Cloud Engineer

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Key duties and responsibilities

• Build an excellent awareness of the Apex business requirements and in-depth knowledge of our Azure & AWS Cloud infrastructure, adjacent technologies, and supporting processes
• Provide deep-level troubleshooting in conjunction with vendor and third-party support within the applicable technology platforms
• Work with the Technical Design team, vendors, and project managers to implement solutions as per the agreed HLD and LLD designs and transition them into BAU
• Responsible for the planning and implementation of small to medium projects and assist with migration projects arising from mergers and acquisitions.
• Responsible for ensuring that delivery and support teams are aware for any new service being introduced that may require training and education of the respective teams
• Planning and engineering of normal, standard, or emergency changes within the applicable technology platform that you are responsible for
• Collaborates with service providers and external vendors on root cause analysis for problems related to technology and provide detailed diagnostic information when required.
• Suggest and develop different automation solutions in the environment
• Ability to prepare and deliver clear, concise, and persuasive communication for multiple audiences, including effective writing, presentation skills, listening actively
• Highlight and report all major IT issues and risks to IT Manager in a timely manner.
• Research, test and implement new systems to improve efficiencies and satisfy user requests.
• Implement and test system releases, patches, and disaster recovery.
• Provide technical input into vendors proposal, change requests, and incident management
• Support the business in the governance and management of vendors covering IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, DaaS with technical input.
• Perform on-call duties as needed to support technology services to business.

Experience and skills

• Excellent written and communication skills in English.
• 5+ years’ deep technical experience in designing, building, and deploying private or public cloud solutions.
• Support and implementation of Azure and/or AWS resources for enterprise environments.
• Support and build of a hybrid environments and resilient Azure/AWS cloud solutions
• Proven skills and excellent understanding of Azure/AWS, Azure AD, Virtual networks, Express Routes, Direct Connect, Load Balancers, ADFS, Windows server OS and all adjacent services like Active directory, DNS, DHCP, Certificate Authority, IIS and etc.
• Experience in managing and deploying the Cloud environments via code (IaC) Terraform
• Certification in Azure/AWS or Terraform, Windows Server administration will be considered as a strong advantage.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and good at working under own initiative.
• Ability to take ownership of a technical solution and work with several stakeholders (internal and external) to deliver a design and implementation approach.
• Ability to articulate design topics, using tools such as Visio, PowerPoint, and any modelling tools utilising ArchiMate.
• Ability to be able to work well under pressure

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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