Infra & Platform Manager: Build Self-Service Dev Platform

Budget Thuis; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 78,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th month salary

Hybrid working 50/50

Remote work 1 month/year

Pension 16%

ClassPass credits

NS Business Card / Swapfiets

Mobile and internet provided

OpenUp for mental health

Holiday entitlement 25 days (+ 1.5)

Volunteering day

Job summary

Budget Thuis is seeking an Infrastructure & Platform Engineering Manager to lead two teams in a hybrid, cost-conscious environment. You will build self-service capabilities on top of Kubernetes and shape a smarter hybrid platform that helps development teams move faster.

You will report to the CTO and work in the IT management team, balancing on-prem workloads with Azure and AWS, while driving cost-to-serve improvements and strategic platform decisions across the group.

Qualifications

• Proven track record modernizing infrastructure and shifting from process-driven to product-driven work.
• Experience with hybrid cloud environments (Azure knowledge is a plus, AWS counts).
• Management experience leading multiple technical teams.
• Strong knowledge managing teams that run hardware and datacenters.
• Cost-to-serve mindset focused on cost per unit rather than utilization or tickets.
• Experience building self-service and developer platform capabilities on Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Lead two teams: Platform Engineering and Infrastructure, with direct reports.
• Move from ticket-driven service to self-service and product thinking.
• Build developer platform capabilities on top of Kubernetes for self-help by dev teams.
• Manage a hybrid setup: mostly on-prem with Azure and some AWS.
• Monitor cost-to-serve and steer decisions by cost per unit.
• Decide on how the group-wide services evolve for Budget Thuis.
• Join IT management and report to the CTO.

Skills

Hybrid cloud

Azure knowledge

AWS experience

Team management

Cost optimization

Kubernetes expertise

Job description

Budget Thuis is seeking an Infrastructure & Platform Engineering Manager to lead two teams in a hybrid, cost-conscious environment. You will build self-service capabilities on top of Kubernetes and shape a smarter hybrid platform that helps development teams move faster.

You will report to the CTO and work in the IT management team, balancing on-prem workloads with Azure and AWS, while driving cost-to-serve improvements and strategic platform decisions across the group.