DevOps Cloud Engineer (Azure & Databricks)

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

Business Area IT

We design and build the digital backbone that moves Vattenfall forward — from modern infrastructure to large-scale digital transformation initiatives. We connect people, processes and technology while enabling automation, innovation and an intuitive user experience. By doing so, we create a smart and connected organisation that is ready for tomorrow's energy transition.

Job Description

Do you enjoy creating secure, scalable cloud environments that enable innovation at enterprise scale?

As a DevOps Cloud Engineer (Azure & Databricks), you will help operate and develop the platforms that support Vattenfall’s data, analytics and AI ambitions. Your expertise in Azure, automation and cloud governance will contribute directly to our purpose: enabling fossil-free living through digital innovation and smarter use of data.

Your role

Within our Digital Platform Operations team, you will work with colleagues across cloud engineering, architecture, operations and data platforms to ensure that our Azure and Databricks environments remain secure, reliable and future-ready.

You will play a key role in advancing a modern enterprise data platform that enables data-driven decision-making across Vattenfall while continuously improving automation, governance and user experience.

Your key responsibilities:

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

Azure Databricks Platform Operations & Governance:

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

Platform Improvement & FinOps

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

Location

Stockholm, Katowice, Amsterdam and Berlin

Qualifications

Who are you?

You bring solid experience from cloud engineering environments and enjoy combining technology, security and automation to create reliable services for users. You are communicative, collaborative and enjoy working together with colleagues from different disciplines to solve complex challenges.

We believe you have

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)

It is an advantage if you also have

Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimisation

Experience supporting enterprise AI or machine learning platforms

Additional Information

Our offer

A challenging and independent job in an informal, dynamic working environment. You can play a part in shaping the future of a company where the only constant is change. Besides being a challenging and inspiring place to work, we value a great work atmosphere!

At Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity helps building a more profitable efficient and attractive company. Therefore we seek a harmonious balance of employees in terms of gender, age, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds. We believe in