Cloud Architect

Overview

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 that have passion, creativity and willing 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!

Cloud Architect

The Cloud Architect is responsible for the assigned scope, expected he / she takes ownership and leadership on his / her assigned objectives. He / She does not directly manage a team but works with the Enterprise Architecture Team and other cross-functional teams located in Switzerland, Italy, India, North America and Belgium in the context of the fast-growing IT organization and increasing Information System complexity.

As a Cloud Architect, he / she will be responsible for designing, architecting, and overseeing the implementation of solutions tailored to meet the specific needs internal to MSC.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead integration efforts and migrations, defining integration strategies, and overseeing the execution of project.
• Recommend appropriate cloud services and components based on business requirements, considering factors such as scalability, performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
• Contribute to MSC cloud standards and guidelines definition and enforcement.
• Perform business case assessments and drive the implementation of applicable proofs of concepts.
• Participate in the design and development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using tools like ARM templates, Azure Resource Manager or Ansible/Rundeck to automate the deployment and management of resources managed by the Platforms Integration team.
• Evaluate and propose improvements to the current design set up based on performance issues or other factors impairing the development teams.
• Develop comprehensive documentation, including architectural diagrams, standard operating procedures (SOPs), troubleshooting guides, and knowledge base articles, to serve as reference materials for L1 and L2 support teams.
• Conduct training sessions or workshops to educate Development teams, Operational teams - L1 and L2 support teams on technologies, best practices, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Transfer of skills within Enterprise Architects Team; Teach and control Product Teams to follow the rules provided in the defined guidelines and ensure that all Projects and Applications effectively use technical components as per the validated Technical Architecture Design.
• Ensure best “Applications Maintainability and Flexibility” (capability to maintain the application, simplify the test, add features, address new business requirements easily, efficiently, and rapidly), guaranteeing Application Performance, scalability, and security
• Ensure solutions meet security and compliance requirements by implementing robust security controls.
• Ensure that each technical component can be replaced easily in the future when obsolete or no longer aligned with MSC’s objectives; maximize reuse and mutualization of technical components, in order to reduce costs and decrease time to market of application development projects
• Provide reporting and supporting documents (building technical components user guides) in time to the Program Management, Product teams or EA Team. Excellent communication skills, spoken and written, in English.

Qualification and Experience

(P) = Preferred, (R) = Required

Required

• Senior level, hands-on experience in large, multinational companies in designing scalable, reliable and cost-effective solutions, developing and running large scale customer facing applications with experience on Enterprise grade software development.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effectively collaborating with different stakeholders, and cross-functional teams. The candidate should be able to articulate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience delivering to at least one Cloud provider (Azure preferred).
• Solid experience developing enterprise services and applications in one object-oriented language, REST APIs, SOA and Microservices (Microsoft stack preferred) and solid experience implementing systems integration.

Preferred

• Solid Experience with testing practices and tooling.
• Experience with event-driven or / and event-sourcing.
• Methodic and with special attention to detail and quality; data minded, didactical in sharing / teaching best practices.
• Detailed oriented with strong analytical, problem solving, and debugging skills.

What we offer

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.