Azure/AWS Cloud Engineer

Syensqo is all about chemistry. We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.
Job Overview And Responsibilities
This position will be based in Pune, India.
As the GCP/Azure Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and optimizing scalable, resilient cloud infrastructure of Google Cloud and Azure platform. This role involves deploying, automating and maintaining cloud-based applications, services and tools to ensure high availability, security and performance. The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of GCP and Azure services and architecture best practices, along with strong experience in infrastructure automation, monitoring and troubleshooting.
We count on you for:

• Design and implement secure, scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure using GCP/Azure services, based on business and technical requirements
• Develop automated deployment pipelines using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, GCP/Azure CloudFormation and GCP/Azure CDK, ensuring efficient, repeatable and consistent infrastructure deployments
• Implement and manage security practices such as Identity and Access Management, network security and encryption to ensure data protection and compliance with industry standards and regulations
• Design and implement backup, disaster recovery and failover solutions for high availability and business continuity
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of infrastructure architecture, configuration and troubleshooting steps and share knowledge with team members
• Close collaboration with multi-cloud enterprise architect, DevOps solution architect, Cloud Operations Manager to ensure quick MVP prior to pushing into production
• Keep up to date with new GCP/Azure services, features and best practices, providing recommendations for process and architecture improvements
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field. Master's degree or relevant certifications would be a plus.
• Minimum of 2-5 years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud architecture or infrastructure role
• Proven experience with GCP/Azure services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM and CloudFormation
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, GCP/Azure CloudFormation or GCP/Azure CDK
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash or PowerShell for automation tasks
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (eg: Gitlab CI/CD, Jenkins) and experience integrating them with GCP/Azure
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals and experience with GCP/Azure VPC, security groups, VPN and routing
• Proficiency in monitoring and logging tools such as native cloud tools or third-party tools like Datadog and Splunk
• Cybersecurity Expertise:
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles, best practices, and frameworks.
• Knowledge of encryption, identity management, access controls, and other security measures within cloud environments.
• Preferably with certifications such as GCP/Azure Certified DevOps Engineer, GCP/Azure Certified SysOps Administrator, GCP/Azure Certified Solutions Architect
  
  

Skills And Behavioral Competencies

• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Result orientation, influence & impact
• Empowerment & accountability with the ability to work independently
• Team spirit, building relationships, collective accountability
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for documenting and sharing information with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  
  

Language skills
English mandatory
What’s in it for the candidate

• Be part of and contribute to a once-in-a-lifetime change journey
• Join a dynamic team that is going to tackle big bets
• Have fun and work at a high pace
  
  

About Us

• Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
• At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity. We value the diversity that individuals bring and we invite you to consider a future with us, regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity. We encourage individuals who may require any assistance or accommodations to let us know to ensure a seamless application experience. We are here to support you throughout the application journey and want to ensure all candidates are treated equally. If you are unsure whether you meet all the criteria or qualifications listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.