Cloud Platform Engineer (m/f/d) | Remote (Germany or Switzerland) | Full-time

You want full ownership of a group's Azure and hybrid environment – not just tickets, but the architecture, the governance, and the direction it takes? Then help shape the infrastructure behind an international niche world leader in Omega-3 technology. Salary: €60,000 – 80,000 / year, depending on experience | Permanent | Immediate start | Remote within Germany or Switzerland (proximity to our Bexbach site is a plus) Why join us? • 🎯 Real ownership: you shape the Azure/hybrid environment, not just maintain it • 🌍 Remote-first role across Europe, with occasional touchpoints at our Bexbach site • 🤝 Small, hands-on team working closely with security, application teams, and sites worldwide • 📚 Individual career and development opportunities in an internationally operating company About us – in brief Headquartered in Bexbach, KD Pharma Group is a mid-sized, internationally active company and one of the world's few manufacturers of Omega-3 concentrates with a purity of up to 99.5% – built on a sole focus on Omega-3 fatty acid research and technology development. Tasks • Infrastructure rationalisation: simplify the server estate, on-premises and in Azure; retire or replace unsupported systems and reduce technical debt • Azure platform: design, run, and improve the Azure and hybrid environment – compute, networking, storage, and identity through Microsoft Entra ID and Conditional Access; support the App Development team with the environments they need • Device management: manage devices and applications group-wide through Intune, with consistent policies across sites • Application delivery: decide the right delivery method for each application, starting with reducing reliance on Azure Virtual Desktop • Governance and cost: establish clear standards, policies, and tagging across Azure; keep spend visible and under control • Resilience and monitoring: ensure backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring are reliable, tested, and provide early warning of issues • Security partnership: work with the security function to implement controls, keep servers patched, and resolve vulnerabilities as they're identified Requirements Must-have • Strong hands-on experience running Azure infrastructure: compute, networking (VNets, NSGs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute), storage, with PowerShell automation • Experience managing on-premises Windows servers alongside Azure in a hybrid environment • A track record of rationalising infrastructure and reducing technical debt (e.g. consolidating servers, replacing unsupported systems) • Microsoft Intune at scale, including device enrolment and application deployment • Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, and MFA • Backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring (Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Monitor) • Confidence working across teams and sites, explaining technical choices to non-technical colleagues Nice-to-have • Azure Virtual Desktop, including migrating users and applications to other delivery methods • Azure governance and cost management (Azure Policy, tagging, Microsoft Cost Management) • Azure Arc for managing on-premises servers • Working knowledge of Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel • Experience supporting development teams (e.g. Azure App Service, Azure DevOps, GitHub) • Infrastructure as code (Bicep or Terraform) • Experience in a regulated environment, such as GxP • Microsoft certifications, such as AZ-104 or MD-102 Benefits • Remote-first within Germany or Switzerland • Individual career and development opportunities in an internationally operating company • Competitive compensation with Christmas and vacation bonuses • Company pension scheme • Free water and coffee • Company products at employee prices • Regular team events 📍 Remote (Germany or Switzerland) | 📅 Immediate start | ⏳ Full-time Send us your application, no need for a perfectly polished cover letter. We'll get back to you promptly. 🚀 Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow