Linux/ DevOps Expert

Linux/ DevOps Expert (60% Remote)

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Overview of contract

On behalf of our client, a large Financial Services company in Switzerland, we are looking for a Linux/ DevOps Expert.

Location: Zürich

Start date: ASAP

End date: 28.02.2025

Main responsibilities

• Provide expert support for production issues in a stock exchange environment post-migration from RHEL7 to RHEL8.
• Engineer solutions using bash and other GNU-tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents in a timely manner to ensure minimal downtime and impact on trading activities.
• Maintain and optimize system performance, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to identify, analyze, and resolve complex issues.
• Manage system configurations, patches, and upgrades to ensure compliance and security.
• Document incidents, solutions, and best practices to improve future incident response.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems.
• Continuously monitor system health and performance, implementing proactive measures to prevent issues.
• Support the IT Application Manager by implementing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and managing OpenShift environments.
• Contribute to the automation of infrastructure tasks and improvements in operational efficiency.

Your skills:

• Strong background in system migrations, especially from RHEL7 to RHEL8.
• Proven experience in Linux/DevOps engineering.
• Extensive knowledge of incident troubleshooting in production environments.
• Proficiency in Ansible, Jenkins, Git, and bash scripting.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Nagios, Icinga, or similar.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with stock exchange operations or similar high-stakes environments is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills in English, German is a plus.

If you are interested in this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your CV. In case of question regarding this opportunity, you can contact Kaixi Jia on +41 44 229 99 43 or Kaixi.jiawu(at)experis.ch

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Due to Swiss work permit restrictions, we can only consider applications from Swiss nationals, EU citizens as well as current work-permit holders for Switzerland.