Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

About Swisscom

We are about 850 IT experts and enthusiasts devoted to creating inspiring customer experiences and developing the best quality services, one of the leading IT providers in Switzerland. In addition, we’re building a new DevOps Center in Rotterdam and are looking to grow this to over 200 new hires over the next few years. Our ambition is to become the #1 DevOps Team. We work on innovative and challenging projects that use “state of the art tech” in an Agile environment. As DevOps engineers, we understand the equal importance of relationships, culture, soft skills, and collaborative working in a friendly environment.

Position

Your are a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer with a strong expertise in Kubernetes 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.

Your qualification

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

• 4+ 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

What we offer

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 to an indefinite term

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

Additional details

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.