Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Julius Baer3 days ago
Zürich, SwitzerlandMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve shared Kubernetes platforms, including Azure Kubernetes Service and future on-premises platforms.
- Operate and enhance the on-premises TKGI-based Kubernetes platform for reliability, security, scalability, and operational excellence.
- Support application teams with cloud-native adoption, workload optimization, and platform troubleshooting.
- Automate provisioning, patching, monitoring, and incident-response workflows.
- Contribute to AKS cost-efficiency initiatives, on-premises platform architecture, and disaster-recovery planning.
- Participate in the platform support rotation and resolve platform-level issues.
- Design and maintain platform services and self-service capabilities for application teams.
Requirements
- Production experience operating Kubernetes platforms, including workload deployment, networking, ingress, storage, troubleshooting, and cluster lifecycle management.
- Strong hands-on Linux systems administration and operational-support experience in business-critical environments.
- Proficiency with Bash, Python, or Go for automation and scripting, plus infrastructure and platform configuration through code.
- Understanding of networking, storage, compute, security, container technologies, and modern application deployment practices.
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Dynatrace.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills and experience collaborating with application, infrastructure, and security teams.
- Nice-to-have experience with AKS, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, OpenShift, Kubernetes internals, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, Kubernetes Operators, Crossplane, Kubernetes security, Microsoft Azure, or cloud-native architectures.
- Professional certifications such as CKA, CKS, CKAD, Azure Administrator, or Azure Kubernetes Service Specialist are valued.
Benefits
- Mentorship and structured development support from experienced platform engineers.
- Collaborative team environment with knowledge sharing and senior backup during the support-rotation ramp-up period.
- Hands-on experience with real production incidents, architectural decisions, and large-scale operational challenges.
- Direct impact on Julius Baer’s cloud-adoption strategy and developer experience.
- Participation in a structured platform support rotation with shared responsibility for reliability.
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About Julius Baer
Julius Baer is a Swiss private banking group providing wealth management, investment advisory, and custody services to high- and ultra-high-net-worth clients and family offices. It earns fees and commissions on assets under management, plus trading, custody, and lending income. Founded in 1890 and headquartered in Zurich, it operates in about 25 countries across roughly 60 locations, with notable hubs in Geneva, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai.