Associate- Azure Infrastructure Quality Engineer

Requisition ID 36035 Office Country Bulgaria Office City Sofia Division Information Technology Contract Type Fixed Term Contract Length 3 years Posting End Date 17/08/2026

Purpose of Job

Engineer reliability at scale. We’re looking for a DevOps Quality Engineer who thrives at the crossroads of infrastructure, cloud, and automation. You’ll test and validate deployments across data centres, branch offices, and Azure environments, making sure every release delivers resilience, uptime, and performance. From IaC verification and smoke testing to scripting automation for regression detection, you’ll be the safeguard ensuring that platforms are as dependable as they are cutting-edge.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Plans and performs testing of infrastructure changes, configuration updates, and cloud deployments across data centres, branch offices, and Azure environments, ensuring functional and non-functional validations.
• Collaborates with DevOps, Infrastructure, and Cloud Platform teams to verify IaC deployments, perform smoke testing post-deployment, and document any issues in platform reliability.
• Writes and maintains basic automation scripts or checklists for network, AV, and platform components, contributing to regression detection and provisioning assurance.
• Investigates environment or deployment defects, escalates issues with supporting diagnostics, and retests fixes with attention to uptime, latency, and failover coverage.
• Engages in sprint reviews and planning sessions, raising risks tied to infrastructure changes, recommending testing scope for AV, cloud services, or network resilience improvements.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications

· Holds or pursues Azure or AWS Architect certificates or equivalent experience

· Familiar with NIST cybersecurity framework (CSF) and EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

· Experience in applying performance testing (JMeter, Locust) for platform services.

· Experience in using monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana) to identify environment bottlenecks.

· Experience in Quality Engineering for technologies such as Zerto, Cisco LAN, WAN and Wifi, SolarWinds, Win and Linux OS, Cisco Unified Computing System, NetApp array, VMware

· Deep platform and infrastructure mastery (multi-cloud, container orchestration, advanced networking) experience.

What is it like to work at the EBRD? / About EBRD

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.

At EBRD, our Values – Inclusiveness, Innovation, Trust, and Responsibility – are at the heart of how we work. We bring these to life through our Workplace Behaviours: listening well and speaking up, collaborating smartly, acting decisively with full commitment, and simplifying to amplify our impact. These principles shape our culture and define our success. We seek individuals who not only share these values but are also committed to embedding them in their daily work, fostering a positive and high-performing environment.

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in.
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity. Our workforce reflects a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, bringing fresh ideas, energy, and innovation and enhancing our ability to serve our clients, shareholders, and counterparties effectively.
• We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements and believe we operate at our best when collaborating 3 days a week in person (minimum).
• An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.
• A workplace that prioritises employee wellbeing and provides a comprehensive suite of competitive benefits.

Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background or disability.

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).