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This is a hands-on, operationally focused role supporting SaaS services and infrastructure that must remain highly available and performant around the clock.You’ll work closely with Engineering, Security, and Product teams to support day-to-day operations, drive automation, strengthen observability, and reduce cloud waste through disciplined resource management. If you enjoy working across modern cloud platforms with real production responsibility and a bias toward operational excellence, this role is a strong fit.\nThis role includes participation in a 24/7 on-call rota.\nThis is a hybrid role working 3 days a week in our Barcelona office.\nFirst 90 Days\n30 Days: Get to grips with Sage’s cloud estate: the AWS and Azure environments, Kubernetes workloads, observability tooling, and the operational processes that keep production running. Familiarise yourself with runbooks, incident procedures, and the teams you’ll partner with. 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The environment is fast-paced and production-focused - the kind of team that takes reliability seriously, values clear communication, and is always looking for ways to do things better.\nHow Success Will Be Measured\nReliability and availability of the cloud infrastructure and services you support, measured against SLAs\nSpeed and quality of incident response and service restoration\nMeasurable reduction in cloud waste and improvement in cost efficiency across your areas\nQuality and coverage of operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures\nContribution to automation initiatives that reduce manual operational overhead\nPositive collaboration with Engineering, Security, and Product stakeholders\nResponsibilities\nQualifications\nEssential\n3+ years of experience in cloud operations, DevOps, SRE, systems engineering, or platform engineering\nStrong hands-on experience with AWS or Azure, and working familiarity with the other platform\nGood understanding of cloud networking: VPCs/VNets, WAN, VPN tunnels and gateways, load balancers\nKubernetes experience across deployment, operations, troubleshooting, and cluster support\nExperience with compute, storage, and platform services across cloud environments\nInfrastructure as Code experience, preferably with Terraform\nScripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or similar\nExperience with observability and monitoring tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, Zabbix, ADX, or Fabric\nA practical approach to cloud cost efficiency: eliminating waste, right-sizing resources, and promoting cost-aware operations\nLinux administration and troubleshooting experience\nStrong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable in a fast-paced global environment\nNice to Have\nExposure to relational and non-relational databases - Oracle, MySQL or PostgreSQl.\nFamiliarity with Helm and Kubernetes release management\nExposure to relational and non-relational databases\nRelevant cloud certifications: AWS SysOps Administrator, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Azure Administrator Associate, or equivalent\nWant to know more about our Product?: https://hcm.sage.com/\nAt Sage, we offer you an environment where you can grow professionally without compromising your personal well-being. Our benefits package is designed to provide stability, flexibility, and balance:\nMedical and dental insurance: Fully funded medical and dental insurance.\nFlexible benefits: Exchange part of your salary and make tax savings on meal and transport vouchers, childcare, and training.\nWell-being: Free access to the Calm app (for up to 5 users), 24/7 counselling, and emotional support from our Healthy Mind Coaches. We also offer self-care and parenting resources through the Cleo app.\nFlexible working: flexibility of working one hour in, one hour out, shortened workdays on Fridays and during the summer, and the opportunity to work from over 40 countries for up to 10 weeks per year through our Work Away program.\nAnnual leave: 23 working days of vacation, 5 paid days per year for volunteering.\nExtended leave: 7 extra days of maternity leave and 5 extra days of paternity leave, on top of the legal allowance, available after one year of service.\nFinancial support: Life and disability insurance, salary advances of up to 3.5 times your net monthly pay, a €300 net marriage bonus, and access to Sage's employee stock purchase plan at a discounted rate.\nLearning and development: Free premium subscription to external learning platforms\nHealth and Safety Responsibilities\nFostering the safety culture, by leading with your own example.\nFollowing established safety procedures and reporting potential hazards promptly helps maintain a secure and efficient workplace.\nParticipating in safety training sessions and adhering to preventive guidelines and procedures, the objective is minimizing risks and protecting yourself and the rest of your colleagues.\nThis role is not open to visa sponsorship. 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