Platform Engineering Lead - Kubernetes & Automation

Ärztekasse Genossenschaft; Urdorf; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stimulating environment

Small agile teams

Inspiring discussions

Fun factor

Job summary

Ärztekasse Genossenschaft seeks a Platform Engineering Leader to steer the CDM Cloud Platform on Kubernetes. You will guide architecture, strategy and roadmaps while ensuring high availability, security and scalability across teams.

You will mentor engineers, foster a strong culture and drive automation and GitOps practices with cross-functional partners. This role emphasizes leadership in a regulated environment and English fluency, with German and French as plusses.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading platform/infrastructure teams.
• Strong background in Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience driving automation and IaC practices.
• Ability to lead, grow and motivate engineers across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Platform Engineering team (approx. 8 people).
• Own the strategy, architecture and roadmap of our CDM Cloud Platform (Kubernetes).
• Ensure availability, reliability, security and scalability of the platform.
• Drive automation, infrastructure as code and GitOps across the organization.
• Foster a strong engineering culture and mentor team members.
• Collaborate with development, security, operations and infrastructure leadership on cross-team initiatives.
• Manage budget, vendors and capacity planning for the platform.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud-native architecture

Automation

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

GitOps

Job description

Ärztekasse Genossenschaft seeks a Platform Engineering Leader to steer the CDM Cloud Platform on Kubernetes. You will guide architecture, strategy and roadmaps while ensuring high availability, security and scalability across teams.

You will mentor engineers, foster a strong culture and drive automation and GitOps practices with cross-functional partners. This role emphasizes leadership in a regulated environment and English fluency, with German and French as plusses.