Senior Platform Engineer for Modernization of Cloud Platform
Workplace: Stockholm, Sverige
Expires: August 19, 2025
Avaron AB is a Swedish consultancy supporting leading organizations with experienced IT and business specialists. The role involves joining a team to modernize and harmonize the client's IT landscape by designing, implementing, and documenting scalable platform solutions in Azure. Responsibilities include automating infrastructure as code, working hands-on with Kubernetes and Terraform, ensuring availability, performance and security through monitoring, collaborating with development teams, and documenting solutions for effective management and knowledge sharing.
Main requirements:
- Highly independent with experience leading large initiatives, typically minimum 9-12 years relevant experience
- Strong knowledge in Microsoft Azure including networking, identity, and PaaS services
- Production-level experience with Kubernetes
- Strong experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code
- Built and deployed CI/CD pipelines, e.g., Azure DevOps or GitHub
- Experience with APM/monitoring and log management tools like DynaTrace and New Relic
- Understanding of event and messaging flows such as Kafka and RabbitMQ
- Database competence in SQL
- Fluent in spoken and written Swedish and English
- Willingness to undergo background check initiated by the client
Responsibilities:
- Automate infrastructure with infrastructure as code and build robust CI/CD flows
- Work hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, and related platform components
- Ensure availability, performance, and security through monitoring, logging, and measurement
- Collaborate with development teams, coach colleagues and contribute to guidelines, principles, and target architecture
- Document solutions for effective management and knowledge sharing
Required hard skills:
- Microsoft Azure (networking, identity, PaaS)
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Infrastructure as Code
- CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub)
- APM/monitoring and log management (DynaTrace, New Relic)
- Event and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- SQL databases
Recommended hard skills:
- .NET and React in cloud environments
- Site Reliability Engineering and observability patterns (SLI/SLO, tracing)
- Helm, container registry, service mesh
- Policy as Code, landing zones, governance in Azure
- Scripting in PowerShell, Bash, Python
- Relevant certifications (Azure Administrator, Architect, DevOps, CKA/CKAD)
- Cost optimization/FinOps
Soft skills:
- Highly independent
- Leadership and mentoring abilities
- Collaborative approach
- Strong communication skills in Swedish and English
Coding languages:
- PowerShell
- Bash
- Python
Frameworks:
- .NET
- React
Natural languages:
- Swedish (Proficient)
- English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
- Customer-oriented consulting
- Solution-focused teamwork