Job Description
Company Description
About us:
Passion for food. Hunger for tech. We make METRO digital.
Today technology is driving the world. And at METRO.digital we are driving the technology for one of the leading international wholesalers specializing in food - METRO. From e-commerce to checkout, to delivery software, we work on a wide range of products to make each day a success for our customers and colleagues. With passion and ownership, we build the future of wholesale.
You are driving to create smart solutions for customers around the globe? You want to grow in a flexible environment? Let the right career opportunity find you and join us!
Job Description
Mission
As a Cloud Engineer in the Cloud Squad, you are responsible for designing, building, and operating the core cloud platform capabilities at METRO.digital. You ensure product teams can use Google Cloud Platform securely, efficiently, and autonomously while keeping governance, cost transparency, and compliance in place. You work closely with other teams of the organization (e.g. CISO, procurement, legal) to drive security initiatives and integrate third-party providers into METRO’s cloud security governance model. Likewise, you are on the forefront of securing a complex Google Cloud organization and directly work with Google’s engineering teams to shape their governance products.
Your Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the architecture and technical direction of Metro’s cloud services:
- Automatic budget and security policy violation notifications
- Cloud-to-data-center connectivity
- Self-service Google project creation
- Self-service IAM & group management
- Governance & access to GCP-native services
- Cloud identity management
- Customer dashboard for spend & security findings
- Internal marketplace for shared services
- Easy-to-use technical DNS zones
- Ensure services are built with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), automation, and observability.
- Write and maintain Go-based services that power METRO’s cloud governance.
- Mentor and coach other engineers in the squad, supporting them in delivery and personal growth.
- Work closely with the service manager to prioritize backlog and balance feature delivery with operational stability.
- Act as a cloud adoption enabler for product teams, helping them use GCP effectively and securely.
- Engage with other squads in the infrastructure and application operation platform to ensure integration and alignment across services.
Qualifications
Required key competencies and qualifications:
- Deep experience with the Google Cloud Platform (IAM, organization policies, VPC, DNS, Cloud Storage, serverless computing services [e.g. Cloud Run], Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Monitoring).
- Strong understanding of security in cloud environments (policies, IAM roles, compliance), and preferably how to accomplish it at scale.
- Strong skills in Terraform and automation of cloud infrastructure.
- Knowledge of cloud networking (VPC peering, VPN, Interconnect) and hybrid cloud scenarios.
- Proficiency in modern programming languages (preferably Go).
- Experience with cost management and budgeting practices.
- Proven experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Fluent English (written and spoken).
Additional Information
What do we offer at METRO.digital?
- Hybrid and agile work: thrive in a flexible, multicultural environment.
At METRO.digital, we promote work-life balance through a hybrid working model. You’ll be part of self-organizing, multicultural teams that collaborate in an agile setup.
- People development: when you grow so do we!
We want you to become the best version of yourself with individual and company-wide programs and trainings for people development. Focused among other on development, leadership, appreciation … it´s time to upskill your career.
- Support with individual solutions: we are people-caring!
We offer support whenever you need it - at every stage of your professional journey.
Want to know more about all our benefits? Discover more here.
Let´s connect soon. Apply for the role now!
Position grade within our career framework: Cloud Engineer Grade 4 (Md8).
