Job Description

Senior ComputeEngineer

Job Family: Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering

Job Profile:

Level: P3

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS.

At Columbia,we’reas passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide,we’reproud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder, Gert Boyle: “It’sperfect. Now make it better.” As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Columbia Sportswear is powered by technology that connects four global brands, a worldwide supply chain, and 500+ retail stores. Our Columbia Digital Technology (CDT) organization is expanding its Global Capability Center (GCC) in India to help drive our next phase of cloud transformation.

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer withstrong AzureexpertiseGeneral familiarity with AWS is a plus but notrequiredExperience withAliCloudremainsan added advantage.

Because this role partners with global teams across North America, Europe, and Asia,excellent English communication (spoken and written)and experience working withinternational, distributed teamsare essential.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Deliver engineering solutions across our Azure‑first cloud ecosystem

• Design, build, andmaintaincloud infrastructure using Terraform at a highly proficient level, ensuring scalable, secure, and repeatable deployments

• Conduct audits, assessments, and develop technical documentation

• Support global teams byassistingwith operational escalations

• Collaborate closely with cross‑regional partners to execute shared technical roadmaps

• Partner with Finance, Platform, and Engineering teams to support FinOps practices, including cloud cost visibility, usage optimization, and spend governance

• Contribute to cloud spend reporting, cost allocation, andshowbackmodels using Azure native tools andCloudability

This position plays a key role in building a stable, scalable, and secure future for Columbia’s cloud portfolio.

YOU ARE

• A strong Azure engineer passionate about secure, scalable, and innovative cloud solutions

• A collaborator who enjoys working with global teammates across cultures and time zones

• A clear and confident communicator—in both spoken and written English—able to work with technical and nontechnical audiences

• Someone who values documentation, standards, and process-driven engineering

• Familiar with IT Service Management (ITSM / ITIL), operations maturity, and enabling service teams

• A proactive,self-directedengineer who thrives in a dynamic, global environment

• An analytical thinker who emphasizes structure, quality, and repeatability

YOU HAVE

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on cloud engineering experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related STEM field—or equivalent experience

• Significant hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure(primary requirement)

• General knowledge of AWS(nice to have, notrequired)

• Experience working with global or distributed teams (GCC/multinational experience is a plus)

• Experience with Agile/Scrum, Jira, Confluence

• Strong Terraform experience, particularly forIaCand deployment pipelines

• Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, automation tools such as Ansible and PowerShell

• Experience with ITSM/ITIL; exposure to Jira Service Manager is a plus

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.