Cloud Engineer / Switzerland
Pubblicato il 16-09-2026 - Hays in Milano
Cloud Engineer (GCP) - Switzerland
Full-Time Consultancy Assignment | Ticino
The Opportunity
For an established organisation operating in a secure and highly regulated environment, we are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to join its Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team in Ticino.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building, automating, securing, and operating cloud-native infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform . You will work directly with Terraform, Kubernetes/GKE, Python, Bash, and Git in a production environment.
The position requires full-time availability and daily onsite presence in Ticino. Remote or hybrid arrangements cannot be considered.
Your Responsibilities
- Build, deploy, and maintain secure and scalable infrastructure on GCP.
- Write and manage reusable, production-grade Terraform modules.
- Deploy, operate, upgrade, and troubleshoot workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine.
- Manage GCP services including IAM, VPC networks, and Compute Engine.
- Develop automation and operational tooling using Python and Bash.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or GCP-native tooling.
- Work through Git-based workflows, including branching, code reviews, and merge requests.
- Implement cloud security controls, least-privilege access, secrets management, and SSL/TLS configurations.
- Configure monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
- Investigate production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement preventive actions.
- Collaborate with development, security, and external engineering teams in an Agile environment.
Your Profile
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering, or DevOps.
- Strong production experience with Google Cloud Platform .
- Advanced practical knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Solid experience operating Kubernetes , preferably GKE, and containerised workloads.
- Experience with GCP services such as IAM, VPC networks, and Compute Engine.
- Strong scripting capabilities with Python and Bash .
- Practical experience with Docker, Git, and CI/CD processes.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, containers, and production systems.
- Comfortable working in an Agile or Scrum environment.
- Available for a full-time consultancy assignment .
- Able to work 100% onsite in Ticino .
Nice to Have
- Experience with Jenkins and Ansible.
- Knowledge of Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, or GCP Cloud Logging.
- Exposure to Microsoft Azure.
- GCP, Kubernetes, or Terraform certifications.
- Previous experience in banking, financial services, or another regulated environment.
- Professional proficiency in Italian.
Assignment Details
- Location: Ticino, Switzerland
- Workload: Full-time
- Working model: Mostly on site
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Languages: English required; Italian is a strong advantage