Swisscom

Together we inspire people in an interconnected world.

We focus on three core values that define who we are and the approach we take to our work: Trustworthy | Committed | Curious

As Switzerland’s number one provider for communications, IT and entertainment, we are shaping the future. Swisscom is one of the most innovative and sustainable companies in Switzerland. In total, more than 19,000 employees work for Swisscom.

With cutting-edge technology, an innovative corporate culture and also massive investments in network infrastructure, we are developing products for mobile, fixed internet and TV for both private and corporate customer. Furthermore, we and our subsidiary companies are working in innovative fields such as cloud-computing, blockchain technologies, IoT services and many more.

Career opportunities
These are just examples of the types of job opportunities the company offers. A complete overview of job opportunities can be found in the respective career portal

DevOps Cloud Engineer

DevOps Engineer (.Net/Angular)

DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Network Engineer

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About

Swisscom DevOps Community
Our software development and operations department has got an ambitious goal: Becoming the #1 DevOps community in Europe by the year 2025. In order to reach this ambition, we are continuously investing in innovation, DevOps capabilities, quality and mastery. We need the best teams with the best engineers, to create the best DevOps setup. That’s why we started to build up new DevOps centers in the Netherlands and in Latvia aside of our existing presence in Switzerland. Both locations are fully integrated sites in our business in Switzerland, teams are working in a distributed agile setup. We believe in the power of diversity and we are proud to have a community with more than 50 nationalities in Rotterdam.

Started with the first colleagues in end-2019, we are currently with about 300 people in Rotterdam and about 80 in Riga. Moreover, we are aiming to keep on growing and are looking for talented DevOps Engineers.

DevOps Cloud Engineer

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland

Become part of a DevOps Cloud infrastructure team. You are involved in the design, development, testing, and operating of our cloud-based communication platform.

What you move

You will work in an international and geographically distributed team with cultural diversity and interact with other DevOps engineers, product owners, and business engineers.

What you will do

Working in interdisciplinary teams according to the DevOps method, your core activities are the design, development, and testing of the new cloud-based communication platform that we are creating for our client. Analyzing technical vulnerabilities in current and future systems on the basis of customer feedback and best practice is, therefore, an integral part of your role. Doing so you will work with state-of-the-art technology (K8's based) and methodology (GitOps) and will be able to shape the development by bringing your own ideas into the project. In this capacity, you work closely with stakeholders and are the go-to person for business inquiries and troubleshooting. In meetings, you make a note of requirements and translate these into workable development solutions.

Why you succeed

  • IT diploma or equivalent degree in computer science, information systems, or related equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure development
  • Expertise in agile development methods (Scrum, Kanban, DevOps)
  • Experience in automation, continuous integration/deployment (Jenkins, ArgoCD, app of apps - gitops methodology), and monitoring (Prometheus, elk, fluentd, grafana)
  • Experience in programming languages, mainly (but not limited to): shell scripting, GO, Python, Java
  • Expertise in infrastructure as a code, secret and configuration management (Ansible, Terraform, Vault, Service mesh (Istio, linkerd))
  • Experience in security (SAST (checkmarx, snyk, owasp zap), AVR (xray, twistlock). Runtime defence (OSSEC, WAZUH, Twistlock), DAST (metasploit, burp)) a plus

Perks

  • Agile working environment and lean management instructor
  • Flexible working time model and home-work allowance
  • Full relocation support (Visa, Housing, settling-in, etc.) for you and your family
  • 200 euros telephone/internet allowance
  • We apply for your 30% ruling tax allowance for 5 years* Meaning 30 % of your salary will be tax-free
  • Plenty of opportunities for training and personal development
  • Up to 150 euros commuting allowance
  • Contribution to the health insurance
  • Gym subscription, Tax advice, and language course paid by the company

DevOps Engineer (.Net/Angular)

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland

Become part of a DevOps team.

What you move

You will work in an international and geographically distributed team with cultural diversity and interact with other DevOps engineers, product owners, and business engineers.

What you will do

The Agile-Release-Train-Network Infrastructure & Construction (ART NIC) within the Large Solution NILS makes all work on processes and IT systems more flexible, faster, and more efficient. In doing so, it relies on agile working methods as well as BizDevOps. This includes development and operations. As part of the team, you help determine ongoing projects and thus significantly shape the further development of the systems.

Responsabilities

  • You are responsible for developing and maintaining our order management system connectnow with other DevOps Engineers
  • You collaborate with the DevOps teams of the ART NIC systems to develop new features and resolve incidents and implement changes quickly and efficiently.
  • You further develop and maintain the continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline.
  • You actively interact with other software developers, product owners, software architects, and users to understand better what needs to be developed
  • You actively take part in the planning, system demos, and inspect & adapt events

Requirements

  • Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or similar experience
  • In-depth experience in software development in the frontend environment (Angular 2+, HTML, CSS)
  • In-depth experience in software development in the backend .NET Core (C#)
  • Very good knowledge in dealing with REST API
  • Experience with tools like Jenkins and Elasticsearch is an advantage
  • Understand complex requirements and break them down into simpler tasks
  • Enthusiastic and communicative
  • Good integration in a self-organizing, agile team
  • Good English skills, German skills are an advantage

Perks

  • Agile working environment and lean management instructor
  • Flexible working time model and home-work allowance
  • Full relocation support (Visa, Housing, settling-in, etc.) for you and your family
  • 200 euros telephone/internet allowance
  • We apply for your 30% ruling tax allowance for 5 years* Meaning 30 % of your salary will be tax-free
  • Plenty of opportunities for training and personal development
  • Up to 150 euros commuting allowance
  • Contribution to the health insurance
  • Gym subscription, Tax advice, and language course paid by the company

DevOps Engineer

Kriens, Zürich, Freiburg — 60% to 100%

Ready for Swisscom

You develop and optimise innovative solutions in the content & information management area. The tasks vary from design, innovation, specification to the coaching of the operation team.

  • Design and create Specs.
  • Integrate, test, and operate (DevOps) systems and platforms
  • Configure, expand, and improve the Docker environment and build Kubernetes clusters
  • Exciting challenge and many personal development possibilities
  • Participation in the continuous improvement of the team

What you do is who we are.

Become a part of Swisscom

Help shape the future in our modern, flexible working environment. And open up a world of opportunity for yourself.

Fair pay
We provide a fair salary that is in line with the market. Our transparent salary system is based on the achievement of common, uniform goals

Job location
In this 60 to 100% job you have the possibility to work partly from home. You travel up to 10% of your working time within Switzerland.

Flexible working models
We can offer the working model to suit you, whether you're a night owl or morning person and whether you're looking to work full or part time. We also give you the option of purchasing additional days' leave.

Individual training
We support your personal and professional development with a comprehensive programme of internal and external training.

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Team
Our seven-headed team is based on different core skills and varied disciplines. To develop innovative and customer-oriented solutions is our common goal. In an agile environment, we operate self-organised and use continuous knowledge exchange to be successful.

The themes
With your expertise, modern methods and tools, you help optimise our development and operation. Your support is important to deliver innovative solutions flexibly, stable, and on time. Together we develop our DevOps tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, etc.) continuously and thereby ensure a scalable, stable, and secure operation of the services.

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Your professional profile

  • Degree (Uni/UAS/technical college) in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or a related discipline or equal practical experience
  • Very good knowledge of software engineering (Java, Spring Boot, CI/CD pipelines)
  • Sound expertise of containers and their orchestrations (Kubernetes/Docker)
  • Experience in cloud operations (deployment and management)

What else sets you apart

  • Good written and spoken German and English
  • Impeccable reputaiton
  • Fast perception and independent way of working
  • Communicative and initiative personality
  • Enjoys working in a team

Senior DevOps Network Engineer

Bern, Zurich — 60% to 100% 120 - 140k CHF/year

Ready for Swisscom

You are in charge of designing, testing, implementing and running networks and services for core datacenter platforms. This includes operational roles and on-duty activities.

  • Engineering with a DevOps mindset on Swisscom's core networks
  • Addressing complex challenges in the area of MPLS, Segment Routing and BGP
  • Providing the best networks for our customers with the use of the latest technology and network standards

What you do is who we are.

Become a part of Swisscom

Help shape the future in our modern, flexible working environment. And open up a world of opportunity for yourself.

Fair pay
In your role of Senior DevOps Network Engineer in a full-time position (employment level of 100%), you will receive a gross salary of:

CHF 120 - 140K p.a.

Job location
In this 60 to 100% job you have the possibility to work partly from home. You travel up to 20% of your working time within Switzerland.

Flexible working models
We can offer the working model to suit you, whether you're a night owl or morning person and whether you're looking to work full or part time. We also give you the option of purchasing additional days' leave.

Individual training
We support your personal and professional development with a comprehensive programme of internal and external training.

Is it a match?

Find out if the job is the perfect fit for you. And vice versa. In just 3 steps.

Team
Our team consists of ten motivated and open-minded employees. They operate and develop the best network in Switzerland with passion, engagement and partly with long-standing experience. In our lean-agile team, we live an open feedback culture and orient ourselves on the values of appreciation, respect, helpfulness and act self-reliant, solution- and customer-oriented and sustainable. Collaboration and regular exchange are important to us. Thanks to regular retrospectives and optimization we strive for the best possible customer experience.

The themes
We ensure the development of our core networks. Thanks to our passion, we operate a stable and safe core network. We create concepts and preliminary studies for projects and lifecycle plans. In case of an emergency, we analyse and repair the cause. We are responsible for the smooth operation of networks and support our customers in technical concerns.

Skill check
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Your professional profile

  • Degree (Uni/UAS) in computer science or related field
  • Proven experience in Service Provider or Datacenter network engineering (e.g. Cisco Certified CCNP, CCIE)
  • Experience in automated, elastic, and self-healing systems (Closed-loop operation)
  • Interested in new ways to interact with the network (e.g. network telemetry and NETCONF/YANG)
  • Interested in cloud and software-defined technologies overall

What else sets you apart

  • Very good written and spoken English and German
  • Team-oriented and ready to work in an agile team
  • DevOps mindset and willingness to work on operational tasks
  • Enjoys becoming acquainted with complex tasks
  • Fast perception and an open personality that develops thanks to feedbacks