Manager, Cloud and Connectivity (Azure)

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Salary: €83,702–€115,088 per year, depending on experience and location.

Company

hirify.global is a Japan-originated global life sciences company focused on ophthalmology, eye health treatments, and digital solutions across more than 60 countries.

What you will do

• Own and continuously improve Azure cloud and connectivity platforms in line with the Azure roadmap, Microsoft Well-Architected Framework, and technology strategy.
• Maintain Azure landing zones, subscription structures, management groups, policies, governance frameworks, and global cloud engineering standards.
• Manage and evolve global server and network estates, including lifecycle management, patching, decommissioning, cloud migration, and hybrid infrastructure.
• Guide cloud and connectivity partners, review engineering outputs and change requests, and ensure implementations meet global IT standards.
• Lead infrastructure and technology projects from opportunity assessment and business cases through implementation and transition to operations.
• Drive optimisation, modernisation, automation, security, documentation, ITIL practices, change management, KPIs, SLAs, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in information systems infrastructure and cloud networking.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure, SD-WAN, Cisco, Azure landing zones, Azure Policy, networking, IaaS/PaaS governance, and cost management.
• Experience managing outsourced Azure and networking environments, global server estates, cloud migrations, and hybrid on-premises/cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, Bicep, or equivalent, and CI/CD for infrastructure automation.
• Enterprise networking expertise covering SD-WAN, BGP, WAN architecture, firewall policies, and network segmentation.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills; a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience is required.

Nice to have

• Azure or Cisco certifications.
• Experience delivering international and global infrastructure projects as a subject matter expert.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a global ophthalmology-focused life sciences organisation with a heritage of more than 130 years.
• Inclusive physical and virtual workplace with flexible ways of working.
• Market-aligned salary depending on experience and location.
• Commitment to social innovation, patient outcomes, education, and treatment for people with visual impairments.