Vereist ID: RC753158

Technical Fellow

Bedrijf: Federal Express Corporation EU
Categorie: Professional
Soort Werkgelegenheid: Full time
Werknemerstype: Regular
Geplande Wekelijkse Uren: 39.25
Einddatum van plaatsing: 2025-07-09T00:00:00+00:00
Afstand: Nee
Locatie: 111 Taurusavenue, Hoofddorp, NH 2132 LS, Netherlands

Beschrijving

Infrastructure; Information Security International: Infrastructure; Information Security International; Technical Advising and Expertise Provision (Systems Development, Hardware and Software Configurations for Major Corporate Information Systems); Design and Architecture of Proposed Systems Evaluation; Assessments of Business Impacts on Other Systems; Deliverables Delivery

Platform Engineering (Technical Fellow)

Every day at FedEx, over 450,000 team members, over 180,000 vehicles, and over 650 aircraft serve millions of people in 220+ countries and territories around the globe. Our work is more than the delivery of packages; we connect both our customers and our team members to solutions and possibilities. Join us in this effort and discover how we equip and empower our people to deliver exceptional experiences and outstanding service.

Job description:

As a FedEx Technical Fellow you will play an important role in designing, building, automating and deploying scalable and secure public cloud infrastructure. Our product is the FedEx Cloud Platform where the Platform Engineering team manage public cloud landing zones of PaaS (based on Azure Kubernetes Service), IaaS and Data Analytics.

Our goal is to architect and deploy an end-to-end global FedEx Cloud Platform empowering developers with ideal tooling, streamlined processes, and innovative accelerators to achieve rapid value delivery in the Azure public cloud.

Providing benefits of a globally distributed, yet simplified cloud environment, enabling an optimal developer experience and seamless path to production whilst providing the ability to securely release on demand with observability, reliability,
cost efficiency, and compliance.

Key responsibilities:

Set the technical vision and roadmap for cloud platform evolution, ensuring alignment with FedEx enterprise architecture and business priorities.
Influence cloud adoption strategy, guiding key decisions on platform architecture, tooling, and vendor choices across public cloud providers (Azure, GCP, OCI)
Drive platform governance, including defining guardrails, compliance standards, and cost optimization strategies in collaboration with Security, Architecture, and Finance teams.
Serve as a cloud subject matter expert (SME) and trusted advisor to executives, engineering leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Champion platform standardization and modernization, advocating for use of internal frameworks, IaC practices, and self-service models.
Mentor and upskill senior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical depth across the organization.
Evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies, assessing their maturity, feasibility, and alignment with business needs.
Prototype new capabilities, test PoCs (proof-of-concepts), and transition successful innovations into production-ready services.
Engage with enterprise security, networking, data, and operations teams to ensure platform design aligns with enterprise policies and SLA requirements.
Act as the senior strategic leader driving cloud-native infrastructure and technical innovation.

The ideal candidate will have:

Understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts (network, storage, OS, virtualization, containerization)
Experience with Azure, AWS, GCP or OCI
Experience managing cloud-based Kubernetes Clusters
Extensive knowledge of container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Knowledge of RedHat Enterprise Linux and other distributed Linux systems
Experience in scripting/programming languages (e.g. Bash, JavaScript, Java, NodeJS, Go, Spring Boot, TypeScript)
Strong experience in declarative “infrastructure as code” scripting language, preferably Terraform
Ability to establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders with an appreciation of and focus on customer needs
Experience working in cross-functional platform teams
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to explain cloud concepts to senior stakeholders
Establishing relationships and maintaining contains with people from a variety of backgrounds
Previous experience of database technologies (Azure Postgres, SQL, MongoDB, Azure Cosmos, Cassandra, DataStax)
Develops initiatives, proposals and business cases within area of expertise. Acts as subject matter expert and shares knowledge with peers and management.

What we offer:

FedEx offers employees a competitive benefits and reward package including a wide array of formal training and on the job learning opportunities;
FedEx is one of the most admired companies and trusted brands year after year;
In joining FedEx, every team member commits to our Purple Promise — to make every FedEx experience outstanding—for the customer and for our fellow team members;
Being a part of FedEx means you are a part of a global network of solutions that only continues to strengthen its capability to deliver what our customers need anytime, anywhere.

FedEx hecht het grootste belang aan zijn filosofie waarin mensen op de eerste plaats komen. Als werkgever met een gelijkekansenbeleid zijn we toegewijd aan een divers en inclusief personeelsbestand waarin we iedereen groeimogelijkheden bieden

Ons bedrijf

FedEx is een van 's werelds grootste express transportbedrijven en werd herhaaldelijk door het tijdschrift ‘Fortune’ geselecteerd als een van de 10 meest bewonderde bedrijven ter wereld. FedEx levert zijn klanten dagelijks transport- en bedrijfsoplossingen in meer dan 220 landen en gebieden over de hele wereld. We kunnen dit wereldwijde netwerk bedienen dankzij ons uitstekende team van FedEx-teamleden, die de taak hebben om elke FedEx-ervaring gedenkwaardig te maken.

Onze filosofie

De People-Service-Profit-filosofie (PSP) beschrijft de principes die van toepassing zijn op elke beslissing, elk beleid of elke activiteit van FedEx. FedEx draagt zorg voor onze mensen; zij leveren op hun beurt de onberispelijke service die onze klanten verwachten, die ons dan weer voorzien van de nodige financiële middelen om onze toekomst veilig te stellen. We benutten de People-Service-Profit-filosofie als een positieve factor voor het bedrijf door de cirkel te sluiten en onze winsten terug te geven aan het bedrijf en te investeren in onze mensen.

We hebben ons succes in de branche te danken aan onze mensen. Onze PSP-filosofie creëert een werkomgeving waarin teamleden worden aangemoedigd om innovatief te zijn bij het leveren van de best mogelijke dienstverlening aan onze klanten. Wij zorgen voor hun welzijn en waarderen hun bijdragen aan het bedrijf.