Lead CLoud Engineer Leusden | Setting up new inhouse Cloud Team

• Would you like to work at a SaaS company that plays a crucial role in one of the Netherlands’ primary societal needs?
• Do you enjoy taking technical leadership in a complex cloud-native environment with hundreds of microservices?
• Are you passionate about challenges around Infrastructure as Code, security, and scalability?
• And do you want to be part of the moment when a company prepares its systems for international growth?

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The organisation

SaaS SME powering a core engine behind essential services in theNetherlands
You know the type: tech companies that operate behind the scenes but whose technologyyou rely on every single day. This is one of those small tech giants.

Thistechnology company runs deep under the hood of Dutch society. With itsintelligent systems, it helps millions of people meet a vital daily need.On top of that, the company contributes significantly to CO₂reduction — so working here means having both impact and purpose.

Theorganization is entering an exciting phase with ambitious plans ahead. From dayone, they’ve been cloud-first, and now it’s time to build a fully newin-house Cloud Team. In addition, the company is expanding internationallydue to strong growth. Joining now as the Technical Cloud Lead means puttingyour mark on this next chapter of success.

You’ll bejoining a true engineering culture. Most of your colleagues are highly skilledengineers, and as a genuine mid-sized company, the culture is open, informal,and flat. You can simply walk into the director’s office, and you’ll knoweveryone in no time.

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Your role

Lead Cloud Engineer AWS – Leusden

As a LeadCloud Engineer AWS in Leusden, you’ll take on an exciting challenge. Thecurrent external cloud team will be replaced by a newly formed in-housecloud team and you’ll take the technical lead. Together with your hands-onmanager, you’ll be responsible for all technical aspects of furtherprofessionalizing a cloud environment that currently runs hundreds ofmicroservices.

You’ll facea broad range of technical challenges. There’s room to further developInfrastructure as Code (IaC), address security topics related to internationalexpansion, and ensure the platform scales smoothly to support thatgrowth. Multi-cloud strategy is also an important theme.

Onceonboard, you’ll define the infrastructure roadmap together with themanager. The cloud team will also expand further in the short term. In short: ahands-on technical role with a wide range of exciting challenges.

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Growth Opportunities

A brand-new cloud team will be built from theground up and will keep expanding in the coming years. You’ll actively helpshape that growth and can become the technical owner of the domain.

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Your skill-set

• At least 6 years of professional experience in software, DevOps,     and/or cloud engineering
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Cloud Engineer
• Experience in a technical lead role (project-based or as a senior)
• A proactive attitude and strong communication skills
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure is a plus
• Experience with tools like ECS, ELB, RDS, or similar
• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code
• Scripting experience in Python, AWS CLI, or Bash is a plus

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What is offered

• A role with lots of freedom and autonomy
• A relaxed and highly collaborative engineering environment
• Salary up to €86.500 (based on full-time)
• 10% annual bonus
• Flexible working options: 32, 36, or 40 hours per week
• Hybride working, 2 officedays
• Easily accessible office by car and public transport
• Unlimited training budget
• 25 vacation days
• Pension scheme
• Laptop of your choice

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