Rothschild & Co
Rothschild & Co is one of the world's largest independent financial advisory groups. We offer a distinct perspective that makes a meaningful difference to our clients’ business and wealth.
With a team of 4,600 talented financial services specialists on the ground in 40 countries across the world, we provide independent advice on M&A, strategy and financing, as well as investment and wealth management solutions to large institutions, families, individuals and governments. As a family-controlled business that has been at the centre of the world’s financial markets for over 200 years, we can rely on an unrivalled network of specialists and are known for our track-record of outstanding execution in financial services.
Rothschild & Co Wealth Management
For over 200 years, Rothschild & Co’s freedom to offer objective advice and our commitment to personal service have combined to shape and grow our private clients’ wealth, building value for generations. Our dynamic growth and ambitious targets in relation to quality, innovation and reliability have created a need for the role.
Overview of Role
Rothschild & Co as an organisation requires a high quality and responsive IT service for busy professionals. The organisation is committed to excellence and discretion in the services provided to its clients and needs similarly high standards in support of its own staff. The current IT services are provided by a private cloud from a Swiss service provider and the group's IT department.
As we are at the beginning of our own cloud journey, we are looking for a versatile and experienced Cloud Generalist to join our team. This role is broad and combines cloud engineering, solution architecture and unified communication technologies. The ideal candidate will help to drive and deliver our Cloud strategy, is responsible for overseeing, steering and supporting our service provider in building and operating our hybrid cloud and M365 services. The successful candidate will possess excellent project management and problem-solving skills with the ability to ensure security, scalability and efficiency in our future cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Service Provider Coordination: Guiding and supporting our service provider in building and operating our cloud and M365 services.
- Project Management: Participating and leading cloud-related projects, ensuring these projects get completed in time and within budget.
- Solution Architecture: Specifying, implementing and improving cloud-based solutions with our service provider, ensuring they are scalable, secure and efficient.
- Cloud Infrastructure Management: Overseeing the design, implementation and maintenance of cloud infrastructure, ensuring it meets organizational needs.
- Unified Communication Technologies: Guiding and supporting our service provider on running MS Teams, Voice recording, Chat and other M365 applications.
- Continuous Improvement: Staying updated with the latest cloud technologies, features and best practices, implementing improvements as needed.
- Security and Compliance: Ensuring cloud environments adhere to security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Collaboration and Communication: Working closely with cross-functional teams, service provider and our Group IT, communicating effectively to ensure alignment and success.
- Cost Monitoring: Tracking and managing cloud expenses, ensuring cost-efficiency and budget adherence.
Education and Qualifications
- Azure certifications beneficial
Experience, Skills and Competencies Required
- 5 + years of hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure and M365
- Ability to solve problems independently, quickly and communicate them clearly to management
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills in German & English
- Proven track record in managing cloud-related projects, including migrations and implementations
- Strong team player with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of trust and confidence amongst peers and superiors
- Ability to align cloud solutions with business objectives
- Commitment to staying updated with the latest cloud technologies and best practices
Benefits
- Rothschild & Co is committed to safeguarding and enhancing the health and wellbeing of all its employees. To support this, Rothschild & Co provides all employees with a range of healthcare services and benefits that aim to support their overall wellbeing
- We are conducive to creating a working environment and culture where people can succeed
- We provide a variety of inhouse trainings, as well as tuition assistance for further education and training courses
- Everyone can choose to incorporate agile working principles into their working week
- We have learned a great deal about the adaptability, commitment and resilience of our people. We believe there are opportunities for all of us to enhance our working lives and outcomes, by applying a more flexible approach to where and when we work and part of your work time can be performed from home
If you are curious to learn more about us and have valuable experiences in a similar role, then please submit your CV and Cover Letter through our recruitment tool.