Senior DevOps Engineer

avacone Switzerland

. Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure across development, staging, and production using infrastructure as code.

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeBasel • SwitzerlandSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, with a strong focus on CI/CD pipeline optimization and container orchestration. Proven ability to implement security controls and automate operational tasks while mentoring engineering teams.

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Cloud Infrastructure DesignCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentInfrastructure As Code (Terraform)Container Orchestration (Kubernetes)Linux Troubleshooting

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Hard Skills

Infrastructure As CodeCI/CD PipelinesDockerKubernetesTerraformPythonGoBashNetworking FundamentalsProduction Incident Diagnosis

Soft Skills

CollaborationOwnershipMentoringTechnical Communication

Tools & Technologies

AWSAzureGoogle CloudOpenTofu

Industry Keywords

DevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringIncident ResponseService-Level Objectives

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDNSDockerKubernetesLinuxPythonTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure across development, staging, and production using infrastructure as code.
Improve CI/CD pipelines so teams can test, deploy, and roll back changes safely and consistently.
Operate containerized workloads and improve platform reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Build actionable monitoring and alerting with metrics, logs, and traces.
Work with service owners to define and track service-level objectives.
Participate in the on-call rotation and coordinate incident response.
Drive follow-up actions from blameless postmortems.
Implement security controls for identity and access management, secrets, vulnerability management, and software delivery.
Automate recurring operational tasks and build self-service tooling for engineering teams.
Lead infrastructure initiatives from design through rollout.
Document decisions and runbooks and mentor other engineers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically 5+ years of experience in DevOps, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, or a related role, with hands-on ownership of production systems.
Production experience with at least one major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Proficiency with infrastructure as code using Terraform, OpenTofu, or an equivalent tool.
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including automated testing, deployment controls, and rollback strategies.
Hands-on experience with Docker and operating Kubernetes or an equivalent container orchestration platform in production.
Strong Linux troubleshooting skills and a solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including DNS, TLS, and load balancing.
Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language, such as Python, Go, or Bash.
Experience diagnosing production incidents using metrics, logs, and traces and translating findings into lasting improvements.
Ability to explain technical trade-offs in English, collaborate across teams, and take ownership of complex work.