Senior Platform Engineer

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Oslo; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global network of experts

Great Place to Work certification

Flexible working solutions

Work-life balance

Job summary

Statkraft is seeking a seasoned Platform/Applications Engineer to join IT Infrastructure Operations. You will operate and modernize platforms, ensuring secure, reliable services across Azure, Kubernetes, HPC, on-premise, and hybrid environments.

You will drive automation, collaborate with software developers, security specialists, and business stakeholders, and uphold operational excellence in a cross-functional setting.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in platform or application engineering and operations.
• Significant Azure Cloud competency.
• Understanding of operating models and operational excellence.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent work experience.
• Cloud certifications are an advantage.
• Scripting and automation skills are an advantage.
• Experience in energy or financial industries is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and improve platforms and infrastructure for business-critical applications.
• Work across Azure, Kubernetes, HPC, on-premise, and hybrid environments.
• Ensure availability, performance, scalability, and security of services.
• Drive automation and modernization using IaC, AI, and best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure operational excellence.

Skills

Platform engineering

Azure Cloud

Operational excellence

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

HPC

Job description

Statkraft has been making clean energy possible for over a century. That's what we offer: 125 years of unrivalled expertise in supplying the world with what it needs most. Because in the fight against climate change, we don't see renewable energy as part of the solution, we believe it must be the solution.

With us, you'll shape a career that is truly forward-facing, with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match. But there's more work to be done. That's why we need you to join us.

Job Description

You will join Statkraft's Application & Platform team in IT Infrastructure Operations, where we are responsible for the operation, modernization, and continuous improvement of critical business applications and their underlying platforms. Working alongside highly experienced infrastructure engineers, software developers, and system managers, you will play a key role in ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable application and platform operations. We strive for operational excellence by fostering a culture of collaboration, trust, and continuous learning. The position reports to the Manager of Application & Platform in Infrastructure Operations.

In your role, you will

• Operate, maintain, and continuously improve the platforms and infrastructure supporting the company’s business-critical applications.
• Work across a diverse technology landscape (depending on your expertise), including Azure, Kubernetes, High Performance Computing (HPC), on-premise, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and security of application and platform services.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation, and modernization initiatives, leveraging Infrastructure-as-Code, AI, and engineering best practices.
• Work in cross-functional teams and collaborate with software developers, infrastructure engineers, security specialists, and business stakeholders to ensure operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience with Platform or Application engineering and operations.
• Significant Azure Cloud competency.
• Significant understanding of operating models and operational excellence.
• Bachelor’s or master's degree within relevant fields, or relevant work experience.
• Certifications related to cloud technologies are an advantage.
• Scripting and automation skills are an advantage.
• Experience in the Energy or Financial industries is an advantage.

Additional Information

At Statkraft, you’ll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match. This includes (non-exclusive):

• The chance to grow your career alongside a truly global network of experts, leaders, specialists and graduates from different countries and backgrounds
• The opportunity to work somewhere with pride, and to be able to honestly say “My work is contributing to saving the planet”
• A work culture that puts emphasis on the individual, offering flexible working solutions, and work life balance principles
• A focus on fun outside of work, supported by various activity groups such as soccer, yoga, sailing, climbing, boxing, cabin rentals, and much more
• Being part of a company proudly certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’

Our vision is to renew the way the world is powered. To navigate the complex journey ahead, we need every voice at the table. We therefore work actively to be a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome all applicants regardless of background, gender, age, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnicity, nationality or disability.

Statkraft offers competitive terms of employment and benefits schemes, and we’re a trusted employer that puts the safety of our people first. We believe that a safe and healthy working environment is a matter of choice, not chance.

Statkraft manages critical infrastructure and services in several countries.We conduct background checks on qualified applicants before hire.The applicant must be eligible for security clearance andauthorisation.

Application Deadline: 8th of November