DevOps Engineer (Python, Kubernetes, Prometheus)

About Swisscom

We are about 850 IT experts and enthusiasts devoted to creating inspiring customer experiences and developing the best quality services, one of the leading IT providers in Switzerland. In addition, we’re building a new DevOps Center in Rotterdam and are looking to grow this to over 200 new hires over the next few years. Our ambition is to become the #1 DevOps Team. We work on innovative and challenging projects that use “state of the art tech” in an Agile environment. As DevOps engineers, we understand the equal importance of relationships, culture, soft skills, and collaborative working in a friendly environment.

Position

We are the cloud transformation team which owns the observability capability based on OpenTelemetry and the LGTM stack (Grafana, Mimir, Loki & Tempo) used by all migrated cloud native applications to the AWS public cloud.

Together with your teammates, you will develop the solution further and help educating the community in improving the observability skills.

What impact will you have? 

You will collaborate closely with other teams to employ the current automation tools, extend them, and contribute to the knowledge base of migration teams following the SRE approach (operations with software means). This includes GitOps CI/CD, observability, etc.

Your qualification

• Deep expertise with observability tools (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana stack - LGTM)
• Deep expertise of telemetry standards and observability patterns
• Experience in software engineering (Golang, Python)
• Hands on with the Kubernetes stack
• Cloud experience, preferably with AWS technologies
• Degree in computer science or equivalent working experience
• Excellent English communication skills
• Self-organized and motivated, high-quality standards
• Open to changes, to learn new things and to share own ideas

What we offer

Work environment

• Agile way of working, multi-cultural work environment promoting work-life balance
• Autonomy, flexibility, opportunity and growth
• Cool office space in the World Trade Center Rotterdam!
• Are you coming to the office by bike or car? You can park right here at the office
• Be a part of our events to build a stronger Swisscom community - for example, culture lunches, fun quizzes, game nights and a lot more! 

Allowances

• Full relocation support (Housing, settling in, etc.) for you and your family
• 200 euros per month Telephone/internet allowance 
• 275 euros per month contribution to health insurance 
• 5 Paid training days and access to Swisscom learning platforms
• Travel allowance reimbursement
• 500 euros home office allowance
• Gym subscription, Tax advice, and language course

Leaves policy

• Work from abroad possibility for one month per year
• Care, bereavement, maternity and paternity leaves
• 25 days paid vacation days plus Dutch national holidays

Contract terms

• To begin with you will receive a fixed term contract (one year), after 6 months of your employment with us, after a feedback meeting with the team, there is a possibility of extending the contract
• The salary ranges mentioned in our Job Descriptions are base annual gross salaries including the 8% holiday allowance

Additional details

Want to know more about us?

We are serving the Swiss market as Switzerland’s leading IT & Telecom company. Thus, we are actively driving digitalization and networking, and tapping new paths for our customers and our employees. Our values are trustworthy, committed and curious.

Since 2019, we have been building up the coolest DevOps Center with a wonderful office at the World Trade Center in the heart of Rotterdam. We are currently recruiting IT passionate professionals who are keen on developing high-quality software, have an agile mindset and appreciate the collaboration with motivated colleagues from all over the world.