Location:Dublin, IE
Company: Canada Life Group Services

Description:

• Full Time Permanent position
• Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices

ABOUT US

Canada Life Group is the top-level European holding company for Great-West Lifeco’s European insurance, reinsurance, and asset management companies, with business operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and the Isle of Man.
European Technology sits within Canada Life Group and encompasses the technology community across all European entities - Irish Life Group, Canada Life UK, Canada Life Europe, as well as Central Technology Services - Europe. European Technology supports the business strategy and collaboration of technology across all European divisions. There are multiple IT units within European Technology, each with its own individual set of technology platforms.
European Technology has evolved significantly and is now focused on bringing market-leading speed, agility, cost efficiency, and risk mitigation to enable the delivery of strategies across the European businesses. To meet these challenges, a new strategy has been established, driving forward our commitment to innovation and excellence.
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.
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.

The successful candidate will possess the following essential (cloud focused) experience:

• More than 7 years’ experience in IT, with a demonstrated ability working with rapidly changing technology areas
• More than 2 years’ experience supporting Azure Cloud or other Cloud environments.
• Experience leading and mentoring others
• Experience owning services and the continuous development of them
• Knowledge of using Infrastructure as Code, through pipelines, to maintain services. Strong familiarity with Terraform essential.
• Experience dealing with major Cloud incidents
• An understanding of enterprise business applications, networks, and systems
• Advanced skills in change and configuration management
• Advanced troubleshooting skills
• Excellent understanding of enterprise organizations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills
• Has financial acumen and can identify actions to positively impact financial budgets
• Keeps abreast of developments in the IT field (e.g., through reading, training, internet, seminars, discussions, experiment with new techniques and tools, etc.) and readily shares, applies, and promotes new learnings

The successful candidate will possess the following desirable experience:

• Professional Cloud certification with a drive and willingness to continuously develop technical knowledge e.g., AZ-104
• Managed cloud solutions within the Financial Services industry
• 3rd level degree in IT / computer science or related field
• Exposure to Operational and IT risk management and supporting audit

ROLE OVERVIEW

CTS are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join its Platforms team. The role will have responsibility for the management of shared Azure services and providing support to European Technology teams with the implementation and use of cloud services in accordance with their design as set out in the service catalogue.
The role will work closely with CTS Teams, through a Cloud Centre of Enablement, to fulfil the plans and demands for the department and it’s customers. This will also involve working closely with the participants of the European Cloud Centre of Excellence as part of growing the enterprise’s cloud capability, broader cloud strategic direction, adoption of standards and practices and working with the Finance, Risk & Procurement teams.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE ROLE

The successful candidate will possess the following essential (cloud focused) experience:

• More than 7 years’ experience in IT, with a demonstrated ability working with rapidly changing technology areas
• More than 2 years’ experience supporting Azure Cloud or other Cloud environments.
• Experience leading and mentoring others
• Experience owning services and the continuous development of them
• Knowledge of using Infrastructure as Code, through pipelines, to maintain services. Strong familiarity with Terraform essential.
• Experience dealing with major Cloud incidents
• An understanding of enterprise business applications, networks, and systems
• Advanced skills in change and configuration management
• Advanced troubleshooting skills
• Excellent understanding of enterprise organizations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills
• Has financial acumen and can identify actions to positively impact financial budgets
• Keeps abreast of developments in the IT field (e.g., through reading, training, internet, seminars, discussions, experiment with new techniques and tools, etc.) and readily shares, applies, and promotes new learnings.

The successful candidate will possess the following desirable experience:

• Professional Cloud certification with a drive and willingness to continuously develop technical knowledge e.g., AZ-104
• Managed cloud solutions within the Financial Services industry
• 3rd level degree in IT / computer science or related field
• Exposure to Operational and IT risk management and supporting audits