Work at Belgian Mobility Company

Support Engineer
for Cloud Applications

Support Engineer for Cloud Applications in Brussels (hybrid, 50% remote 50% on-site) • Full time

We’re on the lookout for a Junior/Medior Support Engineer for Cloud Applications with knowledge of ITIL service operations, SLA’s, monitoring & reporting and familiar with application services on cloud architecture. We offer competitive conditions, and the opportunity to work hybrid remotely in an open and transparent environment.

About us.

We’re Belgian Mobility Company, a cooperative initiative of the 4 Belgian Public Transports Operators ⏤ TEC, STIB-MIVB, DeLijn and NMBS-SNCB. As a small & fully decentralized team, we foster digital innovation to ease the journey of millions of public transport customers.

  • BMC was founded in 2010 as a joint-venture company of the four Belgian Public Transport Operators, namely TEC (Wallonia transit network), STIB-MIVB (Brussels transit network), SNCB-NMBS (National rail network) and De Lijn (Flanders transit network).

  • Its initial goal was to develop an intermodal payment scheme and the related hardware to be used by all Belgian travellers (the MOBIB card). At the beginning of 2022 its scope expanded widely with the acquisition of Stoomlink, a private-owned startup with outstanding expertise in the development of innovative mobility digital products.

  • From NextRide — a multi-awarded mobility companion — to the Smart Mobility Planner — an ambitious open-source route planner, Stoomlink was built upon a solid set of top-notch user experience and cutting-edge technologies.

What we do.

Transition to a more sustainable mobility remains a major struggle. Among the reasons identified, we believe there is one we could easily do something about: overcoming the lack of confidence in the offer of alternative mobility and the loss of control experienced by those abandoning their cars. To achieve this, we are convinced that qualitative information , cooperation and partnerships are key. This is how we have developed a range of innovative digital products which, through their unique process of data, provide contextualized, actionable and real-time information to those who define the mobility of tomorrow.

Our DNA

We are not only great product makers: we also like to think we are the best team 💪 And this has definitely something to do with our DNA and our willingness to (re)invent the way we work. And if concepts like work/life balance, autonomy and structured freedom are important to you, go ahead to our public DNA page to get to know us a bit better !

Oh, one more thing! You’ll see in there that inclusivity is an integral part of our cherished values. And as we don’t repeat it enough: let’s break the gender gap together, woman are strongly encouraged to apply 🔥.

What you'll do.

Due to our recent expansion, we need to further professionalize our solutions and services throughout the organization. For the ticketing services already some best practices regarding operations management and reporting have been implemented. The passenger information solutions & services are fast growing and are ready to be industrialized or have recently been deployed in production. The passenger information solutions & services require to process high volumes of data and the integrity & availability of the API’s is paramount. The API’s in scope encompass Search, Timetables, Travel Time, Routing & other passenger information features.

The main challenges we face for 2023 and reasons why we are recruiting a Cloud Support Engineer for are:

  • Having a dedicated contact person for our customers and partners, to centralize & prioritise service alerts, incidents & requests.
  • Introducing ITIL best practice working methods to support the solutions and services in our ambitious roadmap for 2023 (and beyond).
  • Defining service level objectives with all stakeholders from the start of the project throughout negotiating, conclusion and follow-up of Service Level Agreements with our customers and partners at the end of the project.
  • Develop & maintain functional & performance metrics for management reporting.
  • Organizing recurrent meetings dedicated on service operation with partners & customers.

More broadly, as a Support Engineer for Cloud Applications, you will:

  • Report to the Head of Operations.
  • Provide first and second level support for incidents and requests, ensuring that all incidents and requests are resolved in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Document work instructions for root cause analysis & service restoration in close collaboration with the DevOps teams.
  • Monitor and manage IT and business service performance, ensuring that service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
  • Follow-up all service support items in the backlog systems of the DevOps teams.
  • Participate in Operations Workstream meetings to follow-up service management initiatives for all services & solutions that BMC will deliver for years to come.
  • Plan & execute the testing of the functional and non-functional go-live conditions before launch of specific solutions and services.
  • Identify, define and follow-up of service improvement initiatives in collaboration with DevOps teams

Your qualifications.

  • Familiar with ITIL best practices and processes, most important stages are service design, service transition and service operation
  • First experience in a similar role providing technical support for cloud-based services
  • Knowledge of monitoring and performance optimization of cloud-based services
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly
  • Excellent communication and customer service skills in English and Dutch or French
  • Analytical & structured, be able to write high-quality documents & reports
  • Interest in DevOps style — we operate what we build!
  • Strong soft skills — we like nice humans.

Bonus points if:

  • Understanding of cloud-based technologies such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Proven track record of ITIL improvement initiatives.
  • Familiar with development, containerization platforms such as Docker, and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge of security best practices for protecting data in the cloud.
  • Experience working in an agile engineering environment.
  • You love public transport and micro-mobility as much as we do 😍

What we offer you.

  • Become a key employee in an established, fast-growing and ambitious Mobility company and have a meaningful impact on its destiny.
  • Work in an open and transparent environment, with its share of fun too!
  • A lot of freedom in organizing your work (remote and/or asynchronous work is encouraged).
  • A competitive salary package, alongside nice complementary perks (laptop, mobile subscription, DKV insurance, mobility allocation, meal voucher).

Is this position for you? We’d love to meet you. Apply now!

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