DevOps Engineer (m/f/d)

Company Description

MF Group is a subsidiary of Riverty and part of the Bertelsmann Group. Around 120 employees work across two locations in Switzerland to make invoice-based purchasing with flexible installment payments even simpler and safer for Swiss retailers. As a leading Swiss provider, we are a key partner for the retail sector, combining credit checks, fraud prevention, invoicing, and pre-financing into a comprehensive end‑to‑end solution.

In addition to our straightforward invoice payment solutions—both online and in‑store—we offer private customers flexible cash loans. We also issue a variety of payment cards. Our strength lies in managing complex projects where multiple sales channels and payment methods interact seamlessly. We work with nearly all major brick‑and‑mortar and online retailers in Switzerland, actively shaping the future of payments.

Job Description

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer (m/f/d) (unlimited, full-time) Join our team at our location in Chiasso – flexible working conditions available.

As part of the Cloud & Infrastructure team, you will play a key role in designing, automating, and operating CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure platforms supporting MF Group's critical business systems. You will contribute directly to modernizing our software delivery processes, improving deployment reliability, and enabling fast, secure, and repeatable delivery of applications across on-premises and cloud environments.

The position is ideal for someone who enjoys automating repetitive work, bridging development and operations, and taking ownership of platform topics while driving the adoption of DevOps practices across teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab CI), collaborating closely with development teams to optimize build, test, and release workflows.


• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Packer, contributing to cloud‑ready environments.


• Deploy, operate, and evolve containerized workloads on Kubernetes, drive the migration of services from virtual machines to containers, and support our cloud adoption.


• Improve observability and monitoring (e.g. New Relic or equivalent) and participate in incident handling and on‑call support to ensure stable and predictable platform operations.


• Own security hardening, patch management, and vulnerability remediation across infrastructure and the delivery pipeline.


• Define and maintain infrastructure standards, best practices, and technical documentation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.


• At least 4 years of hands‑on experience in DevOps, platform, or infrastructure engineering, with a proven track record of building and operating production systems.


• Solid experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar).


• Proven experience running containerized workloads on Kubernetes and administering Linux‑based environments.


• Strong experience with Ansible; experience with Terraform, Packer, or similar tools.


• Experience operating delivery platforms in production (troubleshooting, incident handling, and on‑call support) combined with strong collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Awareness of security, data protection, and compliance concepts (e.g. PII, GDPR).


• Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, payments, or banking.


• Experience with container security scanning and artifact management repositories (e.g. Sonatype Nexus).


• Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g. New Relic, OpenTelemetry, Nagios/Centreon).


• Experience with Linux lifecycle management tools (e.g. Katello / Foreman) or Kubernetes management platforms.


• Experience with identity and SSO solutions (e.g. Keycloak, OIDC, Entra ID).

Additional Information

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