Universität Zürich
Zürich
Cloud Engineer (m/f/x)
- 31 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent), English (Intermediate)
About the job
Our team within the Central IT department of the University is responsible for the design, construction, and operation of Cloud Services, Managed Linux Services, and Container Services. For the implementation of our cloud strategy, we are looking for a motivated, committed, and proactive individual.Cloud Engineer (m/f/x)
Responsibilities
- You participate in the further development of our Azure Landing Zone and the operation of our Cloud Services including customer support
- Active design and collaboration in building a multi-cloud environment
- You feel at home in the public cloud (Azure, GCP or AWS) and have already migrated and implemented projects there
- With your passion, you inspire our institutes and support them in various ways, advising them competently on professional matters as well as technical problems, and implement projects from PoC to migration
- With your help, build processes, deployments, testing, and monitoring are realised using cloud technologies
- You use AI consciously and purposefully to support you in development tasks
- You gladly take responsibility for availability, stability, security, and performance of the infrastructure
- Your tasks also include the implementation and maintenance of interfaces to connect different systems and architectures
- You continuously strive to improve and refine automation processes to achieve even more efficiency and effectiveness
Profile
- Higher technical education in computer science or comparable training/continuing education
- At least 3 years of experience in a DevOps/System Engineer role
- Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.)
- Experience with an IaC tool such as OpenTofu / Terraform or Pulumi
- Knowledge in software engineering
- Sound knowledge of at least one public cloud (Azure, GCP or AWS)
- Openness to agile working methods
- Kubernetes knowledge desirable
- Team-oriented, cooperative, and committed personality
- High personal responsibility and independence
- Good German and English skills, both spoken and written
We offer
Our employees benefit from diverse and attractive offers. Learn more at: https://www.uzh.ch/de/explore/work.html.
Workplace
Central IT
Application information
Further information
Questions about the position
Cyril Stoll
Product Owner Cloud
cyril.stoll@uzh.ch
Working at UZH
As the largest university in Switzerland, the University of Zurich offers a variety of attractive positions in different departments and professional fields. With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 vocational profiles for apprentices, the university provides an inspiring working environment in cutting-edge research and education. Put your talent and skills to use with us. Learn more about UZH as an employer!
