Senior DevOps Engineer - Container Infrastructure

About the role

A client based in Basel is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join an experienced infrastructure team and help evolve, automate and make more reliable its enterprise container platforms. You will work on the engineering, optimisation and day-to-day operation of a business-critical container infrastructure, combining hands-on technical expertise with a strong focus on automation and platform reliability.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and maintain container orchestration environments based on Red Hat OpenShift, ensuring stability, security and availability.
• Contribute to improving infrastructure architecture, platform capabilities and operational processes.
• Develop and implement automation solutions for infrastructure provisioning, configuration and deployment.
• Support the integration of new technologies and infrastructure components.
• Investigate and resolve complex platform incidents, providing advanced technical support when needed.
• Collaborate with engineering and application teams on infrastructure initiatives.
• Take part in the operational support framework, including scheduled on-call rotations.

Required profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 3 years of practical experience with infrastructure automation and deployment tools.
• Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues and implementing reliable technical solutions.
• Fluent English; German is an advantage.

Required skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes environments, especially Red Hat OpenShift.
• Infrastructure automation and deployment tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Helm or Kustomize.
• Solid knowledge of Linux systems, preferably RHEL or CentOS, including scripting and system administration.
• Understanding of container networking, security and service connectivity, including SDN and Service Mesh.

The role combines platform engineering, automation and infrastructure operations in a technically challenging setting. Applications are made through the recruiting partner Sigma Suisse.