What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Engineer position at Vitol?
Company Description
Vitol is an energy and commodities company with revenues of $400 billion in 2023; its primary business is the trading and distribution of energy products globally – it trades over seven million barrels per day of crude oil and products and, at any time, has 250 ships transporting its cargoes.
Vitol’s clients include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves clients from some 40 offices worldwide and is invested in energy assets globally including 16mm3 of storage, 480kbpd of refining capacity, and 7,000 service stations. To date, we have committed over $2.5 billion of capital to renewable projects, and are identifying and developing low-carbon opportunities around the world.
Job Description
As a member of the Cloud & Platform Services team, located in Houston, TX, you will:
What you need to bring:
Desired Skills/Experience/Attributes:
Vitol is an energy and commodities company with revenues of $400 billion in 2023; its primary business is the trading and distribution of energy products globally – it trades over seven million barrels per day of crude oil and products and, at any time, has 250 ships transporting its cargoes.
Vitol’s clients include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves clients from some 40 offices worldwide and is invested in energy assets globally including 16mm3 of storage, 480kbpd of refining capacity, and 7,000 service stations. To date, we have committed over $2.5 billion of capital to renewable projects, and are identifying and developing low-carbon opportunities around the world.
Job Description
As a member of the Cloud & Platform Services team, located in Houston, TX, you will:
- Collaborate with a dynamic, global team to innovate and accelerate our Developer Enablement Platform.
- Play a pivotal role in the strategy, implementation, and operation of CI/CD, observability and monitoring, common services, and cloud infrastructure.
- Liaise with application teams to design cloud-native, highly-available application architectures.
- Work closely with our Cyber Security team to fortify security within our ecosystem.
- Influence and implement CI/CD and cloud infrastructure policies, standards, and guidelines.
What you need to bring:
- Proficiency in building and operating CI/CD automation, in .NET, React or Python environments.
- Experience operating and supporting global applications.
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing cloud-native and hybrid application infrastructure, ideally using AWS.
- Exposure working in and administering Windows and Linux environments.
- Experience in CI/CD automation (ideally Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code (ideally Terraform), Git, and Container Orchestration (ideally ECS or Kubernetes).
- Scripting experience in one or more of Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
Desired Skills/Experience/Attributes:
- 4 years of applicable experience
- A Developer Experience mindset focused on enabling and accelerating software development.
- Previous experience in the commodities and/or trading industry
- Previous experience in Software Development (.NET, React, Python), SecOps, or Cloud Engineering (AWS)
- Experience operating Kafka, Redis, Atlassian Suite, Elastic, Datadog, Job-scheduling systems (ActiveBatch), BI tools (Tableau, PowerBI)
- Team player with strong collaboration skills.
- Self-motivated, able to prioritize, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing priorities.
- Proactive and customer-focused with a "make it work" mentality.
- Highly responsive, energetic, and enthusiastic.
- Resourceful, creative thinker who adapts quickly.
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
- Engage in diverse projects with creative freedom and direct access to our user community.
- Opportunities for international travel to our global offices in London and Geneva.
- Daily gourmet lunches prepared by our onsite chef.
- Access to a modern, well-equipped gym to support your health and wellness.
- Immerse yourself in our collaborative, fast-paced, and high-energy atmosphere. We require team members to work in-person from our fully-equipped Houston office to foster innovation and teamwork.
