# Cloud Platform Engineer (Kubernetes / Azure / DevOps) - ONSITE Laussane

**Company:** [Gramian Consulting Group](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/kANY7hHLXDH7fUqyifRLmf.md)
**Location:** Lausanne, Switzerland
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Talent Solutions

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## Description

**About Us**

Gramian Consultancy is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong background in engineering and leadership, we help companies build high-performing teams by matching them with professionals who truly fit their needs.

**About the client**

Our client is a well-established international software vendor operating in the **Digital Experience Platform (DXP)** space—helping enterprises unify content, customer data, and integrations to deliver high-quality digital experiences at scale. Their platform powers both public-facing systems with high traffic and large internal enterprise environments.

**About the role**

We are partnering with a leading Swiss technology-driven environment offering modern infrastructure and a highly advanced workplace ecosystem. As part of their continued growth, they are looking to strengthen their IT department with a **Cloud Platform Engineer** focused on **Kubernetes**, **Azure**, and **DevOps** practices.

You will play a key role in designing, operating, and evolving a robust **cloud** and **on-prem platform**, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security across critical systems.

**Working model: ONSITE**

**Location: Lausanne, Switzerland**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Interview Process: Intro Call + 2 client interviews (HR and HM)**

**Responsibilities**

-   Manage and optimize **Kubernetes** clusters (on-premise and **Azure AKS** – **RKE2**/**AKS**)
-   Design and maintain **CI/CD pipelines** using GitLab CI and implement GitOps workflows with Argo CD
-   Operate and evolve centralized logging systems using **ELK** stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash/Filebeat, Kibana)
-   Administer Azure cloud infrastructure (AKS, Entra ID, NSG, Key Vault, Azure Monitor) with strong security practices
-   Deploy and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (OpenTofu, Ansible)
-   Implement monitoring and alerting using **Prometheus** and **Grafana**
-   Ensure deployment, availability, and performance of middleware/data components (RabbitMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL)
-   Participate in incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement actions
-   Maintain clear and up-to-date technical documentation (runbooks, architectures, procedures)

## Requirements

-   3–5 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles
-   Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (deployments, services, Helm, troubleshooting)
-   Practical experience with Argo CD and GitOps deployment strategies
-   Solid experience with GitLab (CI/CD pipelines, runners, container registries)
-   Proven experience managing ELK stack environments
-   Good knowledge of Azure ecosystem (AKS, Entra ID, NSG, Key Vault, Azure Monitor)
-   Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (OpenTofu, Ansible)
-   Scripting skills (Bash and/or Python) for automation
-   Understanding of security best practices in cloud and containerized environments
-   Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
-   Fluent French (spoken and written) and professional English