Platform Engineer (a)

Working for the Kanton Luzern means helping to shape the future - that of the canton, its inhabitants, and not least your own. More than 7'000 employees in 200 different professions contribute daily to the excellent quality of life in our canton.

Die Dienststelle Informatik (DIIN) provides comprehensive IT services for the departments, courts, and schools of the Kanton Luzern. In addition to advising on IT issues in the areas of architecture, security, infrastructure, projects, and applications and providing IT services, it operates the cantonal IT infrastructure in two modern data centers and is responsible for the construction and operation of the complex cantonal communication network.

The "a" in the job title stands for "alle" (all). The Kanton Luzern stands for diversity and variety.

Platform Engineer (a) #

100% | Luzern | Homeoffice possible ##

You keep the foundation of our IT running and advance it: You operate and develop the on-premises platform of the Kanton Luzern, from virtualization to the container platform to Linux and Windows systems. With automation, Infrastructure-as-Code, and modern monitoring, you make our infrastructure more efficient step by step and, together with the platform team, set the standards of tomorrow.

Your tasks

• You ensure a stable, secure, and high-performance operation of our on-premises platform by monitoring systems, analyzing and resolving disturbances in 2nd and 3rd level support, and ensuring reliable operational documentation.
• You operate and further develop our virtualization and container environments with VMware and Red Hat OpenShift, accompany migrations and renewals, and contribute your experience to the expansion of our container platform.
• Recurring tasks become more efficient through your focus on automation: With PowerShell, Ansible/AWX, Terraform, or CI/CD pipelines, you standardize processes and consistently develop our infrastructure towards Infrastructure-as-Code.
• With contemporary monitoring and meaningful observability, you create transparency regarding the state of our platform, further develop alarms and dashboards, and thus lay the foundation for proactive and forward-looking operations.
• In the lifecycle management of the platform infrastructure as well as in projects of the platform team, you contribute your technical expertise and work closely with internal specialist departments, IT, and suppliers.

Your profile

• A completed education in the field of informatics (apprenticeship with further training, HF/FH, or equivalent) forms your technical foundation. Additionally, you bring several years of practical experience as an ICT System Engineer or Platform Engineer in the operation of on-premises infrastructures.
• Sound knowledge in virtualization technologies such as VMware, Proxmox VE, or comparable solutions, as well as good knowledge of Windows Server and Linux.
• Ideally, you already bring experience with container technologies such as Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, or Docker. Equally important is the willingness to further develop yourself in this dynamic environment and to continuously expand your know-how.
• Automation is not an end in itself for you, but the way to more efficient and sustainable solutions. Accordingly, you have experience with CI/CD pipelines, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, or comparable tools.
• A conscientious, exact, and forward-looking way of working characterizes you. You take responsibility for your topics and communicate clearly with different stakeholders. Very good German skills and an understanding of Swiss German round off your profile.

Finanzdepartement
Dienststelle Informatik
Hanspeter Fuchs
Bereichsleiter Infrastruktur

+41 41 228 69 39

https://informatik.lu.ch