Kubernetes Platform Engineer: Cloud-Native & On-Prem

Julius Baer; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Julius Baer is looking for a Platform Engineer to build, operate, and evolve our Kubernetes-based platform ecosystem across on-premises data centers and Microsoft Azure. You will focus on automation, self-service capabilities, and platform standardisation to support hundreds of developers.

You will bring hands-on experience with Linux, container technologies, and modern deployment patterns, contribute to platform reliability, security, and disaster recovery, and collaborate with application,

Qualifications

• Experience operating Kubernetes platforms in production environments, including workload deployment, networking, ingress, storage, and cluster lifecycle management.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux systems administration in business-critical environments.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Go, with IaC and code-driven configuration management experience.
• Solid understanding of networking, storage, compute, and security concepts.
• Experience with container technologies and modern deployment practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Dynatrace, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve Kubernetes platforms including AKS and on-premises offerings, with emphasis on automation, self-service capabilities, and standardisation.
• Operate and enhance the TKGI-based Kubernetes platform hosted in on-prem data centres, ensuring reliability and security.
• Support application teams in adopting cloud-native patterns and optimising workloads.
• Automate provisioning, patching, monitoring, and incident response workflows.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for AKS cost efficiency and disaster recovery planning.
• Participate in platform support rotation and provide guidance to development teams.

Skills

Kubernetes operations

Linux administration

Automation scripting

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring & observability

Collaboration across teams

Tools

AKS

TKGI

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Julius Baer is looking for a Platform Engineer to build, operate, and evolve our Kubernetes-based platform ecosystem across on-premises data centers and Microsoft Azure. You will focus on automation, self-service capabilities, and platform standardisation to support hundreds of developers.

You will bring hands-on experience with Linux, container technologies, and modern deployment patterns, contribute to platform reliability, security, and disaster recovery, and collaborate with application,