Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer (m/w) 80-100%

myitjob GmbH; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share programme

Autonomy and growth

Dynamic culture

Job summary

myitjob GmbH seeks a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer in Zurich hybrid setup to own CI/CD pipelines, automation, and IaC practices. You will collaborate with developers to ensure reliable, scalable releases, coach engineers on live monitoring, and guide architecture decisions with cost, security and performance in mind.

The role emphasizes on-call rotations, hands-on management of stateful workloads, and a culture that values autonomy and innovation in AI infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Extensive production experience with containers and Kubernetes
• Experience managing secrets as code (SOPS/Vault)
• Strong scripting skills (Python/TypeScript/JVM) with CI/CD focus
• On-call experience and strong communication in English/German

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers to build reliable, scalable pipelines for automated releases
• Coach engineers to monitor their code in live environments
• Steer scalable architecture discussions considering trade-offs, security and cost
• Streamline releases and safeguard deployment integrity
• Manage, monitor and scale infrastructure across clusters and hardware
• Maintain deployment documentation and runbooks

Skills

Kubernetes

GitOps

SOPS/Vault

DevOps

Security

ISO 27001

Pikett

Python

Tools

Kubernetes

SOPS

Vault

Job description

Location: Zurich (hybrid)Workload: 80-100%Start: By agreementA Swiss AI company harnesses the capabilities of large language models on infrastructure it operates itself in Switzerland, including its own hardware. We are looking for a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer who is deeply immersed in CI/CD, excels at automation scripting and has an innate understanding of infrastructure as code. You report directly to the CTO; the team is small, the scope is wide and the decisions are genuinely yours.Your tasks:You collaborate with developers to build reliable and scalable pipelines that ensure continuous automated releases.You coach frontend and backend engineers so they actively monitor their code in a live environment.You steer discussions on scalable architecture, informed by the trade-offs as well as the financial and security implications.You streamline software releases and safeguard the integrity and efficiency of deployments.You manage, monitor and scale the infrastructure, from the clusters the services run on to the hardware behind the models.You maintain meticulous documentation on deployments, processes and essential tools.You ensure system reliability, availability and performance, also during unexpected challenges.You share on-call duty with the team.Your profile:Solid production experience with containers and Kubernetes and with GitOps-style deliveryComfort managing secrets and access as code (SOPS, Vault or similar) with an instinct for least privilegeExperience operating stateful workloads: relational databases, caches and message queues carrying real customer dataA practical view of observability and the ability to help an engineer debug their own serviceRobust scripting skills plus fluency in a language such as Python, TypeScript or a JVM languageAnalytical and problem-solving mindset with the ability to troubleshoot intricate issuesEffective communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mentalityAround four years of hands-on experience running systems you were on call forFluent German and EnglishNice to have: GPU workloads or model-serving performance, and experience in regulated environments (data residency, audits, ISO 27001)Your benefits:Eligibility for the company's share programme after an initiation periodA dynamic, innovative company that values out-of-the-box thinkingA professional, goal-oriented culture with fairness, respect and encouraged autonomyA high level of personal responsibility and collaboration with innovative minds in AIInfrastructure that is genuinely yours to shape, including hardware you can walk up to

• ISO
• Security
• Senior
• Pikett
• Python
• IAM
• DevOps

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