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Junior Cloud Platform Engineer

The Innovation & Engineering Hub by Volkswagen Group Services, in Portugal, delivers groundbreaking solutions together with our stakeholders, by developing sustainable and market oriented products as well as innovative services. Volkswagen Group Service is positioned in the market with a broad range of automotive services, and supports the core business of Volkswagen, other brands and organizations.

Side by side with TRATON GROUP’s Global R&D, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles (Scania, MAN, International Motors and VW Caminhões & Ônibus), we are hiring for a dedicated team in our Hub. 🚚

Global R&D of TRATON GROUP is focusing on four key areas:

• Alternative drive systems;

• Digitalization;

• Automated driving;

• Road Security;

Thus transforming itself from a commercial vehicle manufacturer to a provider of intelligent and sustainable transport solutions.

About the Team:

To drive innovation and unlock the full potential of Software-Defined Vehicles, a User Experience Platform is essential for all TRATON brands. This platform serves as the backbone, weaving together multiple layers—from cloud based components to frontend components. The heart of this initiative lies in simplifying complexity. By offering seamless, standardized APIs and a suite of versatile services, features, and tools, the platform empowers each brand to focus on what matters most: delivering exceptional value to their customers and accelerating the launch of market-driven solutions.

We are looking for enthusiastic and proactive people to be part of the team responsible for kicking off this journey to deliver a secure and stable platform for other applications, brand specific services and developers.

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Your Responsibilities:

• Working in the context of autonomous vehicles you will define and communicate a shared technical and architectural vision of our system to ensure an ideal fit to its intended purpose;
• Design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems;
• Develop and maintain cloud solutions in accordance with best practices;
• Ensure efficient functioning of data storage and process functions in accordance with company security policies and best practices in cloud security;
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues;
• Regularly review existing systems and make recommendations for improvements;
• Interact with clients, provide cloud support, and make recommendations based on client needs;
• You will validate technology assumptions, evaluate implementation alternatives and elaborate on system architecture;
• You are collaborating with various roles and teams to align on architecture topics and evolve the overall product landscape;
• You will plan and design service ecosystems for our future trucks, using agile methodologies and being responsible for integral parts of our technical roadmap;
• Advise your colleagues and other teams on all questions around cloud system architecture in the autonomous vehicle domain and work together on continuously improving the architecture, services and processes;
• Take initiative to solve problems and overcome roadblocks, searching for innovative and pragmatic solutions. You are a result-oriented individual.

Your Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in related field or comparable job expertise; 
• Minimum of 1 year of professional experience;
• in the field of software engineering, IT architecture or comparable qualifications;
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or comparable job expertise;
• Proven work experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role;
• Experience in individual software development and the necessary tools and infrastructure such as network and equipment;
• Relevant experience in the conception and implementation of complex software solutions in an international context;
• Has an Agile and DevSecOps mindset;
• Solid experience with Clean Code and Clean Architecture principles as well as common software design patterns. Emphasis on quality, maintainability and usability;
• Familiarity with version control tools such as Git;
• Experience with SAFe framework is a plus;
• Experience with Jira and Confluence is a plus;
• Proficient knowledge of cloud-based services and tools (AWS is a plus);
• Good understanding of cloud paradigms such as Infrastructure-as-Code, PaaS, alerting and monitoring;
• Confident handling of DevOps principles and CI/CD should not cause you any problems;
• Sound Knowledge of Python (Flask) is a plus;
• Knowledge of a programming language (preference for Java) and proven software development skills is a plus;
• Very good English skills, both written and spoken;
• High level of self-organization and sense of ownership;
• Proactive in communicating and taking action;
• Curious, likes to investigate and understand how things work;
• Motivated by a strong passion to learn and continuously improve, solving
• problems in an innovative and pragmatic way;
• Communicate and collaborate with empathy and clarity - you care about supporting those around you.

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What can we offer?

• Attractive Remuneration
• Flexible work hours and hybrid mode
• Attractive workspace
• Active Health Care
• Employee Benefits

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