We are seeking a talented, collaborative, high-energy Lead Enterprise Software Engineer with extensive technical expertise and a passion for automating infrastructure and deployment processes to help build, test, and release the next generation of our cloud-based Expert Solutions. which provides the DevSecOps and SRE services critical to Wolters Kluwer and our Expert Solutions.
As a Lead Enterprise Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of infrastructure and deployment pipelines for our applications, improving the reliability of existing systems, and working alongside the Wolters Kluwer Product Teams to ensure continuous improvements. You will collaborate closely with application development teams to deliver services efficiently and with the highest quality. In addition, you will mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
As a Lead Enterprise Software Engineer, you will:
- Serve as a Tech Lead for a Senior DevSecOps Engineer and provide support on technical blockers.
- Provide expert-level support for Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and related cloud-native infrastructure, including designing, deploying, and troubleshooting containerized applications while ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Design, implement, and automate Cloud Infrastructure using Azure & AWS with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins.
- Provide leadership and mentoring for adopting Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across Service Operations and the broader organization.
- Lead the transformation towards container and serverless compute architectures, such as AKS, EKS, Docker, and Azure Functions.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and orchestration across multiple environments.
- Guide and support the adoption of Cloud Native solutions tailored to the team’s requirements.
- Implement effective observability of managed solutions and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
- Ensure infrastructure, automation, monitoring, and CI/CD solutions align with broader DevOps and security practices.
- Mentor and guide a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Explore new technologies and patterns, leading pilots/POC/technology evaluations.
- Conduct work activities using SRE principles, such as resilience, metrics, capacity planning, toil reduction, incident management, and security.
- Deploy and maintain critical applications, modernize existing systems, and contribute to architecture and engineering standards.
- Identify areas for engineering improvement and propose strategies for implementation.
- Resolve production incidents and contribute to root cause analysis.
- Share best practices in automation and improve knowledge sharing across the organization.
- Assist in planning On-Call rotations and resource planning within the Service Delivery and Operations team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership within the Engineering team on projects.
- Apply specialized expertise in programming languages, operating systems, and cloud-native architectures to deliver innovative solutions.
- Analyse business challenges, recommend best practices, and guide system improvements to ensure high quality and accuracy.
- Act as an advisor to management on advanced and wide-ranging projects, using your technical acumen to solve complex problems and provide forward-thinking solutions.
Job Qualifications:
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (required)
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (required)
- Azure Administrator Associate (required)
- Azure AI Fundamentals (preferred)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (preferred)
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (preferred)
- Proficient in Python or Go and expert in PowerShell/Shell scripting.
- Strong Linux administrative knowledge
- Understanding of AIOps and its effective utilization
- Hands-on experience with AWS and Azure services, infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and configuration management tools.
- Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins
- Experience with diagnostic tools, observability platforms, and automation in Windows and Linux
- Ability to communicate complex technical projects to multiple teams effectively.
Required Experience:
- Minimum 10 years of experience in software-related roles, with a mix of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, or Release Engineering
- Strong background in software development with experience in languages such as Python, Ruby, Go, or Java
- Extensive experience with Cloud Infrastructure in Azure and AWS
- Deep commitment to DevOps culture, including CI/CD, automated testing, and deployment.
- Proven experience in leading a team of DevOps engineers on large, complex projects.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills and the ability to identify innovative solutions.
- Experience in maintaining and deploying highly available, fault-tolerant systems at scale.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience in modernizing existing systems and designing cloud-native architectures using IaC
- Expertise in building platforms for observability and defining standard operating procedures.
- Prior experience as a senior member or team lead on large, complex projects
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on identifying innovative solutions.
- Ability to travel 5-10% for team collaboration, conferences, or technical support when needed.
Thought Leadership and Soft skills:
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to learn and contribute to team success.
Travel requirements
- Minimal domestic travel requirements
Physical Demands
- Normal professional office environment.
To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
Skills Required
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
- Azure Administrator Associate
- Proficient in Python or Go and expert in PowerShell/Shell scripting
- Strong Linux administrative knowledge
- Hands-on experience with AWS and Azure services
- Minimum 10 years of experience in software-related roles
Wolters Kluwer Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Wolters Kluwer and has not been reviewed or approved by Wolters Kluwer.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away benefits are positioned as broad, spanning vacation and sick time plus paid holidays and other covered leave types. Paid parental and caregiver leave, bereavement leave, and a volunteer day contribute to a more comprehensive time-off offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is framed as meaningful through access to a 401(k)/retirement plan paired with company matching and additional contribution features in some descriptions. This is reinforced by mentions of profit sharing and other long-term savings-oriented programs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented support stands out through adoption assistance and paid parental leave provisions. These benefits are described alongside other caregiver supports that extend beyond basic leave categories.
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What We Do
Wolters Kluwer (www.wolterskluwer.com) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services. Founded in 1836 and headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, the company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 18,600 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer reported 2019 annual revenues of €4.6 billion. Listed on Euronext Amsterdam, Wolters Kluwer shares (WKL) are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).
