Platform Engineer

We are looking for an IT Platform Engineer IV for the Innovation department at a major Dutch bank. This is a senior, bank-wide role where you act as the technical authority on platform engineering, helping shape direction across several innovation-focused initiatives. You will work in a multidisciplinary environment alongside innovation managers, architects, and senior engineers, with the autonomy to set engineering standards rather than simply follow them.

The Innovation department plays a central role in delivering the bank’s innovation agenda, working closely with the wider business. The culture is one of ownership, staying ahead of business and technology developments, and a fail-fast mentality, with initiatives prioritised by their impact on the organisation.

About the role

As IT Platform Engineer IV, you design, build, and govern highly complex, bank-wide platforms and services on Azure, following a “you build it, you run it” model. You will:

• Define and own the technical roadmap for platform engineering, ensuring alignment across teams and initiatives
• Act as technical lead and authority for complex engineering challenges, setting engineering standards and best practices
• Proactively identify and mitigate architectural, operational, and security risks across the platform
• Coordinate activities across multiple teams and domains, ensuring cross-team alignment and reuse of capabilities

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• Hands-on experience with AKS, Container Apps, or App Service, and Azure DevOps for CI/CD
• Proficient writing Infrastructure as Code in Bicep and Terraform
• Solid understanding of IAM and networking concepts, with strong security awareness for public cloud and containerized workloads
• Strong programming expertise (Python, Java, TypeScript or equivalent) with experience designing backend-heavy systems
• Able to translate complex technical topics into clear narratives for both technical and non-technical stakeholders

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