Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Your are a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer with a strong expertise in Cloud technologies and a passion for coding, fascinated by cloud computing and paving the way for others at scale. With this mindset, you are an ideal fit for us!

Your responsibilities

You work in an internal and geographically distributed team with cultural diversity and interact with other DevOps engineers and product owners. You play a vital role in our agile DevOps team. With your passion for Kubernetes, you take Swisscom's internal cloud platform to the next level by onboarding of new AWS services for the internal developer community. In an agile environment, you are responsible for the implementation of platform-level capabilities of iAWS - Swisscom's well-architected AWS Landing Zone. Your focus lies on EKS which means that you are responsible for making EKS an out-of-the-box, one-click deployment experience for the Swisscom internal users of AWS. You will need to drive the EKS topics within the team and stakeholders. It requires you to dive deep into the possibilities of automation frameworks like Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation and AWS Service Catalog to augment the EKS product with surrounding base services like Route53 and ELB.

As a Senior Cloud Platform engineer, you embrace Infrastructure as Code and write complex test cases, preferably with robot framework, to make sure that our delivery meet our high customer expectations. With your proven expertise in the field of Kubernetes and EKS in particular, you complement the team optimally.

This team belongs to the Internal Cloud Platform, which is the Shared Service organization in Swisscom. Thanks to you, we can offer AWS as a fully-integrated, secure and compliant self-service platform to all Swisscom internal DevOps teams.

Degree (Bachelor degree or above) in computer science or IT diploma (FCC) or relevant experience

2+ years of experience with Kubernetes as well as familiarity of market trends within the sphere

Python experience is mandatory

EKS / Kubernetes experience is mandatory

AWS Services including : IAM | Route53 | EFS | CloudWatch | ELB

Experience with platform testing, unit testing, regression testing, etc.

Experience on best practices with code deployment

CDK / CloudFormation is a plus

Service Catalog is a plus

4+ years of experience with AWS holding one or more of these specific certifications :

AWS Certified Developer - Associate is a plus

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate is a plus

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) is a plus

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) is a plus

Team-oriented, very adaptable, a flair for continuous improvement

Proficient in English

Experience working in an Agile environment is a plus

Excellent problem-solving skills to develop quick and sound solutions that resolve complex issues

You have a keen interest in discovering AI services like Bedrock

Want to know more about us?

We are serving the Swiss market as Switzerland’s leading IT & Telecom company. Thus, we are actively driving digitalization and networking, and tapping new paths for our customers and our employees. Our values are trustworthy, committed and curious.

Since 2019, we have been building up the coolest DevOps Center with a wonderful office at the World Trade Center in the heart of Rotterdam. We are currently recruiting IT passionate professionals who are keen on developing high-quality software, have an agile mindset and appreciate the collaboration with motivated colleagues from all over the world.

What's in it for you?

Work environment

Agile way of working, multi-cultural work environment promoting work-life balance

Autonomy, flexibility, opportunity and growth

Cool office space in the World Trade Center Rotterdam!

Are you coming to the office by bike or car? You can park right here at the office

Be a part of our events to build a stronger Swisscom community - for example, culture lunches, fun quizzes, game nights and a lot  more!

Allowances

Full relocation support (Housing, settling in, etc.) for you and your family

200 euros per month Telephone / internet allowance

275 euros per month contribution to health insurance

5 Paid training days and access to Swisscom learning platforms

Travel allowance reimbursement

500 euros home office allowance

Gym subscription, Tax advice, and language course

Leaves policy

Work from abroad possibility for one month per year

Care, bereavement, maternity and paternity leaves

25 days paid vacation days plus Dutch national holidays

Contract terms

To begin with you will receive a fixed term contract (one year), after 6 months of your employment with us, after a feedback meeting with the team, there is a possibility of extending the contract

The salary ranges mentioned in our Job Descriptions are base annual gross salaries including the 8% holiday allowance