Senior Cloud Engineer

Help build future-proof cloud solutions at PostNL. Create a new landing zone and keep our infrastructure secure and stable.As a Senior Cloud Engineer in our Cloud Crowd team (CoE AWS), you’ll work with TypeScript, CDK and AWS to deliver scalable infrastructure. You ensure both stability and innovation.

Why you’ll love working with us as a Senior Cloud Engineer:

Visible impact: You’ll help renew our AWS landscape and contribute to a secure and scalable IT infrastructure relied on by millions every day.

Challenge: Build a brand-new, combined landing zone and infrastructure tools. You’ll focus on maintenance, reliability, and compliance—discovering new tools and advanced techniques in the AWS Cloud.

Teamwork: Work closely with a passionate team of cloud experts in the Cloud Centre of Excellence and help keep every part of PostNL online.

Room to grow: Enjoy many opportunities to develop your technical and personal skills through training and projects.

Flexibility: Work hybrid: combine working from home with time at our modern office in The Hague.

This is your role

As a Senior Cloud Engineer in the Cloud Crowd team, you make sure our AWS infrastructure remains reliable, scalable, and secure. You build and maintain cloud solutions using TypeScript, CDK and other AWS components—with a clear focus on infrastructure, not application development.

You’ll design, implement and manage the infrastructure needed for a new landing zone, combining three current environments into one. You’ll also provide input on compliance and security, and work with other teams and suppliers to continuously improve our cloud environment.

Your team

You’ll join the AWS CoE team, part of the Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE). The team consists of around 10 colleagues: a Platform Owner, Scrum Master, Lead Engineer and several (senior) Cloud Engineers. Together, you work towards a serverless-first strategy and enable other DevOps teams to develop faster and more efficiently. The team culture is informal, professional, and collaborative.

What we offer you

A role full of innovation and work you can literally see on every street in the Netherlands. At PostNL, we’re building the logistics e-commerce platform of the future—so we can deliver special moments even smarter, faster and better. Your mindset and our challenge: together, we make it happen. And you can count on a great benefits package.

Top benefits of your role:

Salary between €5.123 and €7.448  gross per month (scale 12) based on 37 hours.
Hybrid work and flexible hours. Work from home at least 2 days a week? You’ll receive a €45 net monthly allowance.
8% holiday pay and 25 vacation days for full-time employment.
Travel allowance for commuting.
A solid pension plan via the PostNL pension fund.
Laptop and phone.
Learning and development opportunities through the PostNL Academy.
Discounts on holidays, events, and products.

What you bring

You’re a seasoned cloud engineer with a passion for infrastructure and a strong preference for tech over application development. You work precisely, think ahead, and enjoy collaborating in a dynamic environment where stability and innovation go hand in hand.

You also meet these requirements

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree (HBO/WO level).
• You have at least 5 years of experience with AWS and infrastructure-as-code.\
• You’re proficient in TypeScript and AWS CDK.
• You have experience with CI/CD and managing cloud infrastructures.
• Knowledge of networking and/or compliance is a plus.

Talk to Lee Verschuren if you want to know more!