Platform Engineer (80 - 100% - all identities and backgrounds)
Key information
- Publication date:28 February 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Language:English (Fluent)
- Place of work:Werdstrasse 2, 8004 Zürich
We are a Circle of 8 People who runs services for internal and external customers. We are analytical troubleshooters, problem-solving decision makers, curious learners, open and self-motivated. And we are looking for you if you, a Platform Engineer with a strong cloud background who shares the same values.
Platform Engineer (80 - 100% - all identities and backgrounds)
Your main tasks are
- Develop, maintain and scale our observability platform and Kubernetes cluster
- Architect, build and maintain Gitlab CI/CD pipelines enabling our application teams to efficiently develop, test, deploy and release their software
- Migrating classic services to Cloud native deployments
- Collaborating closely with the application teams to onboarding and ease migration of workloads to more cloud native solutions.
What you bring
- Strong knowledge and experience in Kubernetes, GitOps building and maintaining Gitlab CI/CD pipelines
- Strong Unix/Linux knowledge
- Proficient coding skills in languages like Python, Bash scripting
- Experience in working with observability platform (collecting infrastructure, application metrics, dashboards visualization. Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, Grafana)
- Respectful and cooperative attitude towards team members and colleagues
- proactive attitude with the ability to take initiative and drive projects forward
- Strong problem-solving skills to tackle complex issues effectively
- Knowledge of networking concepts
- We need people who:
- are community oriented and can understand and support the needs of research and education
- helping colleagues and team members by documenting processes and sharing knowledge
- receiving and acting on constructive feedback from peers and management
- want to make things better
- Fluent in English, German or French is a plus
What you should know about us
- Lots of interesting responsibilities, with the chance to make an impact on grow with the work
- A committed and service-oriented team
- Use of modern technologies and products such as Kubernetes, Linux, GitLab, Python, Ansible, Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, Grafana and much more
- An open and collaborative work environment where everyone contributes to success
- An attractive work model with flexible working hours, remote work options, overtime compensation, and more
- Company language is German, team language is English, and we provide support to help employees achieve a comfortable level of proficiency in German or English
- Offices located in the heart of Zurich or in Lausanne at the EPFL Innovation Park
Switch is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, pregnancy status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know how we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
Your contact for this position:
SwitchPeople & Culture
Jennifer Keller
Tel. 044 253 98 25
Do you have questions?
If you have any questions before you send us your application documents, get in touch with Write an email. Jennifer will be happy to answer your questions and explain everything about Switch.
More information on www.switch.ch
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- For this position, we do not accept applications from recruitment agencies.
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