Shanghai, SH, CN
Cloud Engineer
About the Team
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Insurance China Ltd provides a wide range of commercial and personal lines insurance products and risk transfer solutions. As the latest addition to the more than 50 offices within the Swiss Re Corporate Solutions global network, our China operations boast a team that is locally grounded and globally experienced. We provide the kind of dedicated insurance expertise that makes us stand out among the crowd.
We are seeking a highly motivated and educated technical talent with a real passion for insurance technology to join our team as Cloud Engineer. You will be mainly responsible for the operation of technologies used in on-prem, private and public cloud, including networks, firewall, internet proxy, WAN backbone as well as OS, middleware, and database, etc. Meanwhile, you will also be responsible for understanding and interpreting technology and business requirements to offer platform solution design and project delivery. This includes participation in discovery, documentation, validation, and refinement of solutions while considering opportunities for re-use of standard solutions and technologies.
About the Role
• Responsible for operation of on-premises infrastructure with vendor and Swiss Re group IT team, including VMware virtual machine OS (Windows & Linux) administration, middleware, storage, networking, and security to support daily business requirements
• Responsible for routine database operation (Oracle & PostgreSQL)
• Responsible for regular security patching of various infrastructures to protect against vulnerabilities and threats
• Responsible for disaster recovery design and maintenance, make sure application and data are well managed and transferred align with group and regulatory requirements, take suitable action for DR rehearsal and keep audit trace
• Responsible for operation of cloud platform, including managing and maintaining cloud services, maintaining infrastructure as code (Terraform is preferred), managing Azure DevOps pipelines to enable CI/CD of software applications and infrastructure changes
• Provide comprehensive support for various IT governance requirements, also considering regulatory compliance and auditing requirements
• Provide clear technical documentation and written procedures to ensure other members of the support organization can assist in monitoring, troubleshooting, and changing complex customer environments
• Collaborate with IT teams and business stakeholders to identify requirements and develop solutions to meet their needs, comprehensively consider governance and compliance requirements, security requirements.
• Act as local contact and work with group teams to follow up issue/problem and respond compliance and regulatory request for this area
About You
• Bachelor’s degree in network security, computer science, information technology, or related technical field
• 3 -5 years of experience in infrastructure operation or IaaS operation
• Hands-on administration and troubleshooting experience including but not limiting hardware, OS (Windows & Linux), storage, networking, middleware, etc.
• Experience in on-prem network devices and OS (Windows & Linux) network configurations
• Experience in server resource capacity management and system tuning
• Experience in Oracle/PostgreSQL database administration is preferred
• Experience in cloud operation. Alibaba (Fin) Cloud in insurance industry is preferred
• Experience in leading tech firm or insurance industry is preferred
• Experience in IT Governance is preferred
• Excellent communication skills and be able to use Mandarin & English as working language.
• Be able to speak confidently and work well in an international environment
About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. We anticipate and manage risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is the commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group. We offer innovative insurance solutions to large and midsized multinational corporations from our approximately 50 locations worldwide. We help clients mitigate their risk exposure, whilst our industry-leading claims service provides them with additional peace of mind.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions embraces a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
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