Principal Platform Engineer

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If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software & information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most.

You’ll be supported by collaborative colleagues who share a purpose. We are 21,000 people unique in our dreams, life stories, abilities, and passions who come together every day with one ambition: to make a difference.​ We do our best work together, connecting to create new innovations with impact.

Join us as a Lead Product Software Engineer, where you will independently execute specialized software development tasks. Your role will involve advanced coding, system design, and optimizing software solutions that enhance our products' performance and usability. Your expertise will ensure quality outcomes and drive technological innovations.
Responsibilities:

• Work with a team comprised of Platform, DevOps and QA engineers.  

• Act as the technical lead for a team comprised of Platform, DevOps and QA Engineers. 

• Build, maintain, enable self-service capabilities / deploy the application software with automation on various cloud & orchestrator (Docker / Kubernetes) environments. 

• Drive & lead the overall CI / CD strategy and implementation.

• Oversight of E2E deployment strategy, implementation and delivery

• Collaborate with various development and management teams to align project deliverables, releases etc. 

• Coordinate and advise on the cloud governance strategy.

Requirements:

• Education: Degree in Computer Science 

• Preferably 5+ years of relevant experience in the DevOps / Platforms area, in a complex organizational set-up with multiple stakeholders  

• Experience with Information Technology solution certification requirements: Soc2, ISO 27001

• Successful adaption of legacy products to work in Azure Cloud and GIT with full migration. 

• Working Knowledge with languages like Java, Python and databases Azure SQL, MySQL and Oracle. 

• Infrastructure planning, provisioning, orchestration in Azure Cloud and On-Premises

• Proficiency in scripting such as PowerShell / Bash

• Hands on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Maven  

• Practical knowledge of configuring CI/CD workflows based on Azure DevOps and GitHub

• Hands-on experience in CM for Windows / Linux machines (Ansible, SCCM) 

• Strong Infrastructure load testing with different data loads & complex configurations management, troubleshooting, debugging / issue-solving skills. 

• Good configuration management experience

• Responsible, methodical, and organised  

• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment – out-of-the-box solution oriented.  

• Fluent in English (B2+ level or higher)