Platform Engineer
Lead Engineer - Azure | Cloud Solutions
Budapest
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- Are you passionate about leading a high-performing cloud engineering team while staying hands-on with modern Azure technologies?
- Do you enjoy shaping scalable cloud platforms and improving automation, governance, and delivery pipelines?
- Are you motivated to coach others and drive continuous improvement in a collaborative, cross-functional environment?
As
Lead Engineer
, you own the technical leadership of a team responsible for maintaining and evolving the customer's Terraform modules and DevOps pipelines. Azure is the primary cloud platform, but AWS and GCP hyperscalers are also available. You will organize the team's daily work, facilitate agile/kanban ways of working, and act as the main point of contact between your team and other teams being responsible for the cloud platform.
Practical Information:
Location:
Budapest, Hungary
| Reports to:
Head of Cloud Engineering
| Work Arrangement:
**Hybrid
(3 days/week in office)**
| Language Requirements
: fluent/professional level of Hungarian and English
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate the daily work of the Cloud Engineering team, ensuring clear priorities and effective collaboration
- Drive the development and lifecycle of infrastructure automation, including Terraform modules and Python-based platform tooling
- Own and continuously enhance CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and scalable infrastructure delivery
- Act as a trusted subject matter expert for Azure architecture, networking, and governance frameworks
- Collaborate with security, operations, and cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, stable, and scalable cloud solutions
- Support team development through coaching, regular feedback, and knowledge sharing, while ensuring strong documentation and standards
Job Requirements
- Strong leadership or coordination experience within a cloud engineering or DevOps environment
- Deep hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure, including networking, RBAC/PIM, policies, and PaaS services
- Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar)
- Understanding of cloud architecture best practices, such as the Azure Well-Architected Framework
- Experience working in agile/Kanban environments and facilitating team collaboration
- Excellent communication skills and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
What we offer:
- Global Company Culture: We defined our 6 core values through our company culture (https://www.softwareone.com/en/our\-story/our\-values)
- Structured Onboarding: A mentor who supports your successful start and is at your side with advice and action
- Hybrid Working Model:
We work in a 3-day office / 2-day remote setup to support collaboration and team connection, while still offering flexibility.
- Home Office Allowance:
Monthly financial support for your remote working days.
- Cafeteria Package (
including SZÉP card)
- Commuting Support:
If you live outside Budapest, we cover commuting costs to the office and client locations.
- Health & Wellbeing:
Private Medicover health insurance and additional health fund contribution.
- Work-Life Harmony:
Extra day off for your birthday and additional company-specific days off.
- Hire to Grow:
Access to training opportunities and support for industry-recognized certifications.
- The Human in the Loop:
Regular team events and opportunities to connect and collaborate beyond daily work.
Company description
SoftwareOne is a global provider of software and cloud solutions. With a presence in over 70 countries and more than 12,000 professionals, we help organizations optimize software investments, modernize applications, and unlock the value of cloud, data, and AI.
Our people are at the core of everything we do. We enable collaboration across borders, continuous learning, and opportunities to grow in a fast-evolving technology landscape. Whether your focus is on technology, customer success, or business operations, your ideas matter, and your contributions make a difference.
Join a global team where you can build your skills, work with leading technologies, and make a real impact for our customers.
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