Cloud Platform Engineering Lead

About Sonepar

Sonepar is an independent family-owned company standing as the world leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and services . In 2024, Sonepar achieved sales of €32.5 billion. Present in 40 countries with a dense network of brands, the Group is leading an ambitious transformation to make its customers’ lives easier providing them with an omnichannel experience and sustainable solutions in the building, industry, and energy markets. 

Sonepar’s 46 000 associates are committed to accelerating the world’s electrification and driven by a shared Purpose: Powering Progress for Future Generations.

How will you shape our tomorrow

The Platform Engineering Lead is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the core infrastructure and services that power our digital platform. This role ensures scalability, reliability, and security across all platform components, enabling seamless delivery of digital products and services. The position requires strong leadership, deep technical expertise, and the ability to collaborate across engineering, architecture, and product teams.

Mission for Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS):

• Deliver a developer-centric platform that accelerates application delivery through automation, self-service, and standardized environments.
• Provide secure, scalable, and resilient PaaS capabilities to enable rapid innovation while maintaining compliance and governance.
• Foster operational excellence by embedding observability, cost optimization, and continuous improvement into platform services.
• Enable multi-cloud and hybrid strategies to support flexibility and business continuity.
• Drive DevSecOps adoption by integrating security and compliance into the platform lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Platform Architecture & Design

• • Define and evolve the platform architecture to support business growth and digital transformation.
  • Ensure high availability, resilience, and performance across all platform services.

• Engineering Leadership

• • Lead a team of platform engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and career development.
  • Establish best practices for CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and cloud-native development.

• Cloud & Infrastructure Management

• • Oversee cloud environments and optimize resource utilization.
  • Implement robust monitoring, observability, and incident response frameworks.

• Security & Compliance

• • Ensure platform security through identity management, encryption, and compliance with industry standards.
  • Collaborate with security teams to enforce governance and risk management policies.

• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• • Partner with product owners, application teams, and enterprise architects to align platform capabilities with business needs.
  • Communicate technical strategies and roadmaps to senior leadership

The experience you bring

• Technical Expertise

• Strong experience in cloud platforms (Azure preferred), Kubernetes, container orchestration, and microservices.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of networking, security, and distributed systems.

• Leadership & Communication

• Proven ability to lead engineering teams and drive complex initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience

• 8+ years in platform engineering or related roles, with at least 3 years in a leadership position.
• Experience in building and operating large-scale digital platforms.

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and observability tools
  • Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies.
  • Understanding of cost optimization and FinOps principles.

Soft Skills

• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach.
• Passion for automation, scalability, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment

Work Mode & Location

- Hybrid: 3 days in Paris (8ème) after the probation period

Benefits that await you:

The role - Your daily activities will be interesting, stimulating and varied... No two days are alike!

The organisation - You'll be part of the Sonepar family and share the same values!

The culture - You'll be working in an international environment.

The team - Our dynamic, multidisciplinary, open-minded and talented team is eager to welcome additional skills to continue to meet the challenge.

75% reimbursement of your monthly or annual transport pass.

Swile Ticket restaurant card

Gym exclusively reserved for the company and made available to employees free of charge.

Sustainable mobility package

Health insurance & Welfare

Employee Savings Plan & Profit Sharing Bonus.

Recruitment process

 Phone call with a Talent Aquisition 

First interview with the hiring manager

Technical Interview with the Tech Lead Cloud

Final HR interview 

We are interested in knowing you more. Start an exciting new career and enjoy many employee benefits by applying online. Sonepar HQ is thankful for your interest in joining the team, only individuals selected for interview will be contacted.

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