Systems Engineer (80-100%)

• 01 August 2026 • 80 - 100% • Indefinite duration • Zürich Systems Engineer (80-100%) Your mission We are looking for a curious and motivated Systems Engineer to join our Edge Cloud team. You will contribute to the construction and maintenance of customized virtual test platforms and cloud provisioning workflows that power our SASE deployments at the edge. As a member of this small but prolific team, an entrepreneurial spirit will be your most valuable asset. Your responsibilities will include: • * Lean Development: Coding in rapid MVP cycles, working closely with users and iterating on the product based on their feedback • * Thoughtful AI Partnership: Leveraging the copilot for efficiency gains without sacrificing deep understanding and know-how of your product's code • * Customer Orientation: Strong awareness of customer needs and the impact of platform operations on internal engineering teams • * Problem Solving: Proactively identifying issues, proposing solutions, and taking responsibility for their implementation • * Operational Support: After completing internal training covering networking and security topics, you will spend 20% of your time resolving customer issues in real time to stay close to our product in real-world conditions • Your main products will include: • * Internal Test Platforms: Building, operating, and optimizing the virtual test infrastructure that engineering teams use to validate releases on our custom operating system before production deployment • * IaC Network Deployment Pipelines: Developing and maintaining IaC templates that provision and manage infrastructure on Azure and GCP • Your benefits include: • * Mentorship: Working with a group of highly skilled and committed engineers for whom teaching is a valuable part of the job • * Responsibility: Taking full ownership of solutions that have a daily impact on internal engineering teams • * Flexibility: Enjoying a blend of the dynamic atmosphere of the Zurich office and remote work • * Paradise: The aforementioned operational support periods offer the possibility to work for 3 months from Hawaii • You will need to be autonomous - but we will not throw you to the wolves. You will work closely with senior engineers, SREs, and platform teams to develop your skills. Your qualifications You are an early-career engineer with a solid academic background and a sincere interest in empowering the engineers around you, networking/security, automation, and Linux systems. You are curious, eager to learn, quick to recognize what you do not know, and comfortable asking questions. Required skills and qualifications: • * Excellent communication skills and a collaborative spirit • * Hacker mindset - doing is better than perfect • * University degree in computer science, systems engineering, or similar • * Basic 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) • Additional 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 or courses related to network security or SASE architectures • * Experience with Bash • Additional bonus points will be awarded if you are able to express your personal interest in this specific position in 3-5 sentences in your application when you have the opportunity to leave a comment for the recruitment team. We are specifically looking to get to know you through this - not to read something generic or AI-generated. What we offer Do you want to join a team that loves making secure connectivity simple for our customers? You will be among people who believe in: • * A deep PASSION for our customers' security - We are dedicated to solving problems. No matter the cost. • * Thinking UNCONVENTIONALLY to stay ahead - The world never stops surprising us. So let's surprise it first. • * Doing the hard work to make things SIMPLE - Designing and refining something that wins through its simplicity. • * Working COLLABORATIVELY to build success - The power of the team will always make us faster and better. • & In witness of this, Open Systems has been recognized as an exceptional workplace. You will be surrounded by smart teams that will enrich your experience and provide you with the necessary opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career. We look forward to receiving your online application (please note that you must compress your application into two attachments). Only direct applications will be considered. Come as you are! We are looking for great people from diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. Open Systems welcomes and encourages diversity at work, regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. About Open Systems Open Systems facilitates secure connectivity