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Based in Warsaw, you will take ownership of incident prevention, crisis recovery, and continuous operational modernization across Azure, AWS, GCP, and on-premises systems.\nCollaborating closely with our Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), technical platform owners, and strategic managed service partners, you will champion a proactive, automation-first culture that ensures our global operations run smoothly 24/7/365.\nWhat You’ll Do (Your Impact)\n1. 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