Senior Platform Engineer

Vacancy:        Senior Platform Engineer (Contract)
Location:        Netherlands
Duration:         8 Months
Pay:                 Competitive DOE

Our client is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join their team 

Responsibilities for the Senior Platform Engineer role include:

• Identify and deliver effective solutions to problems arising with reusable infrastructure and applications, ranging from simple error clearing to complex issues requiring root cause analysis through diagnostics data collection. 
• Working with other software teams to detect, solve, and implement changes to improve performance and functionality.
• Actively support the Portfolio Owner for Platform Engineering in designing and implementing the technical architecture of a platform ensuring it meets organisational 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

Candidates for the Senior Platform Engineer role will need:

• Must be screened by AIVD (Dutch homeland security)
• Must live in the Netherlands 
• Must speak/write/read Fluent Dutch 
• Experience writing Infrastructure-as-Code for public cloud (preferably Terraform, preferably multi-cloud experience)
• 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)
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with AWS, Azure and GCP
• Ability to work independently and take decisions where necessary.
• Good communication skills towards team and customer. 
• Can create, read, and adjust documentation. 

Nice to have skills for the Senior Platform Engineer role include:

• Knowledge of Red Hat OpenShift
• Knowledge of Large Dell/Vmware private cloud with HA and DR environments 
• Knowledge and Experience in programming language (e.g. Go, Python) is a plus
• Knowledge and experience with GitOps
• Knowledge of Scrum/Agile