Cloud Platform Engineer - AWS d/f/m

Cloud Platform Engineer – AWS d/f/m

• Location(s):
• Essen, NW, DE, 45141
• Swindon, Wiltshire, GB, SN5 6PB

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
To start as soon as possible, full time / part time, permanent

Functional area: IT / Digital
Remuneration: tariff/non-tariff

Department Insights

Join our Platform team and help to provide a reliable, stable and scalable AWS Cloud platform that enhances the delivery performance of the RWEST developer teams! Working closely with security and networking teams, we ensure that the platform is up to date with state-of-the-art networking and security guardrails. Working with a DevOps mindset in an agile environment, we also develop and maintain reusable infrastructure components that are highly optimized for resource usage and costs.

Your responsibilities

• Contributing to the Cloud team standards, identifying and implementing improvements to processes, tools, and standards
• Creating and testing IaC (Infrastructure as Code) using CloudFormation (CFN) and delivering products to a deadline
• Collaborating with product teams including Applications, Operations, Security, Networking, etc. to define and deliver the required AWS capability for a given project/initiative
• Contributing to improving team culture by promoting transparency, openness, knowledge sharing, and actively helping other team members
• Being a genuine team player, able to share knowledge/experience and learn from others
• Collaborating with team members to troubleshoot day-to-day issues
• Maintaining our cloud environments in line with company policy
• Understanding when to use different deployment approaches (blue-green, canary, etc.)
• Understanding what is needed for a reliable CI/CD pipeline infrastructure
• Designing and implementing products that are dynamically scalable and reliable, with disaster recovery considered
• Writing clear, consistent, and concise code while considering coding standards and observability requirements
• Clearly communicating technical hurdles within the team and translating complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Supporting and driving FinOps practices to optimize cloud costs and ensure efficient resource utilization

Your powerful skills

• Considerable knowledge of a major coding language (Python preferred)
• Strong understanding of basic coding principles (Recursion, Modularity, Readability, Error Handling, etc.)
• Considerable experience working in a Cloud service (AWS Preferred)
• Experience using IaC software tools (CFN, Terraform (TF))
• Experience working with serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, etc.
• Experience with Git, managing code check-ins, code reviews, and maintaining a standardized repository structure
• Understanding of how to create and manage cloud-native CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working in DevOps with an Agile mindset
• Experience with monitoring tools, specifically through CloudWatch
• Experience in Infrastructure and Platform as a Service environments
• DevOps practices like Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
• Understanding of cloud networking and security best practices

Advantageous, but not a must

• Cloud migration and project experience preferred
• Academic degree in mathematics, computer science, natural science, or comparable degree
• Skills in Cloud security, Cloud network topics, expertise in monitoring & logging frameworks
• Experience working with AWS Service Catalog Puppet
• Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner & Solution Architect Associate
• We are expanding our FinOps operations within the team; the following skills are desirable:
  • Understanding of Financial or data analytics and cloud cost optimization
  • Experience with AWS Glue, Athena, QuickSight & Excel preferred
• German – spoken and written

Benefits you can rely on

• Modern RWE Supply & Trading GmbH company culture with flat hierarchies and a very good team spirit
• Enjoy working in a diverse team
• Innovative environment in a dynamic growing Energy market
• Work in a DevOps team with high potential and management support
• Agile setup on impactful projects
• Excellent compensation and benefits package

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RWE Supply & Trading is the interface between RWE and the energy markets around the world. Approximately 2000 employees from over 70 different countries trade electricity, gas, commodities, and CO2 emission allowances. The trading entity also ensures the commercial optimization of RWE’s power plant dispatch and markets electricity from RWE.

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