Systems Engineer (80–100%)

Open Systems; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Mentorship

Responsibility

Flexibility

Opportunity to work 3 months from Maui

Zusammenfassung

Open Systems in Zürich is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our Edge Cloud team. You will build and maintain virtual test platforms and cloud provisioning workflows powering our SASE edge deployments, operating in a small, entrepreneurial team that values curiosity and initiative.

Your core responsibilities include developing in-house testing platforms and IaC pipelines for Azure and GCP, with a focus on automation and secure connectivity.

Qualifikationen

• Solid academic foundation in computer science or systems engineering.
• Curious and eager to learn, comfortable asking questions.
• Foundational scripting/programming knowledge (Python/Go).
• Familiarity with Linux and command-line usage; Git and collaborative workflows.
• Understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S).

Aufgaben

• Lean Development: build MVPs and iterate with users.
• Leverage AI-assisted tooling while maintaining code quality and craftsmanship.
• Customer-focused mindset: anticipate needs and consider internal impact.
• Problem solving: identify issues, propose solutions, deliver results.
• 20% time on real-time customer issues after training to stay close to the product.

Kenntnisse

Communication

Hacker mindset

Python/Go knowledge

Linux basics

Git & workflows

Networking basics

Bash (bonus)

Ausbildung

University degree in Computer Science or Systems Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins)

Cloud platforms (Azure/GCP/AWS)

IoC tools

Jobbeschreibung

Your Mission

We are looking for a curious and motivated Systems Engineer to join our Edge Cloud team. You will contribute to building and maintaining custom virtual test platforms and cloud provisioning workflows that power our SASE edge deployments. As part of this small but prolific team, an entrepreneurial mindset will be your most valuable asset.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lean Development: Code in quick MVP cycles, work closely with users and iterate on the product based on their feedback
• Thoughtful AI-Partnership: Leverage co-pilot for efficiency gains without sacrificing deep understanding and craftsmanship of your product’s code base
• Customer Focus: Keen awareness of customer needs and the impact of platform operations on internal engineering teams
• Problem Solving: Proactively identify problems, propose solutions, and take responsibility for delivering them
• Operational Support: After completing an internal training course covering networking and security topics, you’ll spend 20% of your time solving real time customer issues to stay close to our product in the wild

Your core products will include:

• In-House Testing Platforms: Build, operate and optimize the virtual test infrastructure that teams across engineering use to validate releases on our custom operating system before production rollout
• IaC Network Deployment Pipelines: Develop and maintain IaC templates that provision and manage infrastructure on Azure and GCP

Your perks include:

• Mentorship: Work with a highly competent and engaged group of engineers for whom teaching is a valuable part of the job
• Responsibility: Fully own solutions with daily impact for internal engineering teams
• Flexibility: Enjoy a mix of joining the Zurich office’s lively working vibe and remote work
• Paradise: The operational support shifts mentioned above come with the opportunity to work 3 months from Hawaii

Your Qualifications

You are early in your engineering career with a solid academic foundation and a genuine interest in empowering the other engineers around you, networking/security, automation, and Linux systems. You are curious, eager to learn, quick to acknowledge what you don’t know and comfortable asking questions.

Required skills and qualifications

• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• A hacker mindset - done is better than perfect
• University degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or similar
• Foundational knowledge of at least one scripting or programming language (Python/Go preferred)
• Linux systems and command-line usage
• Comfortable with version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows
• Basic understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)

Bonus skills and qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, or AWS)
• Exposure to Terraform, Terragrunt, or other IaC tools
• Experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Buildkite, Jenkins, or similar)
• Interest in or coursework related to network security or SASE architectures
• Experience with Bash

About Us

Want to join a team that enjoys making secure connectivity simple for our customers? You’ll be among people who believe in:

• CaringPASSIONATELYabout keeping our customers safe – We’re dedicated to solving problems. Whatever it takes.
• ThinkingUNCONVENTIONALLYto stay ahead – The world never fails to surprise us. So let’s surprise it first.
• Doing the hard work to make thingsSIMPLE– Craft and hone something that delights in its simplicity.
• WorkingCOLLABORATIVELYto build success – The power of the team will always make us faster and better.

As a testament to this, Open Systems has been recognized as an outstanding place to work. You’ll be surrounded by smart teams who enrich your experience and provide opportunities you will need to develop your skills and advance your career.

Come as you are! We are looking for amazing people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. Open Systems welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

What Open Systems does

Open Systems is about secure connectivity made easy, combining SD-WAN, Firewall, SWG, CASB, and ZTNA into a framework that supports secure connectivity across cloud and hybrid environments and locations. Open Systems Managed SASE provides a comprehensive SASE solution through an easy-to-use customer portal, underpinned with a unified data platform to drive future innovation, all delivered as a 24x7 managed service.