DevOps Engineer II - WFH

# Senior DevOps Engineer

## About the Role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company that manages all applications and next steps. The partner is seeking a **Senior DevOps Engineer based in Switzerland** to build and operate reliable, scalable cloud infrastructure for a fast-growing **AdTech and e-commerce platform**.

You will take ownership of production infrastructure, containerized applications, deployment workflows, monitoring, and operational reliability. Working primarily with **AWS and Kubernetes**, you will help improve performance, scalability, availability, security, and cost efficiency while partnering closely with development teams to strengthen CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.

## Key Responsibilities

* Manage, deploy, and maintain **containerized applications using Kubernetes** in production.

* Manage AWS infrastructure across **EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, and OpenSearch**.

* Optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability, reliability, security, availability, and cost efficiency.

* Monitor infrastructure and application performance and maintain effective alerting and observability systems.

* Build and maintain monitoring dashboards using **Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch**.

* Collaborate with development teams to streamline **CI/CD pipelines** and deployment workflows.

* Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues, identify root causes, and drive timely incident resolution.

* Improve infrastructure automation, operational processes, and DevOps practices.

* Support performance tuning and cost optimization for EC2 instances and other AWS resources.

* Contribute to **GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code** practices where appropriate.

* Take ownership of infrastructure initiatives and proactively improve production reliability.

## Required Qualifications

* **5+ years of experience** in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering roles.

* Proven experience supporting **production systems with high availability and reliability requirements**.

* Strong hands-on experience with **Kubernetes** for container orchestration and production deployments.

* Solid knowledge of **AWS**, particularly:

* EC2

* VPC

* S3

* IAM

* Practical experience managing **EC2 instances**, including performance tuning and cloud cost optimization.

* Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as:

* Prometheus

* Grafana

* AWS CloudWatch

* Strong scripting skills with **Python and/or Bash** for automation and operational tasks.

* Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

* Proactive approach to infrastructure reliability and operational improvement.

* Ability to take ownership of infrastructure initiatives while working independently and collaboratively with development teams.

## Preferred Qualifications

* Familiarity with **GitOps** practices for continuous delivery and infrastructure automation.

* Experience with **Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools**.

* Advanced **Grafana** experience, including custom dashboards and visualizations.

* Experience managing **AWS RDS** instances.

* Familiarity with the **Elastic Stack**, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Elastic Cloud.

* Experience with **AWS OpenSearch** for search and analytics use cases.

## Skills & Technologies

* DevOps

* Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

* AWS

* Kubernetes

* Docker / Containerized Applications

* EC2

* VPC

* S3

* IAM

* RDS

* OpenSearch

* Prometheus

* Grafana

* AWS CloudWatch

* Python

* Bash

* CI/CD

* GitOps

* Infrastructure-as-Code

* Terraform

* Observability

* Infrastructure Automation

* Cloud Cost Optimization

* Incident Response

* Production Reliability

* Elastic Stack

## Education & Experience

* **Experience:** 5+ years in DevOps or SRE roles.

* The source job description does not specify an educational requirement.

## Work Arrangement & Location

* **Location:** Switzerland.

* **Work Arrangement:** Fully remote.

* **Schedule:** Flexible working schedule.

* The position is designed for proactive ownership and collaboration in a remote environment.

## Compensation & Benefits

* Competitive monthly compensation.

* 18 paid vacation working days.

* Paid sick leave, including **5 undocumented sick days per year**.

* Health support through medical insurance or sports programs.

* English lessons and sports activities.

* Professional development support and certification opportunities.

* Support for attending conferences and industry events.

* Mac equipment for work.

* Opportunities to participate in charity events.

* Full support with **Private Entrepreneur reporting services (ФОП)**.

## Application Information

This position is listed on behalf of a **partner company**, which manages all applications and subsequent hiring steps.