OpusCapita helps organizations sell, buy and pay more effectively by providing them with extended purchase-to-pay and order-to-cash solutions. With hundreds of millions of transactions processed annually by thousands of  customers across more than 100 countries, we have created a global ecosystem where buyers, suppliers, banks and other parties connect, transact and grow. Together with our customers, OpusCapita is transforming sales, procurement and financial processes for the digital age. Founded in 1984, OpusCapita is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. To learn more, please visit www.opuscapita.com

At OpusCapita our purpose is to digitalize global trade, one customer at a time. To get another step closer to our vision, we want to hire more top-notch professionals to join our Customer Platforms Unit in Dortmund, Helsinki or Stockholm. 

Want to be the Captain of your own ship? Come join a passionate team of dedicated professionals in Operations at OpusCapita, where you are not offered only a job but a chance to make a difference.

We are looking to hire a:

Cloud Architect Azure (f/m/d)

ABOUT THE JOB
 

We’re looking for a senior engineer with architectural skills to join our cloud infrastructure team, who is responsible for the efficient, reliable, secure, and compliant operation of all our cloud-based service offerings across the company. As a cloud platform engineer, you will work with several different services in Azure.

You are a well experienced engineer with a good understanding of building distributed, scalable, and accessible systems, preferably in the domain of cloud services, databases, data infrastructure, and tooling. You are passionate about learning and collaborating closely with peers. Your empathy for your customers’ goals, enthusiasm working across teams, and desire to impact our purchase to pay solutions are ingredients for your success. Exciting challenges are waiting for you.
 

As a Cloud Architect your main responsibilities will include:

• Design and develop technical solutions across business lines as part of an agile team
• Define target IT architecture, standards and principles for our cloud solutions
• Asses and comprehend business requirements and refine user stories
• Follow-up, forecast and budget IT costs and provide status reports to stakeholders
• Cooperate closely and proactively with vendors
• Collaborate with platform managers, team leads and teams to ensure harmonized and optimal software delivery, application performance, and scalability to build highly resilient systems

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FROM YOU?

We are looking for an experienced, passionate candidate, who enjoys working in teams and is eager to invest in his/her own professional development and fulfills the following skills:

• Strong domain expertise with cloud platforms on Azure amongst other things
  • Terraform / Azure Resource Manager deployments
  • Azure Storage
• Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert is a plus
• Excellent grasp of software architecture and design as well as microservices based architectures
• Experience in working on Linux environment (administration)
• Background in configuration management tools (e.g. ansible, puppet, chef)
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment tools
  (e.g. Github, CircleCI, Jenkins, Capistrano, Deb)
• Working knowledge in some of the following areas:
  • Docker
  • Docker orchestration / scheduling
  • Kafka
  • ElasticSearch
  • MySQL
  • Redis
• Strong background in continuous monitoring tools
• Flexibility and adaptability in multi-project/multi-customer/multi-solution environment
• Strong planning, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Self-starter with high initiative

DESIRED SKILLS
 

• Msc/Bsc in computer engineering or related skills
• JavaScript
• Familiarity with Agile (Scrum) methods
• Experience of open source software projects

 
To succeed in this role, you also need to have strong verbal and written communication skills in English and ability to work in a global organization within virtual teams. We are in contact with our international colleagues on a daily basis and English is our official language. You are also expected to solve problems independently and share knowledge with team members and other stakeholders. You should be well-versed with coding and scripting skillset. You have an understanding or are willing to learn the automation of the whole software development lifecycle from continuous integration to continuous deployment to continuous monitoring.

WHAT IS OPUSCAPITA LIKE AS A WORKPLACE?
 

• a truly global work arena in a substantial and agile company with 360 colleagues
• an exciting workplace with flat hierarchies in a creative industry with demanding tasks, working on state-of-the-art technologies and dealing with well-known international customers from various industries
• a friendly team of professionals, which keeps its sense of humor and heart even when things get hectic
• various development opportunities and perspectives in an innovative company

open-mindedness, acting in a collegial way and commitment

 

WHAT MAKES OPUSCAPITA A GREAT WORKPLACE?

Ask your future colleagues: They say that they feel valued, that their work matters, and they can actually make a difference, and that their work environment and people they work with are energetic and fun. We work across borders every day and know that together we make it. Our organization chart is flat and working hours flexible for a reason: We trust our employees to get the job done as we are fueled by the same passion to succeed. In OpusCapita, we even love Mondays! We are dedicated to creating an atmosphere where your ideas can flourish, you can achieve your ambitions and really enjoy your work. Our 'I love Mondays' Club spices up our days in the office with events that bring a smile to your face and invite you to nice leisure activities where you can share some relaxed hours with your co-workers.

QUESTIONS IN MIND?

Do you want to be successful with us? Then please apply online via our career page with your complete application documents, salary expectations and your earliest possible date of entry.
Do you have further questions? Then get in touch with your contact person stefan.riesenbeck@opuscapita.com during office hours.

Note that we may start conducting interviews right away and make hiring decisions as soon as a suitable candidate is found. We ensure a confidential treatment of your documents and personal data.
We do welcome applications from women and men, regardless of their cultural and social backgrounds, age, religion, belief, disability or sexual orientation.