Cloud Senior Architect

Position Overview

Joining CRH Europe Technology will embark you on a great journey with career development in a global organization. As Cloud DevOps Senior Architect, you will be part of the Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE), gaining broad business knowledge of the company’s activities globally and understanding the complexity of Information Technology supporting the global building-materials business.

You will be exposed to a wide and challenging range of business issues through regular engagement with key stakeholders across all management levels within CRH. You will work and communicate across geographical and cultural borders that will enable you to build a strong professional network.

We believe people thrive when they are in charge of their career paths and professional growth. We will provide you with opportunities to broaden your knowledge and strengthen your technical and professional foundation. By choosing CRH, you join not only for the role, but for a career.

We aim to be a world-class professional Technology organization that delivers business value through automation, standardization and innovation. We believe in empowerment where each of us takes ownership and responsibility for developing and implementing new ways of working.

As the Cloud DevOps Senior Architect, you will be at the forefront of defining and implementing our world-class cloud practices and the supporting toolchain to achieve our goal of building first-class cloud-based services. The focus will be on time to market and accelerating the business in delivering digital innovation.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Cloud architecture solutioning
• Cloud DevOps, maintaining CI / CD, infrastructure as code pipeline
• Participate in CRH IT platform modernization across a broad and diverse set of operating companies and technologies
• Establish and evolve a set of modern architecture principles (Guardrails)
• Evolve cloud native tools to accommodate the needs of strategic technology programs
• Ensure “Secure By Design” practices are widely adopted
• Be a cloud evangelist to help others realize the value of modern cloud capabilities
• Support new ways of work like Agile Development, DevOps practices and hackathons
• Cross-vertical support and alignment on solution architecture
• Document designs as part of sprints, easing up transition into Operations

Individual Competencies

• Drive Results - Consistently achieving objectives in a fast-moving and broad environment
• Collaborate - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Make Quality Decisions - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving forward
• Analytical & driving results - assist in developing and deploying key governance, processes & procedures

Key Characteristics

• Visionary Moderniser – able to think outside the situation on the ground and drive toward best-in-class modern technology and practice
• Critical thinker – is a problem solver and resolves conflicts
• Strong communication skills – both oral and written skills as listening and presentation skills
• Reliable – can be trusted with a challenging task
• Passionate and dedicated – is energetic and eager to learn new technologies, advise and develop others
• Motivated – stays motivated and can deal with resistance
• Understand and manage Customer expectations

Key Functional Competencies

Technical skills

Azure Cloud Architecture

• IaaS and PaaS Architecture (Azure Solution Expert Certified)

Scripting

• Bash, Python, PowerShell, Go: Proficiency in scripting languages for automating routine tasks and integrations

Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

• GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, Travis CI: Deep knowledge of automating build, testing, and deployment pipelines
• Version Control: Strong experience with Git and version control strategies (branching, merging, etc.)
• Collaboration & Issue Tracking: JIRA, Confluence for coordinating between teams

Monitoring, Logging, and Performance Tuning

• Grafana, Datadog: Skills in monitoring systems' performance and logs to ensure uptime and identify performance bottlenecks

Networking & Security

• Networking Concepts: Knowledge in TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, load balancing, and firewalls
• Security Best Practices: Implementing security in DevOps (e.g., IAM policies, network security, vulnerability scanning, encryption)
• Zero Trust, OAuth, OpenID, TLS/SSL: Experience with modern security protocols and practices

Agile Methodologies

• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and Kanban for iterative and efficient software delivery
• Expertise in managing teams and processes aligned with DevOps principles

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM): Experience with IaC tools to automate infrastructure provisioning
• Ansible, Puppet, Chef: Configuration management tools for maintaining and deploying infrastructure

Containers and Orchestration

• Docker: Knowledge in containerization of applications and services
• Kubernetes, OpenShift: Skills in container orchestration, deployment, and management of large-scale, containerized applications

Soft Skills

• Language: English (Fluent); Desirable: Second European Language (preferred)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with people at all levels across the organisation
• The ability to translate business requirements into viable technical solutions
• Good stakeholder management skills (all directions). Able to describe and push new concepts

Experience / Education

• +10 years of experience
• Experienced Cloud Solution Architect / DevOps Architect, coming either from Large Enterprise; certified in Azure
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT related discipline
• Working in cross-functional teams on a European or Global level

Other (Key) Dimensions

Key stakeholders for this position are:

• Global Information Security
• Europe IT Operations Team
• IT Management Operating Companies
• European IT Leadership Team
• Key vendors

What CRH Offers You

• A culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion
• Comprehensive secondary benefits
• Significant contribution to your pension plan
• Health and wellness programs, including an on-site gym and fitness classes
• Excellent opportunities to develop and progress with a global organization

Benefits/perks listed above may vary depending on the nature of the employment with CRH and the country where you work.