Role description
The Senior Platform Engineer identifies and delivers effective solutions to problems arising with reusable infrastructure and applications, ranging from simple error clearing to complex issues requiring root cause analysis through diagnostics data collection. Working with other software teams to detect, solve, and implement changes to improve performance and functionality.
Responsibilities:

• Actively support the Portfolio Owner for Platform Engineering in designing and implementing the technical architecture of a platform, ensuring it meets organizational needs while adhering to best practices in scalability, reliability, and security The Process Manager is responsible for the execution and improvement of one or more processes in adherence with the local requirements.
• Automating infrastructure management and providing developers with self-service tools and workflows from a centrally managed technology platform to reduce cognitive load and streamline software delivery
• Build and maintain Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) that supports seamless software delivery systems, collaborating with developers and senior management to ensure the infrastructure is reliable and scalable

• Must be screened by AIVD (Dutch homeland security) 
• Must live in The Netherlands 

• Must speak/write/read Fluent Dutch 

• Ability to work independently and take decisions where necessary.
• Good communication skills towards team and customer. 
• High level of analytical thinking is a must for problem solving in our complex environment. 

• Can create, read, and adjust documentation. 
• Takes a leading and visible role in the development and improvement of mentioned processes.

• Experience writing Infrastructure-as-Code for public cloud (preferably Terraform, preferably multi-cloud experience)
• Experience setting up pipelines as code (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure Pipelines)
• Experience working closely with application teams and using development tools (e.g. Gradle, dotnet , npm)
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with AWS, Azure and GCP

• Knowledge of Red Hat OpenShift
• Knowledge of Large Dell/Vmware private cloud with HA and DR environments 
• Knowledge and Experience in programming language (e.g. Go, Python) is a plus
• Knowledge and experience with GitOps
• Knowledge of Scrum/Agile

• Platform Engineering certification