IT Infrastructure Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Title: Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer

About Eurofins

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company providing analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. With a global presence and a commitment to innovation, Eurofins supports customers in ensuring the safety, authenticity, and sustainability of products and services worldwide.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer to join our Core Infrastructure Project Engineering team. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer passionate about building, automating, and deploying reliable enterprise-scale infrastructure across hybrid and multi cloud environments.

As part of a Core Infra team, primarily responsible for the engineering, configuration, installation of; Windows physical and virtual servers, Active Directory, Azure cloud and on-prem environments based on Hyper-V/VMWare, storage, backups, and disaster recovery planning. We rely on our engineers to empower our users with high availability, excellent performance levels and key services. Ideally, we are seeking an experienced project engineer to deliver insights and guidance as we design, build state-of-the-art multi-cloud infrastructures. Of most interest to us is someone who brings ideas and solutions, a lateral thinker, demonstrates a unique and informed viewpoint, and enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop real-world IT service.

What You'll Do

• Deliver enterprise infrastructure projects involving Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, PKI, Storage, Backup, VMware, and Hyper-V technologies.
• Lead migration, transformation, and modernization initiatives across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions aligned with business and architectural requirements.
• Drive automation and Infrastructure-as-Code adoption using PowerShell, Terraform, and Ansible technologies.
• Collaborate with Architects on technical designs, migration plans, implementation procedures, and project documentation.
• Collaborate with global infrastructure, security, and application teams to execute complex cross-functional projects.
• Contribute to cloud adoption, identity modernization, datacenter transformation, and infrastructure standardization programs.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions to improve service delivery, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure successful project execution through planning, testing, deployment, knowledge transfer to platform support team, and stakeholder engagement.

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Experience

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise Microsoft infrastructure administration and engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server environments.
• Proven experience managing Microsoft Active Directory.
• 4+ years of experience supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure services.
• Experience with GCP & AWS Cloud platforms is an added benefit
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as Hyper-V and VMware.
• Experience with enterprise backup, disaster recovery, and infrastructure monitoring solutions.

Technical Skills

We are looking for candidates with experience in several of the following areas:

• Windows Server administration and engineering
• Microsoft Active Directory
• Microsoft Entra ID administration
• Microsoft PKI Services
• Microsoft Azure infrastructure and cloud services
• Virtualization technologies (Hyper-V and VMware)
• Core infrastructure services such as DNS, DHCP, and NPS
• PowerShell scripting and infrastructure automation
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Exposure to configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible
• Linux system administration
• Enterprise monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms
• Backup and disaster recovery solutions
• Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services
• Storage technologies and infrastructure management
• Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex infrastructure issues

Additional Technical Knowledge

Experience or exposure in the following areas is considered a strong advantage:

• Docker and Kubernetes
• CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins
• Bare-metal server administration (iLO, iDRAC, firmware management)
• Security and identity management best practices

Professional Competencies

We are looking for someone who:

• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Has a curious and proactive mindset focused on reliability, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Takes ownership and drives initiatives from concept to implementation.
• Works collaboratively across regional and international teams.
• Maintains high standards of documentation and operational excellence.
• Excellent writing and communication skills (fluent spoken and written English); excellent interpersonal skills and able to interact and work efficiently with people at all levels in an organization (internal employees and customers, contractors, managers, third parties, etc.).
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory requirements (GxP, HIPAA, GDPR, …) is a plus
• Knowledge of laboratory (regulated/controlled environment) operations and processes is a plus
• Apply curiosity and technological intellect to analyze emerging concepts and make necessary recommendations to achieve transformational results in Deployments, Application & Infrastructure Support, and Automation Setup and Implementation.

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified Professional certifications (Azure, Windows Server, Identity, or Security).
• VMware certifications.
• Terraform Associate certification.
• ITIL Foundation certification (Nice to have)