Senior System Engineer, Cloud Native

Adfinis

Technical lead for cloud-native projects at Adfinis AG, overseeing project quality and stakeholder management. Collaborate on complex cloud infrastructures and support junior team members in critical issues.

Posted 5/18/2026full-timeBern • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSenior💰 CHF 99,000 - CHF 128,750 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKubernetesOpenShift

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as the technical lead on complex projects, ensuring quality standards are met.
Lead technical discussions with demanding stakeholders, align expectations, and turn ambiguity into clear next steps.
Anticipate organizational and delivery risks, and address them early through structured communication in complex, high-pressure customer environments.
Manage complex, critical systems, apply updates, and resolve incidents to keep them on track.
Plan and implement sophisticated (multi-)cloud or on-premises platforms.
Provide comprehensive support, tackle high-priority issues, and assist junior and professional team members in critical situations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proficiency in both written and spoken German.
Five to eight years of experience as a system engineer in cloud environments.
A strong DevOps background: CNCF and HashiCorp stacks, GitLab, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, DevSecOps, IaC, and GitOps.
Broad experience in software development, cloud migration, and platform engineering.
Strong networking skills and the ability to translate advanced concepts into smart network designs.
Ability to identify security vulnerabilities early and address them effectively.
Expertise in improving automations and building new ones to enhance operations.
A sound understanding of how to align technology, architecture, and business requirements in complex customer environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

We're REALLY serious about Open Source.
Keeping things transparent and accessible, supporting collaboration, and bigging up the community, it's not just what we do; it's who we are.
Full-time or part-time, working on-site or logging in from your couch; the choice is yours.
Thinking of jetting off for a bit? Hit us up in advance, and we'll probably sort it out.
Pick Your Poison: Emacs, Nano, or Vim? Arch, Manjaro, or TempleOS? Whatever tools or distro make you deliver that sweet, sweet system engineering performance, it's all up to you.
No Microsoft products, tho.
We're all about that growth mindset. Whether it's levelling up your skills, nabbing some new certs, or geeking out at conferences, we've got your back.

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Hard Skills & Tools

system engineeringcloud environmentsDevOpsCNCF stackHashiCorp stackGitLabKubernetesOpenShiftHelmIaC

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationrisk managementproblem-solvingmentoringstakeholder managementorganizational skillsadaptabilitycritical thinkingcollaboration