DevOps & Infra Engineer — Linux, CI/CD, SRE

Papers AG; Zug; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days paid vacation

Home office 2 days per week

Learning and development supported

Job summary

Papers AG in Switzerland (Zug) seeks an experienced DevOps/SRE to own and evolve our self-hosted infrastructure. You will manage Linux servers, CI/CD pipelines, and security posture while collaborating with backend engineers.

You’ll automate with Ansible, run Telegraf/InfluxDB/Grafana, and handle identity/security tooling (Azure AD). The role is hands-on, on-site within Switzerland, with strong ownership and opportunity to shape DevOps strategy.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure roles.
• Proficient with Linux/Ubuntu system administration on self-managed servers.
• Comfortable with Docker / Docker Compose and CI/CD workflows (GitLab CI).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Ansible especially).
• Confident with Nginx, TLS, shell scripting, and practical networking.
• Comfortable owning a metrics/alerting stack and responding to incidents.
• Solid grasp of security fundamentals: MFA/SSO, least privilege, patch management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Self-driven, self-organized, pragmatic, and able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve our self-hosted, Linux-based infrastructure (Ubuntu) on dedicated servers.
• Keep servers patched and up to date and maintain the applications we self-host.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI).
• Set up and optimize Docker and Docker Compose deployments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Ansible.
• Define and enforce backup strategies and disaster recovery processes.
• Run observability stack (Telegraf/InfluxDB/Grafana) and write runbooks for alerts.
• Administer Microsoft 365 / Entra ID (Azure AD) — identity & access management.
• Own and improve security posture: SSH/host hardening, firewalls, secrets management, least-privilege access.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support critical services (Acurast blockchain/bridge).
• Collaborate with backend engineers to streamline integration and delivery.
• Continuously identify and automate repetitive tasks.

Skills

Linux/Ubuntu

Docker

GitLab CI

Nginx

TLS/SSL

Scripting

Security basics

English proficiency

Self-driven

Tools

Ansible

Grafana

InfluxDB

Telegraf

PostgreSQL

Graylog

NATS

NetBird

Job description

Papers AG in Switzerland (Zug) seeks an experienced DevOps/SRE to own and evolve our self-hosted infrastructure. You will manage Linux servers, CI/CD pipelines, and security posture while collaborating with backend engineers.

You’ll automate with Ansible, run Telegraf/InfluxDB/Grafana, and handle identity/security tooling (Azure AD). The role is hands-on, on-site within Switzerland, with strong ownership and opportunity to shape DevOps strategy.