Azure Platform Engineering Infrastructure Lead (80-100%)

Job description

Job Details

• Title: Azure Platform Engineering Infrastructure Lead (80-100%)
• Country: Switzerland
• Location: Zurich

Tasks

• Ownership and design of infrastructure standards for integrated currency and digital asset banking platforms;
• Lead the definition, implementation and monitoring of infrastructure governance frameworks for digital asset banking, custody, trading and lending;
• Hands-on development of infrastructure platforms that combine traditional banks and blockchain.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent;
• 5+ years of experience in IT, including at least 5 years in infrastructure architecture or equivalent;
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills in English;
• Strong ability to collaborate with and influence diverse teams, acting as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders;
• Evidence of leading cross-functional initiatives and promoting alignment across teams.

Proven Expertise

• Cloud infrastructure architecture and landing zone concepts for Azure;
• Knowledge of the architecture, construction and secure maintenance of infrastructures running on Azure in an immutable (declarative) manner;
• Secure software development life cycle (SDLC) knowledge;
• Development of infrastructure standards in regulated environments;
• Infrastructure architecture reviews for critical business systems;
• Financial regulations (e.g. IHMRA) and requirements for the banking infrastructure;
• Application, infrastructure and network best practices;
• API standards and gateway architecture;
• Kubernetes and microservices infrastructure patterns.

Nice to Have

• Team leadership or management experience;
• Azure data platform infrastructure;
• German language skills.

We offer

• Attractive combination of market salaries and entrepreneurial incentive scheme;
• Flexible home office guidelines;
• Professional development through mentoring and buddy programs;
• One-month, fully paid sabbatical after five years of uninterrupted employment.

Employment details

• Type of employment: Full-time
• Duration:
• Working arrangement: Partly home office