Cloud Engineering Team Lead (AWS/Azure)

About the role

ESET is looking for an experienced cloud specialist to lead a team of cloud and infrastructure engineers focused on AWS, Azure and related services. The role covers strategy, architecture, operations, security and governance, and is based in Bratislava.

Key responsibilities

• Define and implement cloud and infrastructure strategy, including the technology roadmap for AWS, Azure, GCP and hybrid infrastructure, and identify opportunities for automation and optimisation
• Design standards, processes and industry best practices for cloud environments
• Oversee design, implementation and operation of cloud solutions, advise teams on architecture and service selection, and support Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/openTofu), automation and DevOps principles
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery and business continuity, and manage incidents, changes, capacity, risk and SLAs/KPIs
• Monitor availability, performance, security and costs, and ensure compliance with internal security policies and regulations, including identity management, audits and FinOps
• Manage relationships with partners and vendors, prepare reports for management, and lead the team's hiring, development and performance review

Required profile

• Expert-level knowledge of AWS or Azure; experience with Google Cloud or other platforms is an advantage
• Experience leading a small team and coordinating projects is an advantage
• Basic programming knowledge and knowledge of MS SQL and Windows Server are advantages

Required skills

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Bicep, openTofu
• Kubernetes, DevOps, least privilege access, RBAC, IAM

What we offer

• Base salary from 2,800 EUR gross, plus a 300 EUR monthly team leadership bonus and a performance bonus of up to 10% of base pay twice a year
• Healthcare, multisport and travel cards, supplementary pension saving, family allowances and loyalty benefits
• Office refreshments, activity room, events and teambuilding activities