Platform Engineer

Brayton Global; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy in Amsterdam is looking for a Platform Engineer to design and implement technical architecture, automating infrastructure management and maintaining Internal Developer Platforms. Candidates must have experience writing Infrastructure-as-Code, be fluent in Dutch, and be screened by AIVD. This role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Screened by AIVD (Dutch homeland security) is mandatory.
• Must reside in The Netherlands.
• Fluency in Dutch is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the Portfolio Owner in designing technical architecture.
• Automate infrastructure management.
• Maintain Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).

Skills

Fluent Dutch

Independent decision-making

Good communication

Analytical thinking

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure Pipelines

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

• 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.
• 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.

Common customer related restrictions:

• Must be screened by AIVD (Dutch homeland security)
• Must live in The Netherlands
• Must speak/write/read Fluent Dutch

The soft skills must haves:

• 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.

Hard skills must haves:

• Experience writing Infrastructure-as-Code for public cloud (preferably Terraform, preferably multi-cloud experience)
• Mastery of at least one programming language (e.g. Go, Python)
• 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)
• Knowledge of Kubernetes / Red Hat OpenShift
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP

Nice to have skills:

• Knowledge and experience with GitOps
• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms
• Experience with OpenTelemetry
• Experience with managing private cloud platforms