Senior Azure Platform Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled and solution-oriented Azure Platform Engineer, including Azure SQL knowledge to join our team at Allianz Technology. The candidate shall develop, maintain, and automate our infrastructure code at scale leveraging the Azure ecosystem ensuring high levels of performance, availability, and customer satisfaction.  

You Will

• Design, develop, maintain and optimize robust and scalable IT platforms, with a focus on Azure Synapse and other Azure services, to meet business needs and performance standards.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using terraform
• Manage and optimize Azure SQL Server environments, ensuring high performance, availability, and security.
• Develop and maintain T-SQL scripts, including stored procedures, functions, and queries, to support various business needs.
• Review and optimize code written by other team members to ensure best practices and performance standards.
• Utilize SQLPackage (dacpac / Data-tier applications) for database deployment and management.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts for automation, including Azure modules and error handling.
• Ensure compliance with internal standards, security concepts, and operational requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement data solutions that meet business requirements.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest Azure and MS-SQL technologies and best practices, advising on their implementation.

Your Skills

• Strong understanding of low-level SQL permissions based on SQL roles, including schema-level permissions assigned to roles.
• Proficient in T-SQL, with experience in writing stored procedures, querying system tables, and conducting code reviews.
• Experience with SQLPackage (dacpac / Data-tier applications) for database deployment and management.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Analytics, including designing pipelines and automating database tasks.
• Proficient in PowerShell scripting, including general scripting, Azure modules, and error handling.
• Proven experience in managing and optimizing Azure SQL Server environments.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Technology Stack

• Azure Synapse Analytics & Dedicated SQL Pools
• Azure
• PowerShell
• Azure Data Factory
• Entra

Your benefits:

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location)
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach

About Allianz Technology

Allianz Technology is the global IT service provider for Allianz and delivers IT solutions that drive the digitalization of the Group. With more than 12,000 employees located in 51 countries around the globe, Allianz Technology works together with other Allianz entities in pioneering the digitalization of the financial services industry.

We oversee the full digitalization spectrum – from one of the industry’s largest IT infrastructure projects that includes data centers, networking and security, to application platforms that span from workplace services to digital interaction. In short, we deliver full-scale, end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age.

D&I statement

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the working environment. We are interested in your strengths and experience. We welcome all applications from all people regardless of gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity and cultural background, age, nationality, religion, disability, or philosophy of life.

Join us. Let´s care for tomorrow.

You. IT.

57567 | IT & Tech Engineering | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent