DevOps Engineer (Groupware Focus)
Summary
DevOps engineer embedded with a Bern-based cyber defense team building Switzerland's sovereign cyber resilience: designing, deploying, and operating secure open-source groupware services (email hosting, file sharing, messaging, document editing) on Linux and Kubernetes in an on-prem private cloud. Core stack: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, and LDAP/OIDC identity services.
Do you want to work on highly secure, mission-critical infrastructure where reliability, automation, and secure communication matter?
Our client’s Bern-based Cyber Defense team is strengthening Switzerland’s sovereign cyber resilience by building advanced, open and future-ready capabilities for protecting critical national infrastructure. Within a highly skilled engineering environment, you will work with Linux-based systems, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps technologies, with a particular focus on groupware, email hosting, and messaging services.
Your Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and operate secure, open-source groupware and collaboration services, including email hosting, file sharing, messaging, and online document editing
- Build and maintain Linux-based infrastructure and containerized applications in an on-premise private cloud
- Integrate and operate identity and directory services, including LDAP, OIDC, and authentication mechanisms
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment using tools such as Terraform and Ansible
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deploy applications in Kubernetes environments
- Operate supporting services such as databases, storage, monitoring, logging, backup, and recovery
- Troubleshoot complex issues across application, container, operating system, and networking layers
- Continuously improve service reliability, security, automation, and operational efficiency
Your Profile
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience
- Strong hands-on experience with Linux system administration and open-source infrastructure
- Experience operating self-hosted email, groupware, or collaboration platforms in production environments
- Solid understanding of networking and communication protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, IMAP, HTTP, and TLS
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, CI/CD, and scripting (Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, or similar)
- Familiarity with directory services and identity management (LDAP, OIDC, SAML) is an advantage
- Strong problem-solving skills, an ownership mindset, and the willingness to investigate issues beyond high-level abstractions