Application Cloud Engineer | Contract | 6 months

Oliver James Group; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 120.000 - 150.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Oliver James Group is seeking an Application Cloud Engineer to lead the Azure migration for AO&L applications. Immediate start until end of March 2027 with 40% on-site in Baden, Switzerland and 60% remote.

You will bridge between application owners and infrastructure, configure Azure resources, implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible, and ensure security, networking, and monitoring for a smooth cutover and post-migration stabilization. Fluent English and German required.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years in Azure engineering or cloud migration.
• Experience migrating on-prem Windows Server to Azure/private cloud.
• Hands-on with Azure services, networking, IAM, monitoring.
• IaC using Terraform/Ansible; modular deployments.
• Understanding deployment processes and release management.
• Fluent English and German are mandatory.

Aufgaben

• Bridge between application owners and infrastructure teams.
• Support migration of applications to Azure.
• Assess existing on-prem and translate to Azure target architectures.
• Configure and validate networking, firewall, access controls, monitoring, and backups.
• Deploy and maintain Azure resources using IaC (Terraform, Ansible).
• Support testing, cutover activities, and post-migration stabilization.
• Collaborate with security and platform teams; provide guidance.

Kenntnisse

Azure engineering

Cloud migration

IAM & security

IaC

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jobbeschreibung

Job Title: Application Cloud Engineer

Duration: Immediate start until the end of March 2027

Location: 40% on site in Baden, Switzerland (60% remote)

Background

To ensure a timely migration to Azure for all AO&L applications, we require an experienced Azure expert to support our application owners in the company-wide Azure migration project.

Tasks/Responsibilities

• The Cloud engineer will have a key role in bridging between application owners and infrastructure team.
• Support application owners in the migration of their applications
• Assess existing on-prem applications and their underlying infrastructure, translate both into suitable Azure target architectures following internal guidelines
• Configure and validate networking, firewall rules, access management, security controls, monitoring, backup and operational readiness in collaboration with infrastructure engineers
• Deploy and maintain Azure resources using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Support application testing, defect resolution, cutover activities and post-migration stabilization
• Work closely with application owners, infrastructure engineers, security and platform teams
• Contribute to continuous improvement of migration patterns, infrastructure-as-code modules and deployment processes
• Provide technical guidance and help coordinate activities across the involved teams

Experience - Skills/Experience Required

• 5+ years of experience in Azure engineering, cloud infrastructure or application-focused cloud migration
• Proven experience migrating applications from on-premises Windows Server environments to Azure or comparable private-cloud environments
• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure services, landing-zone principles, networking, identity and access management, security and monitoring
• Practical experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform/Ansible), including reusable modules, state management and controlled deployments
• Understanding of application dependencies, deployment processes, release management and operational handover
• Effective stakeholder communication and teamwork in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Fluent English and good professional German are mandatory

Experience - Additional skills that would be considered as plus:

• Experience in the energy, utilities or energy-trading sector
• Azure certifications
• Project management skills