Cloud Engineer

About TenneT:
Europe's energy transition is among the greatest challenges of our time. Its goal: To make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 at the latest. The Netherlands and Germany have therefore set themselves ambitious goals to expand offshore wind energy: as early as 2030, Germany and the Netherlands want to reach a capacity of 30 and 22.2 Gigawatts, respectively. Energy from offshore wind farms in the European powerhouse North Sea will play in this a crucial role. TenneT guarantees that this energy will reach the mainland - and in the most environmentally friendly way possible. That is why we have developed the 2GW program with a unique transnational approach. And thus increase the pace and efficiency of the energy transition.

Unit Business Technology (BTO):
BTO will drive security of supply, energy transition, organizational and financial health through digital, data and analytics. BTO will secure solid foundations through seamless end-user services (UX), industry-leading cybersecurity setup and resilient data centers and cloud infrastructure. BTO will have consistent business/BTO alignment, strategic partnerships with vendors and clear standards on architecture, vendor & portfolio management and security. BTO will unlock value of data and digital by building all the necessary enablers (incl. data platform, data governance processes, capabilities) and embedding innovation initiatives into business roadmaps.

Job description:
We are looking for a platform/cloud engineer (32–40 hrs) to strengthen our DevOps team (named Bifröst). The Bifrost team provides a messaging and streaming platform for TenneT, with a Gold service level suitable for Mission Critical applications. We are looking for experienced people in this domain with a drive to innovate, continuously improve, automate and actively engage with the DevOps teams within TenneT to deliver services that make their lives easier.

These are exciting times at TenneT! We are speeding up our IT delivery to be able to support the energy transition. This requires new tools, technologies and processes. Our (internal) customers request one-stop-shop and self-service functionalities on our own internal cloud platform.
• You will work in a team to develop Central Services for DevOps teams of TenneT.
• You will assist in the development and maturity of our Kafka platform.
• You will align with DevOps engineers that are working on a Container Orchestrated Platform.
• You will use industry standard building blocks and work towards a fully automated environment.
• Ensure privacy and security are respected.
• React to incidents and perform standby activities with the rest of the team.
• Provide suggestions and tools to help speed up development.
• Enable teams to onboard on the platform.

Requirements
• Professional and intellectual ability at bachelor level or higher.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Able to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and tools.
• Willingness to take part in a 24×7 on call shift (about once every 1,5 months).

Pro’s:
• Experience with maintaining Kafka.
• Preferably CKA and/or CKAD certified.
• Understanding of containerized architecture.
• Experience with Agile development & Scrum.
• Version management (git), Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Experience with deploying using tools like Helm & ArgoCD.

Competences:
• A “go-to” person who is able to find his way in a large organization.
• Communicative, articulate, pro-active and easy to approach.
• A person who takes timely and informative decisions.
• Thinks in possibilities instead of issues; “can-do” mentality.
• A team player, willing to deliver value and to explain/train others.
• Willing to work in pair programming/development.

Conditions:
• At entry, TenneT performs a Pre-Employment Screening;
• Duty station for this position is Arnhem (min. 2 days a week, Wednesday is an obligated day).

Additional information:
• Suppliers must be aware of the laws and regulations regarding employment conditions and Tennet’s Collective Labour Agreement. This assignment is placed in scale 7;
• We would like to receive the personal motivation of the candidate and CV in Dutch or English.

Screening:
• Pre-employment screening: If the candidate is selected to start, a pre-employment screening will be executed. We will send you the required documents to be filled in and returned as soon as possible. Your candidate is only allowed to start after the pre-employment screening has been completed successfully. The VOG Application is part of the screening. The VOG must be received before the candidate could start;
• All submitted candidates must be in possession of a valid Passport or ID card, which must be taken along to the interview and at the start of the assignment.

Availability:
• Important, the candidate has to be available throughout the entire duration of the assignment;
• By submitting a candidate, you are agreeing to the terms of this specific client. If you are not familiar with these terms, you can ask our recruiters for a copy.