DevOps Cloud Engineer (Azure & Databricks)

Vattenfall is seeking a DevOps Cloud Engineer to operate and develop Azure and Databricks platforms that support data, analytics and AI ambitions. The role involves designing secure, scalable cloud environments and advancing a modern enterprise data platform to enable data-driven decision-making.

• Designing, implementing and operating Azure-based cloud platform solutions
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Git and automation tools
• Developing and managing Infrastructure as Code solutions using ARM, Bicep and scripting technologies
• Automate provisioning, deployment and lifecycle management of cloud resources
• Maintaining and improving self-service platform capabilities based on .NET Core and Angular
• Ensuring platform reliability, availability and operational stability
• Supporting administration and continuous improvement of Azure Databricks and Snowflake environments
• Implementing security controls in alignment with enterprise policies and governance requirements
• Collaborating with architects, developers and operations specialists to deliver secure and scalable cloud services
• Operating and further developing Vattenfall’s Azure Databricks platform for analytics, data and AI workloads
• Managing identity and access controls through Azure AD integration and RBAC principles
• Supporting secure networking concepts including private endpoints and secure cluster connectivity
• Implementing and maintaining data governance capabilities using Unity Catalog and related Databricks services
• Managing platform resources using Infrastructure as Code approaches such as Terraform and ARM templates
• Establishing compute standards, governance controls and cost optimisation practices
• Enabling integrations with Azure Data Lake, Power BI, Snowflake and other enterprise services
• Supporting onboarding and adoption of platform capabilities across teams
• Contributing to monitoring, logging and security improvements throughout the platform landscape
• Identifying opportunities to improve performance, cost efficiency and sustainability of cloud services
• Enhancing automation and self-service capabilities for platform users
• Supporting the introduction of new cloud, AI and analytics capabilities
• Helping to create a seamless developer and data practitioner experience across the platform ecosystem

• Several years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer or similar role in Azure environments
• Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, preferably within operations, governance or platform engineering
• Strong understanding of Azure services including Networking, Storage, App Services, Virtual Machines and Entra ID (Azure AD)
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD practices
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as ARM, Bicep, Terraform and PowerShell
• Knowledge of analytics and data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Spark or modern data lake architectures
• Understanding of cloud governance, security and access management principles
• Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python or similar technologies
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities
• Professional communication skills in English (local language skills are a plus but not mandatory)
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (advantage)
• Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimisation (advantage)
• Experience supporting enterprise AI or machine learning platforms (advantage)

• A challenging and independent job in an informal, dynamic working environment
• Work life balance and the flexibility to work from home
• Recognition
• Security
• Flexibility
• Wellbeing