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Kubernetes Engineer - Switch Cloud (80-100% - all identities and backgrounds), Zurich
Client: Switch
Location: Zurich
Job Category: Information Technology
Salary: 120’000 - 150’000 CHF per year
Job Views: 8
Posted: 23.01.2025
Expiry Date: 09.03.2025
Job Description:
Requirements:
1. Mindset and skills:
A motivated, open-minded individual with a curious and inquisitive mindset, and the ability to think critically to develop creative solutions and solve complex problems. Reliability, adaptability, attention to detail, and strong organizational abilities, such as prioritizing tasks, are essential to thrive in our diverse, dynamic, and distributed team. As part of our collaborative, asynchronous work environment, you’ll need to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and balance working independently with contributing as part of a dynamic team.
2. Technical expertise:
Experience with all of the following: Linux, CLI, Containers, Kubernetes, Helm, Git, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD principles, automation, monitoring, logging, and alerting. A solid understanding of cloud-native technologies and open-source ecosystems.
3. Fluency in English.
Responsibilities:
1. Operating and continuously developing our K8SaaS platform.
2. Providing end-user support for the platform.
3. Integrating our platform with other systems and platforms.
4. Coordination with our internal and external stakeholders.
5. Collaborating with and coaching team members and other Switchies.
6. Working with product management, sales, and other stakeholders to improve and promote our K8SaaS platform.
7. Consulting for our customers regarding Kubernetes and related technologies, building upon Switch Cloud.
Technologies:
1. API
2. Ansible
3. ArgoCD
4. CI/CD
5. Cloud
6. Confluence
7. DevOps
8. Git
9. GitHub
10. GitLab
11. GitOps
12. Grafana
13. Helm
14. Support
15. JIRA
16. Kubernetes
17. Linux
18. OpenStack
19. Prometheus
20. SAML
21. Security
22. Terraform
We're looking for an experienced Systems or DevOps Engineer to join us in this newly created role in the Cloud Adoption & Reliability Engineering (CARE) team. Our small team is responsible for delivering a Kubernetes as a Service (K8SaaS) self-service platform that is part of the new Switch Cloud, called Switch Cloud Kubernetes (SCK), while also enabling our colleagues and customers to embrace the cloud native world.
Key qualifications include:
1. Kubernetes ecosystem: KubeOne, Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform or any other Kubernetes distributions; Cluster API; Cilium or any other CNI; any ingress controllers; Cert Manager; Velero or Kopia; Flux, ArgoCD or any other GitOps tools; Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Alertmanager or any other monitoring/logging tools; Kyverno or any other policy engines; Trivy, Trivy Operator, Falco or any other security tools; any additional CNCF projects.
2. Cloud platforms and practices: OpenStack; Hyperscalers or other public clouds; Terraform or Open Tofu; Ansible.
3. Identity and Access Management: SAML 2.0 or OIDC; Dex or Keycloak.
4. Collaborative Tools: GitLab, GitHub, Jira, Confluence.
5. CKA, CKAD, CKS or other relevant certifications (including expired).
6. Experience with programming and scripting languages.
7. Agile methodologies and the 12 agile principles.
8. We have customers in all language regions of Switzerland, thus fluency in German, French, or Italian is highly beneficial. Both Switch and our community have staff who hail from all over the world, so any additional language will come in handy.
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