Cloud Platform Engineer — Hands-On, On‑Site Data Center

IST Deutschland GmbH; Roskilde; Hybrid; DKK 860,000 - 940,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office-first policy

International team

Travel to Växjö

Job summary

IST, a cloud platform provider powering educational solutions across Europe, seeks a Cloud Engineer. You will design, build and run the IST Cloud Platform end-to-end, spanning from physical hardware to self-service tooling, while collaborating with developers and stakeholders.

A portion of time is onsite in our Roskilde data center with travel to Växjö. Facing hardware, network and software layers, you’ll own capacity expansions, reliability and security, ensuring robust backup plans and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, network engineering or related field.
• Solid experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure automation and DevOps practices.
• Hands-on experience with server, storage and network hardware.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate the IST Cloud Platform across the full stack—from physical hardware to self‑service tooling.
• Automate VMs, containers, storage and networking using Ansible, Terraform, Puppet and PowerShell DSC.
• Plan and carry out capacity expansions: sizing, procurement, racking, cabling and production deployment.
• Diagnose and resolve on-site hardware issues including switches, disks, BIOS and drivers across the fleet.
• Support reliable, scalable developer platforms, CI/CD pipelines, orchestration and self‑service tools.
• Coordinate with hardware vendors (Dell, Cisco) for spare parts, RMAs and escalations.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Infrastructure automation

DevOps practices

English communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in computer science or network engineering

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

PowerShell DSC

KVM

VMware

Job description

IST, a cloud platform provider powering educational solutions across Europe, seeks a Cloud Engineer. You will design, build and run the IST Cloud Platform end-to-end, spanning from physical hardware to self-service tooling, while collaborating with developers and stakeholders.

A portion of time is onsite in our Roskilde data center with travel to Växjö. Facing hardware, network and software layers, you’ll own capacity expansions, reliability and security, ensuring robust backup plans and