Senior Platform Engineer

<p><strong><span>MAIN PURPOSE</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span> </span></strong></p> <p>Richemont is looking for a talented and experienced <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>Platforms Engineer </strong>to reinforce its <strong>API Platforms</strong> Team in charge of building a one-stop platform aiming to consolidate, standardize, and facilitate the use of APIs and Events by internal teams, all its Maisons and external partners.</p> <p> </p> <p>As a Senior Platforms Engineer you will be part of the Richemont Group Technology Enterprise Integration Team and you will report to the API Platforms Technical Lead. You will work in a global environment with highly distributed teams in different countries and time zones and at different management levels.</p> <p> </p> <p>You will participate in both development and operations with a focus on the platform, its tools and supporting functionality. A DevOps mindset is required where you strive to always empower the Messaging platform users through self-service, automation, and observability. Security is considered a hygiene factor and permeates all your work.</p> <p><strong><span> </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span>Collaborate with Developer, Support, and other team members in developing, maintaining, supporting, and operating the API Management platform (Kong) and Enterprise Messaging platform (Solace)</span></li> <li><span>Integrate the platform with various external systems</span></li> <li><span>Develop, maintain, and deploy infrastructure as code using Terraform, </span>Ansible</li> <li><span>Develop, maintain, operate and support CI/CD pipelines in Gitlab for automating various tasks and deploying services on Kubernetes clusters</span></li> <li><span>Operate services on Kubernetes in GCP, AWS and Alibaba</span></li> <li><span>Maintain and operate the Developer Portal based on Drupal</span></li> <li><span>Maintain and operate the API Design Center developed on Python and React</span></li> <li><span>Maintain and operate the Queue Mangement Tool written in Java/Spring Boot and Angular</span></li> <li>Participate in the development and deployment of our platforms based on Kubernetes</li> <li>Participate in the creation, publishing, and maintenance of Docker images</li> <li><span>Contribute to support documents, how-to’s and other technical articles in English</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>REQUIREMENTS</strong></p> <ul> <li><span>B.Sc. or MSc  in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field</span></li> <li><strong><span>Strong technical background</span></strong></li> <li><strong><span>Strong, hands-on experience of both development and operations is a must</span></strong></li> <li><strong><span>Strong interpersonal, and communication skills and high attention to detail. </span></strong></li> <li><strong><span>Strong knowledge in cloud computing platform such as GCP, AWS and Alibaba</span></strong></li> <li><strong><span>Strong knowledge of Kubernetes</span></strong></li> <li><strong><span>Strong knowledge of Terraform and Ansible</span></strong></li> <li><strong><span>Experience building GitOps pipelines </span>with Terraform and Gitlab</strong></li> <li><span>Experience with Kong is a definite plus</span></li> <li><span>Experience with Messaging brokers (e.g. Solace) is a definite plus</span></li> <li><span>Experience with Anthos is a plus</span></li> <li><span>Experience with Istio and Envoy is a plus</span></li> <li><span>Experience in software architecture and development lifecycle</span></li> <li><span>Hands on experience with technology concepts such as APIs, Events, micro-services, Cloud hosting, CRM (e.g. Salesforce platform), ERP (e.g. SAP)</span></li> <li><span>Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation and organizational skills</span></li> <li><span>Ability to communicate with technical and business teams (all levels)</span></li> <li><span>Good knowledge of service delivery management field</span></li> <li><span>Experience with Atlassian Suite mainly Confluence and Jira</span></li> <li><span>Good knowledge of</span><span> agile methodology and frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban</span></li> <li><strong><span>Fluent English required</span></strong><span>, other languages are a plus (e.g. French, Italian, Chinese)</span></li> <li><span>Willingness &amp; ability to travel</span></li> <li><strong><span>Ability to work in a complex, fast-paced, distributed environment with high expectations</span></strong></li> </ul> <p><strong><span> </span></strong></p> <p><span>Other desired skills/areas of proficiency:</span></p> <ul> <li><span>Operating<span> </span>System: <strong>Linux</strong>, MacOs, Windows</span></li> <li><span>Containers:  <strong>Docker</strong>, </span></li> <li><span>Languages:  <strong>Go</strong>, <strong>Python.</strong></span></li> </ul>