DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer – FinTech
Are you a DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in Linux, cloud infrastructure and automation? Do you enjoy solving technical challenges and taking ownership of critical systems? Then we have the right opportunity for you!
Our partner, a growing Swiss FinTech company operating a digital trading platform for institutional financial markets, is looking for a motivated DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer to join its engineering team in Zurich.
Zürich
ASAP
Full time, 100%
Staffing
Possibility to work partially remote
About the role
As a DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer, you will maintain production systems across cloud and physical infrastructure, automate operational processes and ensure the reliability and security of a trading platform used by financial institutions worldwide.
Work tasks
- Infrastructure Operations: Operate and maintain cloud environments and physical Linux servers, including storage, networking, operating system updates and hardware-related issues.
- Infrastructure Automation: Automate server provisioning, system configuration and deployments using Infrastructure as Code, scripting and CI/CD pipelines.
- Monitoring & Incident Management: Configure and maintain monitoring, logging and alerting systems, investigate production incidents and resolve infrastructure and application performance issues.
- System Reliability & Recovery: Implement and test backup, restore, failover and disaster recovery procedures to maintain production availability.
- Security & Maintenance: Manage operating system patching, access controls and infrastructure security measures in a regulated financial environment.
- Technical Collaboration: Coordinate with internal engineering teams, external infrastructure providers and technical contacts at client organisations.
Must-Haves
- Experience: At least 2–3 years in DevOps, Linux System Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering or a similar role.
- Linux & Networking: Hands-on experience with Linux systems, networking and troubleshooting.
- Cloud & Automation: Experience with cloud infrastructure, scripting (Python/Bash) and automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
- DevOps Practices: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and production support.
- Working Style: Reliable, independent and structured, with the ability to stay calm when resolving technical issues.
- Communication: Strong English communication skills. German and Bare Metal experience are advantages, not requirements.
Your Benefits
- Technical Ownership: Take responsibility for production infrastructure supporting a live institutional trading platform.
- Broad Technical Scope: Work across Linux, cloud infrastructure, automation, networking and infrastructure security.
- Engineering Development: Contribute to establishing and developing the engineering function in Zurich.
- International Team: Collaborate with engineering colleagues based in Switzerland and abroad.
- Direct Involvement: Work in a small team with direct access to technical decision-makers and involvement in infrastructure decisions.
- Work-Life Balance: A team culture focused on productive working hours, with flexibility for focused work from home.
- Modern Tooling: Work in an automated infrastructure environment where AI tools are used to support engineering tasks.
Our recruitment process
- Online Logic and Personality Test
- First phone call
- Online interview with our Recruitment Team
- Online interview with the Hiring Managers
- On-site meet & greet
- Welcome to Academic Work!
Avez-vous des questions à propos de ce poste?
Pour toute question, veuillez contacter l'équipe de recrutement à l'adresse zurich@academicwork.ch et inclure l'identifiant de l'annonce 6UECWZ dans votre e-mail