[CH] Site Reliability Engineer (Monitoring & Incident Response Focus)

WellD; Lugano; Hybrid; CHF 65’000 - 75’000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A dynamic consulting company in Lugano is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer focused on monitoring and incident response. The role involves ensuring the reliability of mission-critical applications, managing observability tools, and contributing to automation efforts. Candidates must possess strong Linux system administration skills, experience with monitoring tools, and fluency in both Italian and English. This is a full-time hybrid position with competitive Swiss salaries and various employee benefits.

Leistungen

Competitive Swiss salaries

MacBook Pro and required equipment

Annual training budget

Access to technical library

Hack Days and team-building activities

Qualifikationen

• Strong experience with Linux system administration.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring/observability tools.
• Software development skills, ideally in Java.
• Scripting expertise for automation and diagnostics.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex incidents.
• Fluency in both Italian and English.

Aufgaben

• Monitor and ensure the availability of critical applications.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis.
• Manage and optimize observability platforms.
• Automate monitoring and diagnostic tasks using scripting.
• Administer Linux environments, including network configuration.
• Propose and implement new monitoring solutions.

Kenntnisse

Linux system administration

Monitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace)

Java development (Spring Boot, Maven)

Scripting (Bash, Ansible)

Incident analysis

Reliability focus

Fluency in Italian

Fluency in English

Tools

Splunk

Grafana

Dynatrace

Jenkins

Docker

Jobbeschreibung

Job title

[CH] Site Reliability Engineer (Monitoring & Incident Response Focus) at WellD

Base pay range

CHF65,000.00/yr - CHF75,000.00/yr

About The Company

WellD is a fast-growing, young, and dynamic consulting company dedicated to custom software product development, with a strong focus on state-of-the-art technologies. We are a team of passionate, down-to-earth developers and engineers who love what we do. We value continuous improvement, passion, curiosity, and an analytical mindset. Our clients include leading companies in the Energy, Industrial, Finance, and Health sectors. Our projects are challenging and impactful, designed to meet real-world, mission-critical requirements.

To support our culture of growth, we invest in tech conferences and meetups, our WellD Book, Tech Lunches, Tech Blog, internal workshops, and team-building activities. We like to pair program, challenge our knowledge, and share what we learn—growing together is part of what we do best.

About The Role

WellD is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join a key enterprise project. In this role, you will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the reliability of mission-critical applications, specifically authentication and user management systems used by millions of B2C and B2B customers.

As an SRE, you will act as the technical point of reference for service stability: monitoring system health, owning incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis, while contributing to automation and improvements that increase resilience and reduce downtime. You will work in a complex enterprise environment with state-of-the-art observability tools and have the opportunity to propose and implement new monitoring solutions.

The position is based in Southern Switzerland, with a hybrid on-site/remote setup (4 days per week in the office and 1 day working remotely). Our remote work policy may be subject to change in accordance with Swiss and cross-border legislation.

What You’ll Do

• Monitor and ensure the availability and reliability of critical Java-based applications.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis, reducing downtime and preventing recurrence.
• Manage and optimize observability platforms (Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace).
• Automate monitoring and diagnostic tasks using scripting and tools (Bash, Ansible).
• Administer Linux environments, including network configuration, firewalls, and certificates.
• During non-monitoring weeks, contribute to development or operational tasks (Java, Spring Boot or automations) to improve applications and tools.
• Act as a technical point of contact for internal and external teams (developers, business stakeholders, infrastructure).
• Propose and implement new monitoring and alerting solutions to improve overall system resilience.

Must-have Skills

• Strong experience with Linux system administration, including networking, firewall, and certificate management.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring/observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace).
• Software development skills, ideally in Java (Spring Boot, Maven).
• Scripting expertise (Bash, Ansible) for automation and diagnostics.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex incidents in enterprise environments.
• An SRE mindset: focus on reliability, prevention, resilience, and automation.
• Fluency in both Italian and English.

Nice-to-have Skills

• Knowledge of authentication protocols (SAML, OAuth/OIDC).
• Experience with Jenkins, Docker, Kafka, ArgoCD.
• Familiarity with distributed and secure system architectures.
• Proficiency in German is a plus.

What We Offer

• Full-time permanent contract with competitive Swiss salaries.
• MacBook Pro and all the equipment you need to work comfortably.
• Swiss public transportation pass.
• Annual training budget for conferences, certifications, and courses.
• Access to our technical library (we’ll order the books you need).
• Hack Days, Tech Lunches, MeetUps, team-building activities – fully supported by WellD.
• A stimulating environment with enterprise-grade monitoring tools and room to grow your skills.

Note

This position is open to Swiss or EU/Schengen citizens with valid work/residency permits.

Important to know

• This position is open to Swiss citizens, Swiss residents, or Schengen EU citizens (cross-border eligible).
• The role is hybrid remote with office presence required in Lugano.
• Italian and English are mandatory for this role.

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