Junior DevOps Engineer (100%)

Role

Full-time

Permanent

Junior

Engineering

Logistics

Zug, Switzerland

Hybrid

100%

Requirements

Vocational

Skills

ArgoCDKubernetesLinuxGrafanaPrometheusMonitoringCI/CDTerraformAnsibleInfrastructure as CodeContainerScripting Languages

Languages

German B2

English B2

Description

As a Junior DevOps Engineer, you support the team in keeping our infrastructure and deployment processes reliable, scalable, and secure – always with guidance and room to learn. Your areas of contribution include:

Platform Operations & Maintenance

Help maintain and improve our systems (patching, updates, backups, certificate management) under guidance
Assist with deploying new services and supporting migrations to improved solutions
Support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across the platform

CI/CD & Deployment

Support building and maintaining automated deployment pipelines (e.g. Bitbucket Pipelines, ArgoCD)
Assist with rollbacks, deployment health checks, and release coordination

Infrastructure Automation

Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code components (e.g. Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform) under guidance
Help keep configurations consistent across dev, staging, and production

Monitoring, Logging & Observability

Help maintain and improve observability tooling (e.g. CheckMK, Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Prometheus & Sentry)
Contribute to dashboards and alerting that increase signal and reduce noise

Security & Compliance

Support automated security checks in CI/CD (e.g. SAST, DAST, SCA)
Help ensure deployments meet Xelon’s compliance and security requirements (TLS/SSL, firewalls, network policies)

Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

Write and maintain clear, easy-to-follow technical documentation
Share what you learn with development and operations teams

Responsibilities

Support the team in keeping our infrastructure and deployment processes reliable, scalable, and secure
Help maintain and improve our systems (patching, updates, backups, certificate management) under guidance
Assist with deploying new services and supporting migrations to improved solutions
Support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across the platform
Support building and maintaining automated deployment pipelines (e.g. Bitbucket Pipelines, ArgoCD)
Assist with rollbacks, deployment health checks, and release coordination
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code components (e.g. Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform) under guidance
Help keep configurations consistent across dev, staging, and production
Help maintain and improve observability tooling (e.g. CheckMK, Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Prometheus & Sentry)
Contribute to dashboards and alerting that increase signal and reduce noise
Support automated security checks in CI/CD (e.g. SAST, DAST, SCA)
Help ensure deployments meet Xelon’s compliance and security requirements (TLS/SSL, firewalls, network policies)
Write and maintain clear, easy-to-follow technical documentation
Share what you learn with development and operations teams

Requirements

Completed IT apprenticeship (e.g. Informatiker/in EFZ) or comparable education, or first professional experience in IT operations / infrastructure
Solid Linux/Unix fundamentals – shell, processes, file systems, permissions, and remote access (SSH/RDP)
Basic networking knowledge (IP, DHCP, DNS, gateways, firewalling)
First experience with scripting (Bash, with exposure to Python, PowerShell, or Golang)
Basic understanding of containers (container vs. VM, Docker basics)
A genuine motivation to learn new technologies where the knowledge is not yet there
Fluent German and good English, written and spoken

Tech stack

Bitbucket PipelinesArgoCDKubernetesAnsibleTerraformCheckMKLokiGrafanaTempoPrometheusSentry

Benefits

A hands-on DevOps role with a clear development path toward a full DevOps Engineer position
Structured onboarding, a dedicated technical mentor, and a clear learning roadmap from fundamentals to advanced topics
A product-driven environment with purpose, clarity, and ownership – close to the technology and the people building it
A hybrid work model with flexibility and modern tooling
Competitive salary and equity participation opportunities
A young, dynamic team with the will to achieve something together – including cool team events

Company

Xelon AG

Cloud Computing

Welcome to Xelon – where technology meets innovation and customer centricity. As we continue to grow our Platform team, we are looking for a Junior DevOps Engineer to join us. This is a role for someone at the start of their DevOps journey. You don’t need to know everything yet – what matters is solid fundamentals, genuine curiosity, and the drive to learn. You will work alongside experienced engineers, take ownership of clearly scoped tasks, and grow step by step toward operating our platform independently. At Xelon , we deliver secure, scalable, and automated Swiss cloud infrastructure for the next generation of digital services. From IaaS to SaaS , our platform powers workloads in regulated industries like finance, insurance, and public services . Our solutions – Xelon Cloud , Xelon Secure+ and Xelon HQ – combine reliability, automation, sovereignty, and simplicity in one ecosystem. We are on a mission to become the #1 Swiss Cloud Enabler , and we are growing a team of people who want to shape the future of cloud infrastructure and software operations.