Senior Systems Engineer

305 King St W

Suite 1100

Kitchener, ON N2G 1B9

Canada

Senior Systems Engineer Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you passionate about building and delivering robust and state of the art apps? Does continuous integration sound familiar and interesting to you? Do you have a curious nature, always interested in how to innovate and improve the build process? If so, we are looking for someone just like you to join us in Zürich. The role requires a mix of remote and on-site work in a hybrid model.

You’ll be working in our client’s Agile Delivery Organization in Zurich collaborating closely together with the main Team offshore, serving as the Switzerland based System Engineer and Troubleshooter for the team. They are working with an Agile mindset around time-boxed delivery of solutions, empowerment of interdisciplinary teams and close collaboration throughout the whole software development process. It is the location for co-located software development. It is a fast paced and exciting environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform installation on test environments and manage installation orders to production
• Improve and maintain the client’s CI procedure and automate pipelines
• Support the Software Engineers when they are building their delivery pipeline and integrate 3rd party software into the client’s environment
• Analyze areas of improvement, initiate and monitor measures to remedy them (3rd level support)
• Cooperate closely with Product Owners, Software Engineers and 2nd Level Support
• Rethink and innovate the delivery of the app from code to production
• Support project team in regards to technical questions
• Maintain documentation relevant to operations (operation manual, installation guide, etc.) and share your knowledge among the team

Requirements

• Highly skilled in Ansible (inventory, playbooks, roles, modules, variables), YAML syntax, creating and managing GitLab Runners and integration of Ansible and GitLab
• Expertise in Azure cloud concepts, including security and networking (VNet, subNet, NSG, load balancer, traffic manager, firewall), Azure CLI, Terraform (with remote state management) and ARM templates
• Possess the skills to create application packages that integrate with Azure services and resources, such as virtual machines, key vault, storage accounts, monitoring, logging and databases
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture (nodes, pods, services, control plane), cluster management, workload types (Deployment, StatefulSets, DaemonSets and Jobs), networking, persistent storage, configuration (ConfigMaps, secrets), security (RBAC, policies) and monitoring/logging
• Knowledge to configure Ingress Controllers with a focus on security measures
• Solid understanding of general security concepts, especially in relation to encryption practices and the ability to identify situations that requires encryption, familiarity with authentication and authorization concepts, including Mutual TLS, OAuth 2.0 and OIDC
• Strong foundation in RedHat Linux and Windows and ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in these environments, including package management, file systems, Active Directory, Group Policy and Bash/Powershell scripting
• Fluent English skills are a must, German language skills are significant advantage

We Offer

• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Enhanced parental leave
• Extended pension plan
• Daily sickness allowance insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Referral program
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Global business travel medical and accident insurance
• Great learning and development opportunities, including in-house professional training, career advisory and coaching, sponsored professional certifications, well-being programs, LinkedIn Learning Solutions and much more
• EPAM Switzerland was named a Top Company 2022, 2023 & 2024 by Kununu for its people centric culture built on life-long learning
• Certain benefits and perks may be subject to eligibility requirements

About EPAM

• EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential

Additional

• Please note that any offers will be subject to appropriate background checks
• We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies
• For this position, we are able to consider applications from the following:
• Swiss nationals
• EU/EFTA nationals
• Third-country nationals based in Switzerland with an appropriate work permit
• Displaced people from Ukraine who are currently in Switzerland and hold, or have already applied for, S permits