Senior Azure System Engineer - Databricks

Join the banking revolution! As the global leader in Engagement Banking, Backbase is at the forefront of revolutionizing banking services through technology. Our team is committed to developing cutting-edge tools and applications that empower our R&D organization and drive innovation. We are looking for a skilled Senior System Engineer with a strong focus on Azure to join our Platform team.

The Platform team is responsible for managing customer runtimes - banks - and in that regard, we hold ourselves accountable to the highest professional standards in cloud ops. Resilience, Availability, and Scalability.

• Design, implement, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure to ensure our customers have access to the best features Azure has to offer;
• Contribute to System engineering aspects of Backbase AI teams in building and operating Data engineering tools such as Databricks;
• Guarantee the availability and reliability of the managed hosting service we provide to our customers;
• Implement and contribute to best practices for cloud security, compliance, and disaster recovery;
• Ensure that the solution always runs in a compliant, secure and cost-effective way;
• Participate in our on-call pool and help to ensure maximum reliability, high availability and uptime;
• Help foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement;
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues, ensuring resilience, availability and scalability;
• Contribute to increasing operational efficiency and helping to bring overall cloud cost under control.

• You have a deep understanding of cloud infrastructure security, cloud-native technologies, and desired state configuration, preferably using Terraform or OpenTofu;
• You are proficient with tools and tech like Helm Charts, Kubernetes, Istio;
• You have prior Hands-on experience with Databricks workspace setup, cluster configuration, and job orchestration;
• You have Knowledge of Unity Catalog, access control, and cost optimization strategies;
• You have strong communication skills allowing you to drive initiatives and decisions inside and outside your team;
• You have at least 5 years of experience in system engineering including at least 3 years of working with Azure cloud services;
• You combine technical excellence with mentorship skills, and provide your peers with hands-on guidance and collaborative problem-solving;
• You are focused on automation-first. Not content with anything manual, your goal is to make every process predictable and automated;
• You have a proven track record of designing and implementing scalable, highly-available cloud infrastructure;
• Evidence of significant work experience with Azure is a plus;
• Work experience as software developer is a plus;
• Networking experience, including VPN configuration, is a plus;
• Your English communication skills are excellent.