International Trainee - Cloud Engineering

Shape the path towards fossil-free living

Are you ready to challenge the status quo, lead us down new paths and contribute to solving one of humankind's greatest challenges – climate change? We are searching for 15 talented individuals to join us as International Trainees at Vattenfall. Help us lead the energy transition and make a real impact.   

About the traineeship   

This traineeship offers you a unique opportunity to kickstart your career in sustainable business. Each of the trainee positions is distinct, tied to a department within a specific business area and working location. This means that each position has its own tailored responsibilities, challenges and matching profile.   

What you will experience  

• Personal development: Benefit from a year full of growth opportunities, professional meetups, and comprehensive trainings.  
• International exposure: Engage with a diverse, international trainee team both virtually and in person. Participate in job rotations and on-site visits.  
• Collaborative environment: Enjoy a balance of serious work and a fun, supportive atmosphere.  

As Joakim, our International Trainee in Stockholm, states, “I expected beforehand that working at a corporate would mean only serious business. We do focus on learning and growth and bringing new perspectives to the company, but we also have fun and add humor and lightness. I feel like we are the change the company wants to see.”  

Your role as a Trainee – Cloud Engineering

As a Cloud Engineer, you will be fully immersed in the multifaceted realm of cloud-based software-defined infrastructure, extending your reach to encompass platform operations. Your responsibilities will span across diverse areas, including software-defined networking, virtual machines, Platform as a Service (PaaS), and the operational intricacies of the Vattenfall Digital Platform.

Your daily activities:

• Supporting all kind of cloud infrastructure resources like VMs, PaaS, Network, Databases etc.
• Ensuring high cloud security by managing azure policies and security settings
• Supporting the organisation to make a smart use of Azure resources to further reduce our Co2 footprint
• Contribute to our cloud automation setup
• Writing scripts mainly powershell

You should also recognize yourself in: 

• Being motivated and having a strong drive to ask questions
• Learning new tools and continuously improving your soft and hard skills is your second nature and you embrace working on new topics and projects every day
• Feeling personally committed to the goal setting and delivery of the team locally and internationally
• Having a teaching attitude and loving to share your knowledge generously with the team 
• Being not afraid to drink a cup of coffee with our key users