ICT System Engineer Senior Container Platform

Zollikofen, Switzerland (and home office) | 80-100%

This is your contribution

• Design, operate and continuously develop high-availability and business-critical Kubernetes clusters based on RedHat OpenShift as part of the lifecycle
• Automate infrastructure, platform services and operating processes with GitOps, CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code, and integrate them into network, storage and security architectures
• Conceive, integrate and develop new platform functions such as Service Mesh, eBPF, Hosted Control Planes, GPU technologies, self-service and FinOps connections
• Expand observability, logging and security capabilities, validate platform capabilities with performance and regression tests and keep technical concepts up to date
• Analyze and resolve disruptions across the entire platform, advise partners and customers and ensure stable operation together with the team in the 7x24 on-call service

This makes you unique

• Higher education in computer science (FH, BSc/MSc) or equivalent experience as well as several years of practice in platform engineering, operation and the further development of container management environments
• Sound knowledge of Kubernetes or RedHat OpenShift, Linux, CI/CD, GitOps and automation; experience with Go, Python, Bash, Ansible, ArgoCD, Tekton or comparable tools is an advantage
• Broad understanding of observability, virtualization, network, storage, security, interface integration and datacenter automation in the enterprise environment
• Experience with DevOps, service integration and ITIL processes; structured, independent way of working with high operational responsibility, enjoyment of complex technical challenges and confident handling of stakeholders
• Good knowledge of the second official language and English skills are an advantage

In a nutshell

Actively help shape the strategic container management platform of the Federal Administration. In a dedicated engineering and operations team, you will further develop highly available, secure and scalable platform services based on RedHat OpenShift and effectively contribute your know-how in Kubernetes, automation, GitOps and Cloud Native Engineering.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

How much (B)IT is in you?

We - the Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation (BIT) - are the future-oriented and agile office. With us, curious minds, ambitious doers and innovative forward-thinkers develop diverse digital solutions for Switzerland. We support and promote mobile and location-independent work. This allows our team players to organize their work flexibly and individually where possible - for the compatibility of family and career. In addition, we maintain an open "Du" culture at BIT and support you and your future with a wide range of training and further education opportunities.

Additional information

Please apply via our application management system. To do so, click on <<Apply now>>.
We do not consider personnel service providers for this position

Questions about the position

Markus Pfluger
Head of Chapter Cloud Basis 2
+41 58 46 21467