Platform Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our growing Platform Engineering team. This role is essential in building scalable, secure, and cloud-native infrastructure solutions while enabling and empowering product teams to adopt DevSecOps and FinOps best practices.

The ideal candidate is not only technically skilled but also passionate about guiding and supporting other teams in their cloud journey and maximizing the value from the cloud and the platform.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering & Automation:

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform

• Define and implement DevSecOps practices across the platform (e.g., security scanning, policy enforcement, shift-left security)

• Establish and evolve CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows for platform and product teams

• Implement and advocate for FinOps practices such as tagging strategies, cost monitoring, showback, and optimization

• Define and document platform engineering standards, processes, and architectural patterns

• Collaborate with various stakeholders to align on governance, standards, and compliances

 Enablement & Support:

• Act as a technical advisor and coach to product teams to help them adopt organization's processes, platform tools, cloud services, and IaC modules

• Organize and deliver enablement sessions, onboarding workshops, and technical documentation

• Partner with product teams to understand their needs, gather feedback, and translate requirements into platform capabilities

• Support product teams during the cloud adoption journey, from PoC to production, ensuring best practices are followed

• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or DevOps

• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and architecture

• Deep knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code principles

• Strong experience in CI/CD tooling (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Flux CD)

• Practical understanding of DevSecOps, including security automation and compliance

• Working knowledge of FinOps, cloud cost management, tagging policies, and showback/chargeback concepts

• Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident management tooling

• Excellent communication skills, with a passion for mentoring and enabling other teams

• Comfortable working in cross-functional, agile environments

• Fluent in English ; another national language is an asset

Nice to Have:

• Certification(s): Azure Solutions Architect

• Experience with platform-as-product mindset and internal developer platforms (IDPs)

• Experience with  Kubernetes, and container orchestration platforms

• Familiarity with policy-as-code, security scanning tools

Our offer

Within our open corporate culture, you contribute to the digital transformation of SNCB. You will have a job with social impact and ample opportunity to make your own contribution. In addition to a good work-life balance and a competitive salary, you will receive the following benefits:

• the possibility to work remotely + flexible working hours;

• 35 days of leave;

• a company car + a public transport season ticket;

• a target bonus;

• a comprehensive insurance package (affiliation without own contribution, excl. outpatient costs for family members);

  • hospitalisation and dental care for the whole family;

  • outpatient costs (= medical costs separate from hospitalisation);

  • group insurance: supplementary pension, work disability and death (cafeteria plan);

  • accidents at work (extralegal);

• meal vouchers and eco-vouchers;

• net allowances for remote working and carwash + internet budget.