Description

Be your best with Bechtle

With more than 16,000 employees, we are one of the most successful IT companies and market leaders in our sector.
The combination of direct sales of IT products and a comprehensive range of services offered by various IT service companies makes us a strong and future-proof IT partner ("zukunftsstark") for medium-sized businesses, large groups, and the public sector. We are at home throughout Europe and always close to you.

Software Platform Engineer (m/f/d)

Be your best with bechtle

On behalf of our banking client based in Geneva, we are looking for a Software Platform Engineer (m/f/d) responsible for designing, developing, operating, and evolving on-prem and cloud hosting platforms, with a high level of requirements in terms of reliability, security, automation, and continuous improvement.

Your mission

  • Design, develop, operate, and evolve on-prem and cloud hosting platforms ensuring their availability, resilience, and maintainability.
  • Develop internal APIs, tools, and automations aimed at improving operational efficiency, standardising practices, and reducing operational risks.
  • Manage the lifecycle of platforms and services in production, including deployment, containerisation, observability, commissioning, and resolution of complex incidents.
  • Promote and implement modern software engineering, CI/CD, DevOps, and SRE practices to industrialise solutions and raise their quality level.
  • Lead or coordinate key technical topics, contribute to the platform roadmap, support teams on best practices, and participate in on-call duty on a rotation basis.

Your profile

  • Higher education in IT, software engineering, engineering, or equivalent, with proven experience of at least 5 years in a Platform Engineer, Software Engineer, SRE, or equivalent role.
  • Very good mastery of software development and scripting, with demonstrated ability to design technical components, internal tools, or APIs; Python required, experience in Go, Java, Bash, or PowerShell is an asset.
  • Strong command of software engineering practices: code quality, testability, code review, maintainability, CI/CD, and deployment automation.
  • Significant experience with platform and infrastructure environments, including Linux, virtualisation, containerisation, observability, logging, configuration management, as well as cloud and on-prem environments.
  • Good understanding of cross-cutting architecture topics such as integration, security, networking, and IAM in demanding production environments.
  • Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, to manage technical topics end-to-end, advise other teams, and advance practices with pedagogy.
  • Fluent in French and English, with Swiss residency or willingness to relocate for the position.

Our offer

  • Attractive working conditions: 6 weeks of holiday per year and an appealing pension plan
  • Development and enhancement of potential: wide range of professional and personal training offered by the Bechtle Academy
  • Diversity: interesting and varied tasks in a forward-looking sector

Job number: VBVAX497 

Kevin Brosse | +41 22 308 85 00 |

Bechtle Switzerland Ltd

Bechtle Switzerland Ltd has certified expertise in strategic areas: IT Infrastructure, Virtualisation, Information Management, Managed Services, Skills Management, Data & Analytics, Printing Solutions, and E-Commerce. Thanks to this expertise and strong, sustainable partnerships with key market players, we offer a modular and perfectly coherent range of products and services to cover all our clients’ needs. Our proximity, our global vision of infrastructure and project management make us a key market player. Our 1000 motivated employees are our best assets to ensure speed, flexibility, and expertise.
jid56f25d8aen jit0627aen jpiy26aen