Senior DevOps & Platform Engineering Lead
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Employment Type: Full-time
Language: English required
About the Role
Swiss Himmel GmbH is seeking a Senior DevOps & Platform Engineering Lead with over 15 years of experience to spearhead cloud transformation, platform engineering, and mission-critical release governance in a complex, regulated banking environment.
This senior leadership position combines hands-on engineering, ownership of production delivery, DevOps strategy, and ITIL-based release governance. You will play a pivotal role in building scalable Azure-based platforms, implementing Infrastructure as Code, and ensuring the successful delivery of regulatory and business-critical releases with negligible disruption.
Your Responsibilities
- Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform across Azure environments.
- Build and manage end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or TeamCity.
- Lead containerization and orchestration strategies utilizing Docker, AKS, and Helm.
- Own and govern Release, Change, and Incident Management aligned with ITIL best practices.
- Manage production deployments, hotfix releases, and regulatory delivery cycles.
- Drive identity & access management, vulnerability management, patching, and compliance controls.
- Implement monitoring and observability solutions using tools such as Geneos and Splunk.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure stable, audit-ready, and error-free enterprise releases.
- Provide leadership across platform engineering, production support, and DevOps automation initiatives.
Your Profile
- 15+ years of IT experience, preferably within Banking or Financial Services.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure (AZ-400, AZ-104, AZ-900 or equivalent).
- Advanced experience with Terraform (including modular design, remote state management, and automated deployments).
- Proven track record in CI/CD implementation and DevOps transformation.
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (AKS), Docker, and Helm.
- Strong experience in production support, release governance, and regulatory delivery environments.
- Solid understanding of ITIL processes and enterprise change management.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-team coordination skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience in building LLM-powered applications using Python, LangChain, OpenAI APIs, or RAG pipelines.
- Exposure to Hadoop, Informatica, OBIEE, or Control-M.
- Experience in highly regulated, audit-driven environments.
What We Offer
- The opportunity to lead enterprise-scale cloud and DevOps transformation initiatives.
- A high-impact role within mission-critical banking platforms.
- A collaborative, international, and technology-driven environment.
- Long-term growth and leadership opportunities within Swiss Himmel GmbH.
Apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.