineering, and DevOps / Agile practices - experience of Agile Methodologies and operating in agile / scrum based teams

Excellent problem-solving skills, and ability to craft effective solutions

Excellent team player, collaborative, and supportive

Ability to multitask while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.

A solution driven, self-starter with commitment and follow through

Fluent in English – written and verbal

Necessary Qualifications / Skills:

Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role.

3rd level qualification (honours degree), preferably in a related discipline.

Desired Skills & Experience

Knowledge of insurance or financial services industry applications and functionality.

Experience with Cloud Computing platforms – Azure, AWS or GCP.

Experience using JIRA/Confluence.

Working knowledge of German language

Technologies & Frameworks:

Experience with Terraform, Bicep.

CI/CD: Jenkins, Azure DevOps.

Scripting: Strong command of Bash or PowerShell.

Networking & Communication Protocols – DNS, TCPIP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, FTP, SCP.

Key Strenghts

Good knowledge of cloud networking (VNETs, private endpoints, load balancers, DNS, firewalls, hybrid connectivity).

Systems integration experience across multi-vendor and multi-cloud platforms.

Working knowledge of at least one API Gateway (Azure API Management preferred).

Experience in Containerisation – Kubernetes (AKS), Docker, etc.

Demonstrable experience designing and consuming many Microsoft Azure PaaS services

CI/CD Pipelines: Experience with building and optimising automated deployment workflows via Azure DevOps or Jenkins.

Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices

Experience working in Agile environments alongside software development and security teams

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences.

Ability to think big picture; building solutions that tackle problems both in the short term and future

The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. Where Agency assistance is required the Canada Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Canada Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

Even if you don’t see yourself reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we encourage you to reach out and apply if you feel you are a good fit for the role. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive and diverse company, and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation and life experiences to apply.

Canada Life Group Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued. We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported. We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.

CLGS supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.