Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

About the Company

Our client is building a next-generation Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) to accelerate cloud adoption across a large security-sensitive European environment. By developing a modern Internal Development Platform (IDP) they enable engineering teams to deliver secure scalable and reliable cloud solutions faster.

• Location: Remote (European Union)
• Employment Type: Contract
• Level: Mid-Senior Level
• Work Authorization: EU nationality required.

Please note: Security clearance will be required.

About the Role

Were looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to become the technical expert behind our clients Internal Development Platform.

This is not an operations or support role. Youll help shape platform architecture develop reusable infrastructure components advise engineering teams on cloud strategy and drive platform innovation across a modern cloud ecosystem.

Working alongside an experienced platform team youll influence architectural decisions while helping establish engineering standards for security scalability and reliability.

What Youll Do

• Design develop and maintain reusable infrastructure components on the Cycloid Internal Development Platform.
• Build and publish reusable service catalog components for engineering teams.
• Design prototype and validate new cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Ensure platform components meet security availability reliability and operational standards.
• Advise engineering teams on cloud provider selection infrastructure architecture and platform best practices.
• Support provisioning and onboarding of new cloud environments.
• Collaborate with solution architects project managers and technical stakeholders to deliver scalable cloud solutions.
• Participate in Cloud Centre of Excellence initiatives and contribute to platform strategy.
• Produce high-quality operational and technical documentation.

What Were Looking For

• Masters degree (EQF Level 7 or equivalent).
• English proficiency (minimum B2).
• EU nationality and willingness to obtain the required security clearance.
• 10 years of experience designing implementing and administering large-scale AWS or Azure environments.
• At least 1 year of hands-on experience with one or more sovereign cloud providers (Clever Cloud STACKIT Scaleway or S3NS) using Terraform.
• Minimum 6 months of practical experience with Cycloid.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Experience designing reusable cloud platforms and infrastructure components.
• Proven ability to advise engineering teams on cloud architecture and infrastructure decisions.
• Excellent documentation analytical and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or IBM Cloud.
• Experience working in Cloud Centres of Excellence or Platform Engineering teams.
• Background in regulated or security-sensitive environments.
• Familiarity with ITIL or enterprise change management practices.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to help build a modern Cloud Centre of Excellence from the ground up.
• High-impact platform engineering role with significant architectural ownership.
• Fully remote contract within the European Union.
• Collaborative environment focused on cloud innovation platform engineering and modern infrastructure.

If youre passionate about platform engineering cloud architecture and building secure infrastructure that empowers engineering teams at scale wed love to hear from you...