IT and digital
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer
Imagine a future where you shape global growth with digital technology while creating a world that runs entirely on green energy

Join us in this role where you’ll transform cloud services into enterprise-ready products that accelerate innovation while supporting a world that runs entirely on green energy. You’ll be responsible for designing and implementing solutions based on AWS capabilities that empower developers across Ørsted. Find out how IT can supercharge climate action and join a fascinating green transformation journey to create a world that is powered by renewable energy.
Welcome to the AWS IPL
You’ll be part of AWS IPL where you, together with your colleagues, will drive platform development and the productization of AWS core services such as compute, storage, databases. You’ll be part of a global, innovative team that thrives on collaboration and learning. In AWS IPL, we focus on building cloud products that are secure by design, easy to consume, and ready to scale
As a team, we collaborate across disciplines, share knowledge openly, and support each other’s growth while building scalable cloud products that help power a world running on green energy.
You’ll play an important role in:
- building a Platform based on AWS native services: design and build standardized, enterprise-ready cloud platform with core functionalities like account management, IAM, Backup, Cloudwatch and more
- driving automation and infrastructure as Code: use Terraform/CloudFormation and automate service onboarding using GitHub workflows
- embedding governance and security: integrate governance, tagging, security, and monitoring controls into AWS platform “by design”
- enabling developers: providing onboarding guides, training, and self-service templates that make cloud consumption simple, secure, and compliant.
- Fostering collaboration: working with product owners, architects, and application teams to align AWS solutions with business and technical needs.
- ensuring operational excellence :build resilience, cost optimisation, and observability built into every product from day one.
To succeed in the role, you:
- Demonstrate deep AWS expertise
Bring hands-on experience with a wide range of AWS services, including governance patterns, networking (VPC, subnets, routing, security groups, load balancers, hybrid connectivity), and AWS Backup. Apply cloud architecture principles aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Build and manage infrastructure as code
Show proficiency in Terraform and CloudFormation, maintaining strong code hygiene through version control, peer reviews, testing, and adherence to coding standards
- Enable secure and scalable cloud solutions
Apply cloud security best practices (encryption, least privilege, secrets management, compliance frameworks like ISO and NIST) and identity management concepts (IAM, Entra ID, SSO, RBAC)
- Drive automation and operational excellence
Work with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), observability tools (CloudWatch), and define meaningful KPIs/SLIs/SLOs. Optimize costs across AWS services using strategies like Savings Plans, right-sizing, and storage tiering
- Embrace agility and a product mindset
Apply agile and DevOps practices, including backlog management, sprint delivery, and continuous improvement. Drive initiatives to enable AWS services as reusable, secure, and scalable products
- Collaborate and lead effectively
Communicate technical concepts clearly across teams, mentor junior engineers, and take ownership of AWS product streams.
Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.
Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.
As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.
Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.