Cloud Platform Specialist

We are seeking a Cloud Platform Specialist to lead the strategic governance and enablement of our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment. This role is designed for a technically credible expert who can set guardrails, drive platform maturity, and enable teams across Data, Infra, and Integrations to deliver securely and efficiently. You won’t be the primary coder, but your engineering background will be essential to guide and influence technical decisions.

Your Tasks

Key Responsibilities

Platform Ownership & Governance

• Define and maintain GCP usage guardrails (access, environments, policies).
• Lead platform roadmap and release planning with a product mindset.
• Own FinOps practices: budgeting, tagging, cost tracking, and optimization coaching.

Infrastructure Enablement

• Provide secure, scalable network design patterns.
• Collaborate with the CISO to enforce “security by default” principles.
• Deliver reusable templates and checklists for infrastructure provisioning.

Data Platform Enablement

• Define standards for data storage, security, quality, and lineage.
• Support platforms like BigQuery and Vertex AI with practical enablement.

Integration & API Standards

• Establish approved patterns for APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Govern lifecycle, versioning, and security of integrations.

Operational Excellence

• Define service levels, alerting, and dashboards for platform health.
• Lead incident coordination and post-mortems; drive preventive actions.

Access & Identity

• Implement robust single sign-on and least-privilege access controls.

Compliance & Risk

• Translate ISO/SOC requirements into actionable platform checks.
• Manage change and risk through lightweight design reviews and exception handling.

Required Skills & Experience

Hard Skills

• Proven hands-on engineering experience in cloud infrastructure (preferably GCP).
• Strong knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Familiarity with hybrid cloud integrations (on-prem, SAP, other clouds).
• Experience with FinOps, security frameworks, and audit readiness.

Soft Skills

• Strategic mindset with ability to treat GCP as a product.
• Clear communicator with ability to explain technical risk and cost in plain terms.
• Decisive governance and stakeholder management across multiple teams.
• Calm under pressure, especially during incidents and escalations.
• Vendor management experience with cloud providers and support partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• GCP Professional certifications (e.g., Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience in retail or ecommerce environments.
• Familiarity with data enablement tools.

What We Offer You

Hybrid Work

Benefit from the flexibility of working from home, ensuring you can maintain productivity from anywhere. We have a 60:40 policy based on your working hours.

Buy & Sell Days

Every year in April, you will be eligible to buy or sell additional vacation days.

Hunkemöller Academy

Continuous learning opportunities and professional growth are supported through various training programs and workshops.

25 Holidays

You will get 25 holidays per annum, based on a fulltime role.

25-55% Staff Discount

Our products are much loved with our employees. As part of the brand, you will receive a discount of 25% on all Hunkemöller products. On some Mondays we have an additional sale on our newest collections. On top of the 25% discount, you will receive an additional 25 - 35% discount.

Work from Abroad

Get the opportunity to work from abroad for up to 2 weeks!

We want to enable seamless, innovative, and secure technology solutions that support the business in sustainable growth, empower employees, and enhance the customer experience. Our mission is to align IT capabilities with business objectives, in an ever-evolving retail landscape to come to data driven decisions.