Cloud Platform Engineer & Architect
Location: German-speaking Switzerland, Aargau region (near Zurich)
Employment: 80–100% | Permanent
Sector: Financial Services
About the Organization
Our client is a well-established financial services organization operating across Switzerland. They're known for fostering an open, inclusive workplace where people are valued as individuals—not just numbers. They offer meaningful work in a respectful, modern environment.
They maintain a collaborative culture grounded in direct communication and mutual respect, with a genuine focus on personal and professional development.
The Role
You'll take ownership of their central cloud platform strategy, driving continuous evolution of their containerization, virtualization, and CI/CD infrastructure. You'll work across multiple value streams to design and implement scalable, secure platform solutions—partnering closely with internal teams and external technology providers.
What You'll Do
- Design and architect platform solutions that align with business, security, compliance, and operational requirements
- Lead projects from conception through successful deployment and beyond
- Build and operate modern platforms in the OpenShift, CI/CD, virtualization, and multi-cloud space
- Plan, automate, and optimize infrastructure using DevOps, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies
- Collaborate with managed service providers and technology partners to ensure quality outcomes
- Evaluate emerging technologies and continuously improve platform standards and practices
- Participate in periodic on-call rotation
About You
Essential Background
- Completed higher education or advanced qualification in IT (technical college, university of applied sciences, or university degree)
- Several years of hands-on experience engineering and/or architecting modern platform and infrastructure environments
Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes/OpenShift, CI/CD pipelines, Linux, and virtualization platforms
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and multi-cloud environments (preferred)
- Ability to develop technical architectures and guide their implementation
- Comfortable working with managed service providers—you'll define requirements, track execution, and advocate for quality and security
- Solid understanding of information security principles
- Knowledge of networking, identity & access management, and security by design
- Demonstrated technical leadership and the ability to drive sustainable solutions
Languages
- Fluent German (written and spoken)
- Good English (written and spoken)
What They Offer
- Competitive total compensation package
- Professional development and training support
- Employee benefits (banking discounts and other perks)
- Flexible, supportive work environment