Senior Cloud Computing Engineer

Leonardo; Darmstadt; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Leonardo in Darmstadt is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on premises, with focus on security, availability, and cost optimization.

You will automate provisioning with Terraform/CloudFormation, implement CI/CD, support ESOC and EUMETSAT projects, and collaborate with Dev teams on containers and monitoring. A strong Linux/Networking background and excellent English communication are required, with hybrid work in Germany.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) and/or private cloud solutions (OpenStack).
• Proficiency with automation and IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Puppet, Ansible.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline.
• Very good knowledge of containerization techniques and orchestration (Podman, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Good knowledge of cloud monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Strong understanding of systems, networking concepts, security best practices, engineering and administration.
• Proficiency in Linux distributions (RedHat, Ubuntu).
• Excellent communication, presentation, and proactivity.
• Problem-solving and ability to work autonomously or in a team.
• Proficiency in English.

Aufgaben

• Design, deploy, manage and monitor cloud solutions based on public and private cloud platforms for ESA, EUMETSAT, and customers.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using IaC tools.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes.
• Support development teams in setting up development pipelines per DevSecOps practices.
• Collaborate with developers to deploy and scale applications using containers.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues and optimize cloud environment for cost, scalability and availability.
• Ensure cloud solutions comply with security policies and frameworks.
• Assist in drafting technical proposals in response to ITTs in cloud computing.

Kenntnisse

Cloud Engineer experience

Public Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

OpenStack

IaC tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Puppet

Ansible

CI/CD tools

GitLab CI

Jenkins

CodePipeline

Containers

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Linux systems

Networking security

English proficiency

Ausbildung

University degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Puppet

Ansible

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description:

We\'re looking for a skilled and passionate Cloud Engineer to join our team! In this role, you\'ll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure running at our premises, ensuring our systems are scalable, secure, and highly available. Additionally, depending on project needs, you will also be tasked to support our local IT teams at our customers premises, mainly ESOC and EUMETSAT, providing engineering services in the domain of cloud computing.

If you have a strong background in cloud technologies and a desire to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, manage and monitor cloud solutions based on public and private cloud platforms, for Telespazio, and its customers (ESA, EUMETSAT).


• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.


• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes.


• Support application teams in setting up development pipelines according to modern Dev (Sec)Ops practices.


• Collaborate with the development teams to support applications deployment and scaling, using modern concepts and approach (e.g. containers).


• Monitor system performance, troubleshooting issues and optimizing the cloud environment for cost, scalability, availability and efficiency.


• Ensure that the cloud solutions are compliant with policies and security rules and frameworks.


• Support the definition of technical proposals in response to ITTs in the cloud computing domain.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• University degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science or other relevant discipline

Essentially

• Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role.


• Hands-on experience with public cloud services (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and/or private cloud solutions (e.g., OpenStack)


• Proficiency with automation and IaC tools, like TerraForm, CloudFormation, Puppet, Ansible.


• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline.


• Very good knowledge of containerization techniques, orchestration and tools (e.g., PodMan, Docker, k8s)


• Very good knowledge of cloud and mainstream monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)


• Strong understanding of systems and networking concepts, security best practices, system engineering and administration.


• Very good knowledge of Linux and modern mainstream distributions (e.g. RedHat, Ubuntu).


• Excellent communication, presentation, and proactivity.


• Consolidated problem-solving skills.


• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.


• Proficiency in English

Desirable Skills

• Having worked within the European space industry environment.


• Strong technical writing skills, especially in writing technical documentation.


• Very good knowledge of mainstream COTS for HW, tools and SW in the domain of cloud computing and Dev(Sec)Ops.


• Knowledge of FinOps principles, tools and techniques.


• Experience in participating to the definition of technical proposals in response to ITTs.


• Knowledge of relevant standards (ECSS).

Seniority:

Senior

Primary Location:

DE - Darmstadt - ESOC

Contract Type:

Hybrid Working:Hybrid