ÖBB operates Austria's rail and bus network, moving 1.3 million passengers and ~1,300 freight trains daily across a 45,000-person workforce. The tech stack is enterprise-heavy (SAP, ServiceNow, Azure, AWS, Databricks), with active adoption of Terraform and SAP SuccessFactors—signaling infrastructure-as-code maturity and HR system modernization. Engineering-heavy hiring (237 roles) paired with projects spanning HR-IT transformation, platform modernization, and digitalization of processes indicates a large-scale digital infrastructure overhaul across legacy systems.
Notable leadership hires: Implementation Lead, Managing Director
ÖBB is Austria's national railway and bus operator, responsible for passenger rail service, freight logistics, and infrastructure maintenance across the country. The organization manages over 45,000 employees plus ~2,000 apprentices, making it one of Austria's largest employers. The business spans passenger transport (1.3M daily riders), cargo rail (~1,300 trains daily), bus services, and critical rail infrastructure. Current operational focus includes NIS2 compliance, platform reliability improvements, staff scheduling optimization, and digitalization of internal processes, with active investment in sustainable e-bus operations and railway infrastructure modernization.
Primary systems: SAP (ERP, BTP, Solution Manager, Cloud Platform), ServiceNow (ITSM), Microsoft 365 (Office, Teams), Azure and AWS for cloud, Databricks for data, Jira/Confluence for collaboration. Active adoption of Terraform and SAP SuccessFactors.
Wien (Vienna), Austria. The company also has active hiring in Australia alongside its primary Austrian operations.
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