Main Responsibilities:
Be responsible (as part of the cloud platform team) for Covestro AWS landing zone operation and closely - collaborate with our cloud architects, application managers and DevOps teams on technical services.
- Drive continuous improvement and automation within an SRE adoption
- Contribute to operate and improve cloud consumption models (Platform as a Service, Container as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, and Software as a service) that create the highest value for the Covestro.
- Foster the agile DevOps culture to improve customer satisfaction through rapid, continuous delivery and reliable operation
- Contribute to manage the ecosystem of supply partners
- Contribute to further develop and to operate on various platforms including Linux and Windows and support the implementation of the company-wide cloud strategy and the strategy for agile application development
- Leverage the most benefits from cloud automation such Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or applying serverless technology to solutions where meaningful.
- Put security as priority one to all tasks and solutions.
- Integrate CI/CD-technology as part of development cycle.
- Participate on escalations and be responsible for service improvements
- Participate in operational steering committees with internal and external participants
- Contribute to projects related to various platforms and cloud technology, from their concept phase to deployment and operation
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure and cloud operations (preferably AWS)
- Strong experience in operating, designing and migrating applications on the AWS platform
- Demonstrated expertise in Information Technology Service Management (ITSM), virtualization platforms and various cloud platform setups like private, public and hybrid clouds.
- Demonstrated experience with incorporating automation technologies like IaC and capacity management principles
- Demonstrated experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Kubernetes and - Docker as well as supporting distributed systems operating securely in cloud environments
- Demonstrated success as a Cloud Engineer working with various platforms
- proven skills in LLM/AI adoption and AI use case implementation, including high expertise in prompt engineering
- Experience in vendor and contract management skills
- Strong partnership skills proven in line organization as well as in matrix- and project organizations - must be able to develop and build relationships at all levels of the organization based on trust, integrity, transparency, and by delivering on commitments
- Demonstrated ability to contribute in a global team with high commitment to the team and to highest quality of cloud operation provided in a “follow the sun” setup.
- University degree (Master is preferred) in computer science or business administration and a further education to a certified cloud specialist or a comparable education
- Excellent analytical skills and professional experience in cloud technology, networks and standard protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, IPsec, SSL, SSH, SMTP, HTTP, DNS), various programming languages (e.g. Python, Perl, Go, C, CDK) and IT security concepts; additionally you are familiar with cloud computing including serverless architectures and in using GIT repositories and CI/CD-pipelines; Certifications in cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and related technologies like RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or RedHat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) are welcome
- Multiple years of experience in designing, implementing and operating complex Linux based application landscapes and cloud solutions and are familiar with virtualization (e.g. KVM), container technology (e.g. Docker), agile development processes (e.g. Scrum and DevOps) and related tools for automation and monitoring (e.g. Jenkins, Jira, Git, Kickstart, Nexus, Puppet, Chief, Ansible, Nagios, Check_MK)
- Good organizational and team skills and are strong in communication at various hierarchical levels; you are experienced to contribute in solution oriented, agile and flexible team structures (DevOps) and in cross-functional international projects
- Fluent Chinese and English, written and spoken.