Application Operation Engineer
80-100%, Glattburg
SwissSign is a recognised trust service provider (TSP) and leading provider of digital certificates, electronic signature solutions and identity services. SwissSign protects all of your data according to the highest security standards. Digital certificates enable customer authentication and encrypted data transmission, thus protecting digital services against unauthorised accesses. Using our electronic signature solutions, customers can conclude legally valid business transactions online at any time. Identity services like SwissID provide public authorities, insurance providers, banks and other online services with a certified identification process, enabling simple and efficient customer onboarding. SwissSign is a data security specialist by Swiss Post.
As an experienced Application Operation Engineer, you are the driving force behind the stability of our applications. In our Application Operations team, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our services. Your expertise will be crucial in helping us achieve our goals and continuously improve our service quality.
How you make a difference
- Operations Tasks: Efficiently and effectively resolve incidents and problems to ensure the highest availability of our applications. You will be responsible for the operation of our applications in our private Kubernetes environment
- Platform Expertise: Act as a competent advisor for our development team in the evolution an bug fixing of applications and their operations on our Kubernetes platform. Your technical expertise ensures that our systems remain up-to-date
- Standardization and Automation: Support the definition and implementation of standards to secure the efficiency and reliability of our modern application environment in the private Kubernetes cloud. This also includes the continuous development of our alert and monitoring management
- On-Call/Piket: As a valuable member of our Application Operations team, you will also be part of our on-call/piket organization, contributing to the constant readiness of our systems
What you have to offer
- Required Skills: Extensive experience with Kubernetes, particularly in on-premises private clouds. Your programming skills enable you to independently develop scripts and solutions used in operations
- Additional Skills: Familiarity or interest in technologies and tools such as PostgreSQL, GitOps, ArgoCD, Identity Management, ForgeRock OpenAM, LDAP, PKI, Java, Golang, Python, NSX Advanced Load Balancer (AVI), HashiCorp Vault, Rancher, ELK, Monitoring, Observability, Ansible
- DevOps Experience: Several years of experience with DevOps approaches, both technically and organizationally
- Practical Skills: Solid experience in virtualization, containerization, container orchestration, as well as configuration and automation tools
- Availability: Willingness to regularly participate in the on-call service, supporting continuous operational readiness
What we have to offer
You'll enjoy attractive additional benefits:
- Flexible working models
- Modern working environment with a great deal of start-up spirit
- Five weeks of holidays
- Excellent transport connections (S-Bahn, tram and bus) of our location
- Health promotion is important to us. All employees have a modern, height-adjustable workstation. Every week a selection of fruit is available for free
Jobdetails
Employment level
80-100%, Permanent
Swiss Post unit
Swiss Sign AG
Job location(s)
Glattburg
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Swiss Post as a company – Progress, development and digitization
We do our utmost to make everyday life even easier for our customers in the future. Be it in the communication, logistics, retail financial or passenger transport market, Swiss Post offers private and business customers high-quality products and services. By developing innovative dialogue, document and e-business solutions, we connect the physical and digital worlds. In terms of modern technologies, we are one of the world’s leading postal companies. Our commitment to sustainability is embedded into everyday corporate culture at Swiss Post. We operate according to a clear set of principles and take our social, environmental and economic responsibilities seriously.
Swiss Sign AG
SwissSign is a data security specialist by Swiss Post. We offer identity services under the SwissID brand and certificate services under the SwissSign brand. With SwissID, we are creating Switzerland's digital identity, which enables simple and secure access to the online world. Electronic certificates encrypt data and provide protection against unauthorized access. As a Swiss Trust Service Provider (TSP), we secure all data in accordance with the highest security standards.
