Cloud Operations Lead - AWS Security & Reliability

AutoForm Engineering GmbH; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global team

Flexible working hours

Professional development

Cutting-edge technologies

Work-life balance

Job summary

AutoForm Engineering GmbH in Zurich seeks a Cloud Operations Lead to own and coordinate our global cloud operations. You will oversee deployment, define product commitments, and report to the Head of R&D while collaborating with the Executive Committee on cloud strategy, risk, and security priorities.

You will be the single point of accountability for cloud service readiness, including security, reliability, compliance and cost transparency.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, IT, or closely related field.
• Several years of cloud operations, platform operations, or cloud security governance.
• Strong AWS knowledge; able to set standards and drive quality.
• Proven ability to lead through coordination across teams and stakeholders.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus.
• Certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Security Specialty, CISSP/CISM/CCSP, ITIL are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run the cloud operating model with ownership and runbooks.
• Govern identity and access management.
• Maintain a secure AWS multi-account foundation.
• Coordinate security operations across involved orgs to set standards and drive remediation.
• Ensure compliance and audit readiness.
• Ensure disaster recovery readiness.
• Define and improve observability standards and SLAs.
• Drive cost and capacity management.
• Manage and steer external partners.

Skills

Cloud operations

Platform operations

Cloud governance

AWS knowledge

Executive stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science / IT or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

AutoForm Engineering GmbH in Zurich seeks a Cloud Operations Lead to own and coordinate our global cloud operations. You will oversee deployment, define product commitments, and report to the Head of R&D while collaborating with the Executive Committee on cloud strategy, risk, and security priorities.

You will be the single point of accountability for cloud service readiness, including security, reliability, compliance and cost transparency.