Winterthur
System Engineer Linux & Infrastructure Services 80-100 %
- 23 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
- Winterthur
About the job
As part of our infrastructure team, you are responsible for the operation and further development of our Linux and Kubernetes platforms and contribute to providing a stable, secure, and future-proof IT infrastructure.System Engineer Linux & Infrastructure Services 80-100 %
Department:
Finance & Services
Start date:
Immediately or by arrangement
Tasks
Your focus is on automation & orchestration of Linux, Kubernetes, monitoring as well as configuration management systems. You work in an agile and self-organised environment and actively contribute to the further development of our infrastructure services and common operational standards.
Your responsibilities:
- Operation and further development of our Linux server infrastructure
- Responsibility for the reliable operation and continuous further development of our Kubernetes platform together with the team
- Automation and orchestration of operational and configuration processes
- Ensuring and further developing monitoring and alerting for our central infrastructure services
- Participation in 2nd-level support as well as in the analysis and sustainable resolution of faults
- Active knowledge exchange and collaboration on common technical standards and solutions
- Depending on experience and interest, you can also contribute to other infrastructure topics such as storage, backup or virtualisation
Are these tasks that you enjoy? Then this role will excite you!
Profile
- Higher education in computer science and/or several years of professional experience in Linux or infrastructure engineering
- Solid Linux knowledge and experience in operating productive infrastructures
- Experience with Kubernetes or comparable container platforms including CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with automation & orchestration as well as configuration management
- Experience in the use and operation of monitoring solutions
- Strong awareness of IT security and security-relevant aspects in infrastructure operations
- Independent, structured and responsible way of working
- Ideally, you bring experience in agile and self-organised teams and are accustomed to sharing responsibility and making decisions as a team
- Strong customer, service and team orientation as well as enjoyment of collaboration and knowledge exchange
- Ideally, basic database knowledge
- Knowledge of technologies such as Icinga, SaltStack, NetApp or Elastic is also an advantage
We look forward to an engaged personality who gladly takes responsibility, contributes their professional experience and shares their knowledge to further develop our Linux and Kubernetes platforms together with the team.
If you enjoy setting impulses in a self-organised team and shaping the future together, we look forward to receiving your complete application and getting to know you.
An interesting and varied challenge awaits you in an innovative environment, a committed team and a modern infrastructure.
The education sector and thus our university of applied sciences are currently in a very exciting and at the same time challenging phase of future-oriented alignment. In ICT, as a driver of digitalisation and partner in shaping digital transformation, we can make a decisive contribution to success.
What we stand for
The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.
The Information & Communication Technology (ICT) department, with around 100 employees, plays a central role in the digitalisation and digital transformation of the ZHAW. To be more innovative and closer to the customer, ICT has switched to an agile organisation. We orient ourselves on "SAFe"; respect, transparency, and self-organisation are decisive values for us.
ZHAW is committed to mixed-gender and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity and innovation.
What we offer
We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the page Working at ZHAW . Here are the main points:
Contact
Pia Wittmer
People Manager
Xenia Binner
Recruiting Manager
