Jobs at Msc in United Kingdom

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is a global business engaged in the shipping sector. Present in 155 countries, MSC facilitates international trade between the world’s major economies and among emerging markets across all continents. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978, MSC is a privately-owned organisation driven by the Aponte family. Today, we continue to focus on caring for customers, employees, and the environment.

From a one-vessel operation to a globally respected business, we have an unfaltering commitment to people who have passion, creativity, and a willingness to make a change.

MSC Technology Italy is the first division located in the national territory, complementing existing offices in Geneva (the Group's headquarters), Warren (New Jersey, USA), and Chennai (India).

MSC Technology embodies Passion and a commitment to Continuous Evolution, strongly believing in Equal Opportunities and Caring for its People—ultimately fostering a sense of Family within the Company.

With over 3,000 employees, our Technology Department plays a pivotal role in driving business growth and elevating the quality standards across our functional lines.

Working within an international office and engaging in cross-country collaboration offers the opportunity to connect with individuals boasting diverse technical skills, backgrounds, cultures, and professional experiences. International travel not only enriches your understanding of business and languages within the ICT realm but also provides avenues for personal and professional growth.

In 2020, MSC Technology Italy was established as a technological division of MSC with the goal of creating a Center of Excellence to support the MSC Group's business.

Do you recognize yourself? Then come work with us and be part of MSC’s family!

Within MSC Technology IT Architecture Team and under its governance, the Cloud Architect will be a key contributor to paving our cloud architecture evolution journey from current Microsoft Azure IaaS to value-adding Azure SaaS / PaaS capabilities.

The Cloud Architect will work with the IT Architecture Team and other cross-functional teams located in Switzerland, Italy, India, and North America in the context of the fast-growing IT organization and increasing Information System complexity.

She / he is expected to support the IT Architecture Team mission :

• Define architecture standards, guidelines, and quality requirements
• Provide expertise for the strength and quality of product architecture & design
• Check compliance with architecture requirements and quality in all stages of the product lifecycle.
• Govern the lifecycle of technical products and shared components
• She / he is expected to be a good team player, to have excellent interpersonal skills, to be open-minded, curious, and autonomous, and to possess a culture of feedback, so she / he can better embrace and promote our Team’s values
• Promote the global vision of MSC IT landscape to support business goals realization
• Commit to the roadmap objectives, engage, foster an agile mindset to adapt priorities to justified changes
• Collaborate with all the Teams, delivery-minded and goal-oriented
• Share knowledge and expertise to lead Teams from guidance to empowerment.

• Elaborate strategies and roadmaps to support the evolution journey from current Microsoft Azure IaaS to value-adding Azure SaaS / PaaS capabilities
• Federate and get buy-in from other Technical Leaders and IT Managers toward a shared and accepted cloud architecture vision
• Participate in the migration of our current Axway API Management solution (IaaS) to the selected Microsoft or Axway PaaS API Management solution
• Ensure compliance with other non-functional requirements, like security, performance, and business continuity
• Update applicable architecture standards, guidelines, best practices, and supporting documentation; set controls
• Identify limits and constraints of current technologies, elaborate business cases to justify a change toward suitable Azure services
• Share expertise, professional experience, and guidance to support the successful delivery of the various initiatives, projects, and improvements in scope of Azure Architecture
• Deliver training and provide guidance to the products and cross-functional Teams
• Participate as an expert in root cause analysis and lessons learned.

• Remain current on trends and innovation in IT and Microsoft Azure
• Develop a mutually respectful working relationship with all staff to ensure a strong Team effort in all activities
• Anticipate and address potential issues leveraging previous experience and strong problem-solving skills
• Provide timely, complete, and accurate responses to all internal customers’ questions and inquiries in a positive and constructive manner
• Complete tasks and projects as required by the Company.

P) = Preferred, (R) = Required

• At least one significant experience in implementing a cloud strategy on Azure (R)
• At least 5 years of experience in software, integration, enterprise architecture at mid or large-scale missions for critical projects (R)
• Work experience in an international context, in English (P)

• Microsoft Azure: expert level (R) - ASB + Azure Search
• Azure Gateway
• Application integration (API, messaging, streaming, …): specialist level (R)
• API Development - C# MVC
• Integration architecture skills: integration patterns, API integration, data integration, modern middleware solutions knowledge
• Azure DevOps skills (P)
• Scripting languages related to Azure: specialist level (P)
• SQL Server database knowledge
• MS Office products (P)
• Infrastructure knowledge (Windows Server)
• Network knowledge

Relevant Azure certifications will be considered as plus. In particular :

• Azure Developer Associate
• Azure Network Engineer Associate.

We offer a range of benefits including new Learning opportunities, a comprehensive Welfare System, Life and Health Insurance, Modern Workstation, and Discounts within the MSC group.

Moreover, MSC Technology Italy fosters a culture of innovation and wellbeing by simultaneously pursuing various initiatives. These include Meetups, Technical and General Events such as Gaming Tournaments, Company Charity Initiatives, and a Sustainability program designed to benefit all employees.

Our Company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.