Senior System Engineer – Cloud Native

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Switzerland.

📋 Description

• Serve as the technical leader for intricate projects, ensuring adherence to quality standards.

• Facilitate technical discussions with demanding stakeholders, align expectations, and transform ambiguity into clear, actionable steps.

• Proactively identify organizational and delivery risks and address them promptly through structured communication in complex, high-pressure customer settings.

• Oversee complex, critical systems, implement updates, and resolve incidents to ensure operational stability.

• Design and execute advanced multi-cloud, hybrid, or on-premises platforms.

• Deliver comprehensive support, manage high-priority issues, and assist both junior and senior team members in critical scenarios.

⛳️ Requirements

• Fluency in both written and spoken German.

• Five to eight years of experience as a system engineer in cloud environments.

• Strong DevOps expertise: CNCF and HashiCorp ecosystems, GitLab, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, DevSecOps, IaC, and GitOps.

• Extensive background in software development, cloud migration, and platform engineering.

• Excellent networking skills with the capacity to translate complex concepts into practical network designs.

• Ability to identify security vulnerabilities early and address them effectively.

• Proficient in enhancing automation and developing new solutions to optimize operations.

• Solid understanding of how to align technology, architecture, and business needs within complex customer environments.

• Skillful in understanding client requirements, navigating challenging stakeholder situations with clarity and tact, and fostering strong, trust-based relationships.

• Proactive in identifying risks and dependencies, capable of addressing them early and creating clarity in complex scenarios.

• You excel in challenging situations and actively seek solutions where others may see obstacles.

• You value quality and take full ownership of your work.

• Hands-on approach: you provide support to others during critical moments and ensure alignment among the right stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Strong commitment to Open Source.

• We prioritize transparency and accessibility, foster collaboration, and actively promote community involvement — it’s integral to our identity.

• Choose your work mode: full-time or part-time, on-site or remote — find what fits you best.

• Flexible time off: planning a trip? Just inform us in advance, and we’ll generally accommodate it.

• Select your tools and environment: Emacs, Nano, or Vim? Arch, Manjaro, or another distribution? Use whatever enables your optimal system engineering performance.

• No Microsoft products, however.

• Situated between a small tech shop and a large corporation: we merge a pragmatic culture with robust business processes and swift decision-making.

• Growth-oriented mindset: whether you wish to develop skills, obtain certifications, or attend conferences, we support your growth.