Senior DevOps Engineer: Secure On-Prem Kubernetes

RUAG AG; Bern; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th salary equivalent

Flexible working hours

Home office options

Employee discounts

Career development opportunities

Job summary

RUAG AG is seeking an experienced Infra Engineer to design, build and operate secure, open-source groupware and collaboration services for the Swiss Armed Forces and security organizations. You will manage on-premise Linux-based infrastructure, containerized apps, and identity services, while automating with Terraform/Ansible and deploying in Kubernetes.

Strong problem-solving and a collaborative, security-minded mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, IT or related field.
• Hands-on Linux systems and open-source infrastructure experience.
• Experience with self-hosted email, groupware or collaboration platforms.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, IMAP, HTTP, TLS.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of automation and scripting with Terraform, Ansible, Python or Bash.
• Familiarity with LDAP, OIDC or SAML is a plus.
• Analytical mindset and structured problem-solving approach.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and operate secure, open-source groupware and collaboration services, including email, file sharing, messaging and document editing.
• Build and maintain Linux-based infrastructure and containerized applications in an on-premise private cloud.
• Integrate and manage identity and authentication services such as LDAP and OIDC.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deploy applications in Kubernetes environments.
• Operate supporting services such as databases, storage, monitoring, backup and recovery.
• Analyze and resolve technical issues across infrastructure, networks and applications.
• Continuously improve service reliability, security and automation.

Skills

Linux expertise

Networking knowledge

Analytical mindset

Structured working style

Problem-solving skills

Self-hosted email / groupware

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

LDAP

OIDC

SAML

Job description

RUAG AG is seeking an experienced Infra Engineer to design, build and operate secure, open-source groupware and collaboration services for the Swiss Armed Forces and security organizations. You will manage on-premise Linux-based infrastructure, containerized apps, and identity services, while automating with Terraform/Ansible and deploying in Kubernetes.

Strong problem-solving and a collaborative, security-minded mindset are essential.