Cloud Platform Engineer

The Cloud Platform Engineer supports the team in their mission of driving efficiency, ensuring compliance with policies, and enabling rapid deployment of services and applications. If this fits your ambition, please do apply!

Your challenges

• A Cloud Platform Engineer with expertise in cloud and Azure services who designs and develops innovative products to streamline cloud and Azure service delivery, product management, and adoption.
• This role focuses on creating and deploying templates, pipelines, and scripts that facilitate, specifically within the Azure ecosystem.
• The Cloud Platform Engineer supports the team in their mission of driving efficiency, ensuring compliance with policies, and enabling rapid deployment of services and applications.
  
  
  

This is what you bring

• Proven experience as a Cloud Platfrom Engineer, with a strong focus on cloud and Azure services.
• Understanding of cloud security principles and experience with infrastructure as a code (IaC), cloud governance, and compliance policies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge of Azure Bicep, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Azure Blueprints, Azure DevOps, and scripting languages like PowerShell and Azure CLI. Experience with CI/CD tools and processes and familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert) are highly desirable
  
  
  

* These criteria are an indication of the profile we are looking for. Research shows that male candidates often apply when they see a 60% match with the profile, while women only apply when they see a 100% match. If you don't meet all the criteria but you do believe that this is the right position for you, we kindly invite you to apply anyway or get in touch.

What will you do in this position?

KPMG is a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. KPMG is the brand under which the member firms of KPMG International Limited (“KPMG International”) operate and provide professional services. “KPMG” is used to refer to individual member firms within the KPMG organization or to one or more member firms collectively. KPMG firms operate in 145 countries and territories with more than 236,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. Each KPMG member firm is responsible for its own obligations and liabilities. KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limited and its related entities do not provide services to clients. For more detail about our structure, please visit https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/misc/governance.html.

More than 2,500 talented colleagues make up the KPMG International team, with a focus on ensuring global consistency and providing expertise to support member firms in the achievement of KPMG’s Trust and Growth ambition. KPMG International is comprised of a number of high-performing global teams, including: Global Advisory, Global Audit, Global Clients & Markets, Global Corporate Affairs, Global People, Global Quality and Risk Management, Global Tax & Legal, Global Technology and Knowledge, the International Office of General Counsel, and the Office of Chief Administrative Officer. Working together, the global team is changing the way business operates at KPMG, delivering value to KPMG firms and driving positive change in the communities in which KPMG International and KPMG firms operate.

The team

Our team is an integral part of the Global Product Management division, dedicated to designing, reviewing and certifying Cloud & Azure Services (both IaaS and PaaS services) with a keen focus on Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure and Cloud Connectivity and Security services. We play a pivotal role in building digital platforms and supporting services to be deployed on these platforms by providing certified building blocks along with necessary security and compliance guardrails. Our mission centers on a customer-focused approach, enabling businesses to adopt and innovate using cloud technologies seamlessly. By ensuring the highest quality and security standards, we empower organizations to leverage the full potential of Cloud & Azure services, driving their digital transformation journeys forward. Our team is committed to foster an psychological safe environment that drives collaboration and innovation where every team member is given responsibility to contribute to developing and certifying cutting-edge cloud products and services. Through our work, we aim to set new benchmarks in cloud service excellence, making it easier for businesses around the globe to achieve their goals with confidence and agility.

This is what we offer

• Competitive salary, a bonus, a fixed expense allowance and a working from home allowance.
• 30 vacation days (on a full-time basis) and the option to buy more days or sell your vacation days.
• At KPMG we work hybrid, so you can work from home or at the office.
• A completely furnished home office.
• Travel allowance to the office
• A laptop and iPhone which also can be used privately.
• Pension accrual without a compulsory personal contribution.
• Choice to pick from different courses which contribute to your own personal and professional development.
• Focus on well-being! There is a gym at the Amstelveen office or you can get a discount for a gym near your house and you get access to different health and/or vitality programs.
• ‘Together’ is one of our core values. So you can count on different social activities, like team events, drinks with colleagues and events with all your KPMG colleagues.