Cloud Platform Engineer (m/f/d)

About the job

As a Platform Engineer at Sofico, you’ll contribute to modernizing critical infrastructure, scale a cloud-first platform, and deliver seamless experiences for leading automotive and mobility customers worldwide.

Sofico is growing globally by staying agile, proactive, and always thinking ahead. Our people share that same mindset: innovative, collaborative, and never settling for “good enough.”

Your responsibilities include:

• Designing, setting up, and managing environments and microservices (Kubernetes, Azure Cloud & on-prem).

• Through automation using Terraform, Ansible, and GitOps.

• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintaining environments for global customers.

• OpsGenie, Prometheus, Grafana, FluentBit & Loki

• Supporting customers & other Sofico teams directly and providing technical consulting.

• Modernizing legacy components into scalable, cloud-native solutions.

• Sharing knowledge within the team and across Sofico.

You’ll join the Product Platform Operations Team, a close-knit group of 18 engineers across three time zones (JP, AU, EU, US). Though your direct teammates are remote, you’ll have local colleagues in the UK office and strong virtual connections. The work is challenging, and that’s what brings the team together, through daily collaboration, shared laughs, and unwavering support.

Your interests and skills

Customer interactions are second nature, you hop on a call, ask the right questions, and resolve the issues with clarity and care.

You bring a sharp analytical mindset and a keen eye for detail, making complex problems feel manageable.

It’s important that you are driven by curiosity and have a love for learning, especially when it comes to exploring new technologies and improving systems.

Thrives in a collaborative environment, always ready to support teammates and celebrate shared wins.

Strong communicator, comfortable explaining infra topics to technical and non-technical audiences.

What else is expected:

• Proven experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and at least one cloud provider (Azure, AWS…).

• Familiar with Linux systems (& commands).

• Experience with databases (Oracle and/or MS SQL).

• Basic networking knowledge (DNS, Firewall, …

• Fluent in English, any other language is a plus.

• SC Clearance will be needed

Nice to have:
Ansible, Podman/Docker, JBoss, Postgres, Flux, Reverse Proxies, Kafka, CI pipelines, HVR, microservice deployments, advanced Kubernetes concepts like operators, experience in delivering software artifacts to customers. We work with Jira and Confluence, experience is a plus.

What we offer

Extensive salary package including

• Company car

• Bonus system

• Pension scheme

• Medical insurance

• Flexible working hours

• Hybrid working options

We would like to welcome you to an international and multicultural company that has been operating for over 30 years and is doubling in size every 5 years. Growth is our middle name, while we strongly adhere to our horizontal and open company culture.

You're in the drivers' seat of your own career, that's our motto. Your personal development is therefore paramount. During an extensive onboarding program of six months, we make you, with the support of your job coach, familiar with our product and the organization. Even after this period, you will continue to get opportunities to learn and develop yourself further. You’re never alone.

At Sofico we are strong believers in the power of a good cup of coffee. Water or soft drinks are of course also on the menu. We love our team events. Think after-work drinks, a BBQ, a family day, a company weekend, or a walking dinner with the whole company.