Team Lead Azure Cloud

Waarom Brand New Day?

• Een enthousiast en gedreven team om je heen dat vooruit wil
• Een informele organisatie zonder politiek of hiërarchisch geneuzel
• Goede bereikbaarheid op loopafstand van station Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA

As team lead Azure cloud, you will be responsible for leading our cloud team and designing, implementing and maintaining cloud solutions on the Azure platform. You will lead a team of senior engineers that are experts in different areas (databases, streaming data, DevOps, architecture) at Brand New Day. You will also be hands-on and implementing the team’s designs.

You will collaborate closely with other departments to develop complex cloud architectures that meet both business and technical requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Prioritizing, coordinating and organizing the work with the team
• Designing and implementing scalable, secure and cost-efficient cloud solutions
• Working on migration projects to Azure, and managing the cloud infrastructure
• Collaborating with development teams to integrate DevOps practices
• Maintaining and optimizing existing cloud systems and processes
• Mentoring and developing team members through coaching and guidance

Technical requirements

• 5+ years of DevOps experience (of which at least 3 years on Azure cloud)
• Experience with containerizing applications (Azure Container Instances, Azure Kubernetes Services or Kubernetes)
• Strong automation experience (IaC), including application of security policies (using Bicep or Terraform)
• An understanding that keeping our our customers’ data safe is crucial, and make sure we apply the right policies to comply with our IT controls
• Abilty to help the teams to understand and manage costs
• A good grasp on networking and security concepts and can translate them to practical solutions (designing and implementing)
• Experience in hub-and-spoke and hybrid network architectures, connecting on-premises networks and cloud environments using services such as ExpressRoute
• Strong understanding of routing and traffic management concepts such as BGP, user-defined routing, Azure Route Tables and Azure Load Balancer

Leadership requirements

• Ability to lead a team of cloud engineers, providing mentorship, technical guidance and career development
• 3+ years proven experience in leading cloud engineering or cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Experience working with agile methodologies (scrum, kanban)

We offer

• A good salary
• Pension benefits
• 25 days annual leave
• A great workplace with two 27-inch screens and a fast computer (+ a laptop to work from home)
• NS-Business Card
• An educational budget of € 5,000 per 5 years
• An exchange program in Bangkok
• € 25 monthly Alleo budget to treat yourself to something nice

Please note that while working from home is totally fine, working closely together in person is also important to us. We are looking for someone who lives in the Netherlands and can join us in the office for at least a couple of days a week.