Cloud Operations Lead (m/f) 80–100%

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

Your Role

Following the launch of our first real cloud product, we are creating a new key role to lead and coordinate AutoForm’s global cloud operations, based in Zurich.

As Cloud Operations Lead, you will:

• Coordinate the deployment and operations of AutoForm’s cloud offerings across the portfolio


• Define our commitments for each cloud product by specifying responsibilities, service levels, and cost structure


• Report directly to the Head of R&D and work closely with the Executive Committee on cloud strategy, risk, and security priorities


• Be the single point of accountability for cloud service readiness: security, reliability, compliance, and cost transparency


• Define and enforce cloud standards, policies, and operating procedures across all involved teams and partners and ensure they are applied consistently


• Align Development, IT, Product Management and external partners to deliver stable and secure cloud products


• Lead incident response, vulnerability management, and disaster recovery planning for cloud environments

Your Responsibilities

• Establish and run the cloud operating model including ownership, escalation paths, runbooks, and partner collaboration


• Govern identity and access management


• Maintain a secure and auditable AWS multi-account foundation


• Coordinate security operations across the involved organizations with the authority and accountability to set standards and drive remediation


• Ensure compliance and audit readiness


• Ensure disaster recovery readiness


• Define and improve observability standards and service level objectives


• Drive cost and capacity management


• Manage and steer external partners

Your Profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field


• Several years of experience in cloud operations, platform operations, or cloud security governance


• Strong AWS knowledge, able to set standards, challenge decisions, and drive quality, even if you’re not the primary implementer


• Proven ability to lead through coordination and influence across teams and stakeholders


• Confident communication with executive stakeholders on risk, priorities, trade-offs, and status


• Experience with other cloud providers is a plus, including Azure/GCP and Chinese providers such as Alibaba Cloud or Tencent Cloud


• Certifications are a plus: AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Security Specialty, CISSP/CISM/CCSP, ITIL


• Fluent in English; German is a plus

Our offer

• A challenging role in a respectful and global working environment


• Being part of a world-leading, high-end CAE software company


• Working on cutting edge technologies for the automotive industry


• Professional development and continuous education


• Excellent balance between your working life and your private life through flexible working hours

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