Cloud Architect (m/f/d)

Generali Assurances; Adliswil; Hybrid; CHF 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote flexibility (60% remote)

6 weeks annual leave

Internal training opportunities

Part-time option

Health and sports initiatives

Job summary

Generali Switzerland is shaping its cloud platform and seeks a Cloud Architect to evolve the GKE platform, design secure, scalable foundations and support product teams with AI-enabled engineering.

You will automate Google Cloud infrastructure with Terraform, advance GitOps with ArgoCD, Helm and Kustomize, improve CI/CD, incident response and disaster recovery, and collaborate with security, architecture and product squads.

Qualifications

• Several years of Platform Engineering, SRE or DevOps experience.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and hands-on GKE preferred.
• Experience with GitOps, ArgoCD, Helm and Kustomize; Terraform and/or Config Connector.
• Fluent English; German or French language skills a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the GKE platform architecture.
• Develop and operate the GitOps delivery platform with ArgoCD, Helm and Kustomize.
• Build and operate the Google Cloud foundation as code with Terraform.
• Ensure platform reliability through observability, incident management and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with Security, Architecture and product teams; provide design reviews and documentation.

Skills

Kubernetes production

GKE

GitOps

ArgoCD

Helm

Kustomize

Terraform

Config Connector

GitLab CI/CD

Containers

Python

Go

Incident management

Root-cause analysis

AI/LLM workflows

Google Cloud

CKA/CKS certifications

English communication

German/French advantage

Tools

Kafka

Confluent Cloud

Apigee

FinOps

AI/LLM tooling

Job description

Would you like to shape the cloud platform behind business-critical applications at Generali Switzerland? As part of our platform team, you help evolve CoPa, our enterprise cloud platform on Google Cloud, and create secure, scalable and reliable foundations for our product teams. You work with a modern cloud-native technology stack including Google Cloud, Kubernetes, GitOps and Infrastructure as Code and have the freedom to bring in new ideas and AI-supported engineering practices.

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Cloud Architect (m/f/d)

What to expect

• You design and evolve our GKE platform, including architecture, networking, autoscaling, security and capacity planning.
• You develop our GitOps delivery platform with ArgoCD, Helm and Kustomize and enable reliable software delivery.
• You build and operate our Google Cloud foundation as code with Terraform, including IAM, networking and security guardrails.
• You ensure platform reliability through observability, troubleshooting, incident management, root-cause analysis and disaster recovery.
• You continuously improve our CI/CD and software supply chain practices with GitLab CI, container technologies and security scanning.
• You collaborate with Security, Architecture and product teams and support them with technical consulting, design reviews and documentation.
• You promote platform engineering best practices and help us use AI-supported automation where it creates measurable value.

The skills you'll bring

• You have several years of professional experience in Platform Engineering, SRE or DevOps, including at least 3 years operating Kubernetes in production environments.
• You have deep knowledge of Kubernetes and ideally hands-on experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• You have practical experience with GitOps, ArgoCD, Helm and Kustomize as well as Google Cloud infrastructure using Terraform and/or Config Connector.
• You are experienced with GitLab CI/CD, containers, automation and scripting with Python, Go or comparable languages.
• You know how to operate production systems and handle incident management, root-cause analysis and sustainable technical improvements. Experience with Kafka, Confluent Cloud, Apigee, FinOps or AI/LLM-based engineering workflows is an advantage.
• You combine strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an understanding of reliability, security and developer experience. Relevant Google Cloud, CKA or CKS certifications are an advantage.
• You communicate confidently in English; German or French is an advantage.

Your benefits

Your office? It's wherever you are! Depending on your workload, you can work up to 60% of your hours remotely – for more flexibility at work and at home.
Whether recreation, travel or training: with 6 weeks of annual leave, you've got plenty of time for you and your interests.
At our company, you're given lots of freedom to make decisions, think creatively and explore your own ideas: you shape your own career.
We support and challenge you – as shown by the wide range of internal training courses we offer to boost your future career.
It's not always easy to balance your job with your private life. That's why we offer the option of working part-time.
Your health is very important to us. At our company, you can keep fit alongside your colleagues in a wide range of sports groups.

Your next step

Do you have any questions about an advertised job, your new team, Generali as an employer or our corporate culture? Jessica Karolina will be happy to help. We look forward to receiving your online application.

Jessica
Recruiting & Talent Acquisition Specialist

We, Generali

Generali is committed to equal opportunities. We welcome you regardless of age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, origin, ethnicity or religion.

Your salary in this position is aligned with your earned work experience, your responsibilities within the position and local industry standards.