Specialist, IT Cloud Services, Global

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Create Alert For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. Every day, we live by our philosophy, True to Life, by advancing medical technologies and elevating the standard of patient care so people everywhere can fulfill their desires, dreams, and lives. Our five Core Values empower us to achieve Our Purpose: Patient Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Impact and Empathy. Reportingto the Global Director for Cloud & Data Centre Services,you will behelping keep Olympus cloud and on-premises datacentreservices secure, reliable,cost-effective, and aligned to our global strategy, architecture,securityand governance standards. Day to day you will design, implement,maintainandoptimisecompute, storage,networkingand platform services, acting as subject-matter expert across our hybrid cloud environment. That spans migrations, automation, capacity planning,performanceand costoptimisation, alongside incident, problem,changeand request management. You will work closely with service owners, service managers, provider managers, regional delivery leads,as well asother IT functions and external partners. “The job is conducted in line with our Core Values which are: agility, empathy, long-term view, unity and integrity. Olympus is an equal opportunities employer championing a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion embedded throughout the organization and workforce.” Job Duties Run the hybrid environment
- Support the delivery, configuration and ongoing operation of a hybrid environment that integrates on-premises data centre infrastructure with public cloud services such as Azure and AWS, in line with global architecture, security and governance standards
- Manage compute, storage, networking, security groups and resource configurations across cloud and on-premises platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, SAN/NAS), including hybrid connectivity (VPN, ExpressRoute, SD-WAN), hybrid identity and hybrid management tooling (Azure Arc, VMware Cloud, monitoring platforms)
- Monitor health, performance and utilisation across compute, storage, backup and network systems, coordinate upgrades, patching, firmware updates and lifecycle refresh, and implement and monitor approved changes in line with security and compliance requirements Modernise and improve
- Contribute to infrastructure modernisation initiatives, including cloud migrations, data centre consolidation, platform refresh cycles and hybrid cloud implementations, in support of the global roadmap
- Partner with architects and engineering teams to validate solution designs, then support testing, pilot deployments and transition into stable operation
- Take part in automation and orchestration initiatives that reduce manual effort and improve consistency across hybrid environments Security, governance and cost
- Apply global governance frameworks, security baselines and configuration standards consistently across cloud and on-premises platforms
- Support security assessments, vulnerability remediation, patch compliance tracking and infrastructure hardening, working with Security GRC on identity, access controls, logging and audit readiness
- Understand cloud cost drivers and carry out cost analysis and optimisation Work across regions and partners
- Collaborate with regional IT teams, application owners and service managers to understand requirements and deliver services that meet business needs while staying aligned to global standards, and coordinate global managed service providers, cloud vendors and data centre partners to resolve complex issues
- Explain technical topics clearly to stakeholders with varying levels of technical knowledge, and provide insight into performance, risks and opportunities to support planning and decision-making Job Requirements Must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.)
- Experience in working with cloud technologies and on-premise data center environments, including delivery, operations and contributing to cloud and data centre roadmaps.
- Demonstrated experience supporting on premise data center services, including server hardware, virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware vSphere, Hyper V), storage (SAN/NAS), networking components, backup systems, and monitoring tools.
- Strong understanding of hybrid infrastructure, including how cloud and on prem systems integrate (networking, identity, monitoring, backup, and security).
- Experience in cloud and data center migration projects, hardware lifecycle activities, platform refreshes, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
- Experience working with global or outsourced service providers, including coordinatingdeliveryand holding vendors to agreed service levels.
- Experience delivering complex global infrastructure projects in a multinational en