Senior Cloud Architect / Cloud Platform Engineer

Today 8048 Zürich IT Architecture • Permanent employment Office Salary range 120'000 - 130'000 CHF Potential (2-3 years) up to 5'000 CHF 01 Future employer ## This company, which is successfully operating in the Swiss energy market, is setting new technological standards. Every person who brings energy, will, and motivation can have a tangible impact here. In their team, in pioneering projects, in the company, as well as in the lives of customers and on the way to a meaningful future. The internal IT organization is undergoing a profound transformation: They are currently building the Azure Landing Zone and establishing a SAFe delivery process (Scaled Agile Framework) at the same time. In this context, we are looking for a 02 Your task ## • Building and further developing the Azure Landing Zone: Governance, Networking, Identity, Security Baseline as a solid foundation • Migration and modernization of existing applications from OpenShift to Azure-native container services (AKS or comparable managed container services) including analysis, planning, and step-by-step implementation • Operation and further development of the container platform: resource management, network, scaling, troubleshooting • Supporting the data teams in handling Azure and Power Platform services: providing suitable infrastructure, advising on integration and governance, ensuring platform conformity • Managing cloud-native services according to the requirements of the various teams - with a clear focus on standardization, security, and scalability • Co-designing Cloud Governance • Developing and maintaining a modular Terraform framework as a common basis for all cloud resources in the company • Taking on the Product Owner role: maintaining and prioritizing the backlog, defining standards and quality criteria, coordinating with internal teams on requirements and roadmap • Building and operating CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions: Linting, Testing, Security Scanning, automatic deployment • Actively contributing to the development of a Security-by-Design culture: Secrets Management, Network Segmentation, least-privilege RBAC 03 Benefits ## • Participation in external training • Bistro or canteen • Company vehicle • Good public transport connection • Career and advancement opportunities • At least 5 weeks of vacation • Responsible tasks 04 Your profile ## • Completed university degree in computer science, system technology, or a comparable field with a focus on infrastructure / distributed systems • +5 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or Cloud Platform Engineer in an ops-related role • In-depth, practical Terraform knowledge: module development, state management, workspaces, testing (terratest or similar) • Experience with Microsoft Azure: architecture, core services, networking, IAM, monitoring • Knowledge of Kubernetes operation (AKS or other managed K8s): resource management, troubleshooting, Helm • Experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions for CI/CD • Modern observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or comparable tools • Distinct ops mentality: sense of responsibility for running systems, SLO thinking, post-mortem culture • Very good German and English language skills - C2 (working language: German) Nice-to-haves • Experience with Azure Landing Zone Accelerator or Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) • Knowledge of Azure Policy / Defender for Cloud / Microsoft Sentinel • Experience in SAFe or another scaled agile framework • Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-305) or Terraform Associate • Experience with Chaos Engineering (Chaos Monkey, Azure Chaos Studio) and antifragility principles • Scripting knowledge: Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation tasks 05 Worth knowing ## • A greenfield cloud mandate: You build the Azure platform from scratch - with real technical design freedom • A modern toolset and a culture that focuses on automation, infrastructure as code, and observability • A growing team in a transformation phase with the opportunity to take on responsibility early and shape the team culture • A meaningful environment: We work on the energy supply of tomorrow in a sustainable, secure, and regionally rooted way • Attractive employment conditions, training opportunities (certifications, conferences), and flexible working models including home office • Zürich as a workplace: excellent public transport connection, lively corporate environment