Platform Engineer

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About Us

SUSE is a global leader of  enterprise open source software. By transforming community innovations into secure, sovereign and AI-ready solutions, SUSE empowers customers to escape vendor lock-in and regain control of their IT destiny. Through industry-leading Linux, Kubernetes, Edge and AI infrastructure solutions, SUSE delivers the flexibility to innovate everywhere—from the data center to multi-cloud and out to the edge. Only SUSE also manages many Linux and Kubernetes distributions. At SUSE, Choice Happens because we prioritize community, interoperability and relentless innovation. Discover how we power mission-critical resilience at www.suse.com. 

Job Description

Every team that ships software needs somewhere to run it — and that somewhere is what we build. We're the team behind SUSE's Internal Developer Platform: a self-service foundation, spanning data centers across the globe and the public cloud, where anyone can spin up the virtual machines, containers, and applications they need.

We're self-organized, agile, and serious about doing infrastructure right — everything as code, tested before it runs, grounded in SRE and DevOps practices. We're equally pragmatic about what's next: we adopt new technologies as they prove themselves and increasingly scale our work capacity with AI agents. Now we're looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to help us design, build, and run the next generation of that platform.

Focus Areas

• Research, design, deploy, operate, and maintain the platform's core infrastructure services, including the virtualization layer (Harvester, KVM), storage (NetApp, Longhorn), and the Cloud Landing Zones (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Enable internal teams to consume compute, storage, and cloud resources through reliable self-service, translating business needs into technical solutions prioritized by criticality.

• Manage everything as Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm, Salt) through CI/CD and GitOps, following reference architecture and cloud governance.

• Continuously improve the platform for resilience, security, scalability, and efficiency against evolving requirements and threats.

• Participate in and, where appropriate, lead cross-functional teams — analyzing complex requirements, designing multi-team solutions, setting technical direction, and mentoring others.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Strong experience in Linux system administration and Kubernetes.

• Hands-on experience with virtualization such as KVM and Harvester (KubeVirt), plus enterprise and cloud-native storage solutions.

• Infrastructure as Code and GitOps practices with CI/CD pipelines; knowledge of the Rancher ecosystem and CNCF tooling is a strong plus.

• Experience operating workloads on-premises and in at least one public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with knowledge of cloud-native patterns.

• Scripting and development in a modern language (e.g. Go, Python, Ruby, Rust) and familiarity with databases (SQL and NoSQL), backed by solid software development methodology, testing, and Git skills.

• High initiative, integrity, and ownership, with the drive to challenge the status quo, document and share your work, and give and receive feedback.

For Italy Only – Italy Pay Transparency Disclaimer (Non-Commission Roles)

If this role is filled in Italy, the expected Total Target Compensation (“TTC”) range is between 54.000 and 76.000 gross annually. The TTC includes both the annual base salary and target corporate bonus opportunity, which is typically paid quarterly, as well as access to an attractive benefits package.

Actual compensation will be determined based on objective, non-discriminatory criteria including experience, skills, qualifications, geographical location, internal equity, and budget considerations. Bonus payments are subject to the terms of the applicable bonus plan and company policies. Please note that this compensation information is applicable to roles hired in Italy only.

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What We Offer 

We empower you to be bold, driving your career to create the future you want. We celebrate and reward your achievements.  

SUSE is a dynamic environment that is evolving rapidly, thus requiring agility, strong entrepreneurship and an open mind. 

This is a compelling opportunity for the right person to join us as we continue to scale and prosper.   

If you’re a big thinker, obsessed by execution and thrive in a dynamic environment in which you can tangibly create a lasting legacy, then please apply now!  

We give you the freedom to be yourself. You will work in a global community of unique individuals – like you – with different backgrounds, talents, skills and perspectives. A truly open community where everyone is welcome, has a voice and is encouraged to reach their full potential regardless of age, gender, race, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or any other characteristics.   

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SUSE Values 

SUSE's culture is centered on four key values - Choice, Community, Trust, and Innovation - which are deeply integrated with our open source ethos. SUSE fosters a diverse and inclusive environment where our people are encouraged to be themselves.

Choice: 

We are continuously making choice happen 

We are accountable for our choices 

We never get complacent

Community: 

Nobody is smarter than everybody 

We embrace diversity of thought 

We are “open source first, upstream first” where collaboration benefits all

Trust: 

We are trusted to deliver with integrity 

We offer trust by default, and do not wait for it to be earned

We foster an environment where everyone trusts each other 

Innovation: 

We foster a culture of experimentation, and embrace change by challenging the norm

We are committed to continuous improvement, creativity and adaptability 

Ideas are great, but without execution they are just ideas