Cloud Engineer Compute (80-100% - all identities and backgrounds*) in Zurich or Lausanne

Switzerland | Oct. 20, 2026

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Company: Switch

Country: Switzerland

Type: Hybrid remote

Employment: Full-time

Description: Switch is the digitization partner of Swiss universities and a non-profit foundation. With around 180 employees, we develop digital solutions for teaching and research and strengthen Switzerland's digital sovereignty. Our collaboration is based on trust, personal responsibility and professional exchange between different roles and disciplines. We rely on sustainable solutions, transparent decisions and a way of working that encourages thinking and helping to shape things. Cloud Engineer Compute (80\\-100% \\- all identities and backgrounds\\\*) in Zurich or Lausanne Your team and your work You will be part of the CURE (Cloud and Undercloud Reliability Engineering) circle, a team of around 10 people who work collaboratively and agilely. The team language is mainly English. Together they develop and operate the research cloud of tomorrow for the Swiss university and research landscape. Your focus is on stable, secure and scalable cloud services as well as an engineering culture in which collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement are a given. These are your main responsibilities in this role: You operate and further develop the OpenStack-based compute platform of our SwitchCloud. You design technical solutions, accompany upgrades and support capacity planning as well as long-term technical development. You implement security standards and coordinate technical changes as part of reliable and transparent change management. You analyze and solve complex technical problems across compute, storage and networking and work in 2nd/3rd level support. You will further develop monitoring and alerting, identify trends and risks at an early stage and continuously improve the reliability of our services based on operational experience and direct customer feedback \* You will develop and maintain automation for deployment, configuration management and ongoing operations. You design processes efficiently, reproducibly and maintainable, document technical changes and operational processes in a comprehensible manner and support other engineers through active knowledge transfer. This is what you should bring \* A university degree in computer science (University, FH, HF) or comparable qualifications with corresponding professional experience \* At least five years of practical experience in engineering and productive operation of OpenStack as well as experience in securing the platform and in technical troubleshooting. You work independently, take on responsibility and develop sustainable solutions together with the team. Strong technical expertise in OpenStack, solid Linux know-how and good programming skills in Python. You have experience with infrastructure automation, especially Ansible, as well as with Git/GitLab and Docker. Basic knowledge of Kubernetes and an understanding of monitoring, reliability engineering and service level objectives (SLOs) complement your profile \* Fluent English skills and knowledge of German or the willingness to acquire these independently Not absolutely necessary, but we would be happy if you also bring the following: \* Experience with site reliability engineering and provisioning\\ workflows as well as the willingness to participate in the further development of OpenStack in the community This is how we work at Switch \* At Switch we communicate At eye level, that's why it's important to us that we are on first-name terms from the first contact \* We live collaboration and see lifelong learning as the key to success \* As a digitalization and innovation service provider, we are shaping the Swiss university environment of tomorrow \* Our flexible working hours and hybrid way of working enable a high level of work-life balance, you can find important details right away \[here\](\< \>) \* For us, bilingualism is part of our DNA, Switchies change in everyday life quite naturally between German and English. To ensure that everyone reaches a comfortable language level, we offer support and language training \* Our offices are centrally located and easily accessible by public transport. You can work in Zurich directly at Stauffacher or in Lausanne at the EPFL Innovation Park. Does this role appeal to you? Are you ready to become a Switchie? Then we look forward to receiving your application. Please make sure that we can view your complete dossier straight away: \* \*\*Letter of motivation:\*\* Tell us why you are interested in Switch, what attracts you to the job advertisement j4id10447059jm j4it1043jm j4iy26jm

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