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Its user laboratory is available to domestic and international researchers in academia, industry, and the business sector. The centre is operated by ETH Zurich and has offices at its data centre in Lugano and in Zurich.\n\nFor this position the preferred work location is Lugano, but it could also be Zürich.\n\nProject background\n\nWe are seeking a versatile and driven DevOps Engineer to help design, build, and operate the software-defined infrastructure and services powering advanced scientific computing and AI/ML workloads at scale.\n\nYou will work at the intersection of systems engineering, software engineering, cloud-native infrastructure, and high-performance computing (HPC), contributing to platforms and services used by researchers and engineers tackling complex scientific and AI challenges.\n\nWe value strong engineering fundamentals, curiosity, adaptability, and willingness to learn more than a perfect initial match of technical requirements. We welcome engineers from diverse backgrounds who are eager to contribute and grow. If you are motivated by challenging technical environments and enjoy understanding systems deeply, we strongly encourage you to apply even if your experience does not cover every area listed below.\n\nWe are offering a contract initially limited to two years, which will provide the opportunity to contribute to a fast-evolving AI landscape in which CSCS plays a key role and to support high-impact initiatives both nationally and internationally. This includes contributions to the Swiss AI Initiative and similar programs, such as lending support for the development and release of the Apertus models.\n\nThe initial two-year contract could potentially be extended or even become permanent.\n\nJob description\nDesign, deploy, automate, and operate scalable infrastructure and cloud-native platform services\nContribute to Kubernetes-based AI/ML and HPC platforms, including CI/CD, GitOps, observability, security, and operational tooling\nCollaborate with researchers and engineers to support complex workflows, troubleshoot production environments, and improve reliability and performance\nContribute to platform engineering, automation, and developer productivity initiatives across evolving systems and services\nThe technologies and areas below illustrate the breadth of our environment and interests. They are not a checklist of requirements, and experience in only some of these areas is expected\n\nProfile\n\nThe technologies and areas below illustrate the breadth of our environment and interests. They are not a checklist of requirements, and experience in only some of these areas is expected.\n\nTechnical environment and areas of interest: \nLinux systems engineering, and software development (e.g., Python, Bash)\nContainers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Helm, Ansible, ArgoCD)\nDistributed systems concepts, APIs, scalability, observability, identity and access management, and security\nAI/ML platforms and supporting infrastructure services\nHPC systems, GPU clusters, and large-scale infrastructure environments\nPlatform engineering and developer productivity tooling\nSecure or confidentiality-sensitive operational environments\n\nPersonal qualities: \nCurious, hands-on, and eager to understand systems inside-out\nStrong engineering mindset and problem-solving attitude\nComfortable learning new technologies and working across disciplines\nEffective communicator and collaborative team player\n\nWays to stand out from the crowd: \nExperience supporting research or scientific computing environments\nFamiliarity with HPC systems and services\nExposure to GPU clusters and accelerated computing\nExperience with SRE practices or on-call operations\nAdvanced Linux security knowledge\nAbility to leverage AI tools for increased productivity\n\nOur core values as guiding principles:\nCuriosity: You enjoy learning and understanding systems deeply\nOpenness: You collaborate effectively and value different perspectives\nCourage: You are willing to tackle difficult or unfamiliar problems\nSupportive: You help colleagues and users succeed\nIntegrity: You act responsibly, reliably, and transparently\n\nWe offer\n\nWe are committed to building a diverse and inclusive engineering team and particularly encourage applications from groups underrepresented in tech. If you are technically adept, curious, and eager to grow, we want to hear from you.\nYour job with impact: Become part of ETH Zurich, which not only supports your professional development, but also actively contributes to positive change in society\nYou can expect numerous benefits, such as public transport season tickets and car sharing, a wide range of sports offered by the ASVZ, childcare and attractive pension benefits\nYou can look forward to an exciting working environment, cultural diversity and attractive offers and benefits.\nWe value the diversity of our team and, to further enhance the diversity of our workforce, we particularly encourage women to apply.\n\n > Working, teaching and research at ETH Zurich \n\nWe value diversity and sustainability\nIn line with our values, ETH Zurich encourages an inclusive culture. We promote equality of opportunity, value diversity and nurture a working and learning environment in which the rights and dignity of all our staff and students are respected. Visit our Equal Opportunities and Diversity website to find out how we ensure a fair and open environment that allows everyone to grow and flourish. Sustainability is a core value for us - we are consistently working towards a climate-neutral future.\n\nCurious? So are we.\nPlease include the following documents with your application:\nMotivation letter in pdf\nCV in pdf\nRelevant certificates and diplomas in pdf format\n\nWe look forward to receiving your online application, including a letter of motivation, CV, diplomas, and employment certificates. Please address your application to Mrs Stephanie Frequente, CSCS Human Resources, Via Trevano 131, 6900 Lugano.\n\nPlease note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.\n\nFurther information about CSCS can be found on our website. Questions regarding the position should be directed to Stefano Schuppli,  (no applications).\n\nFor recruitment services, the GTC of ETH Zurich apply.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6566,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Travel Agencies","Travel Technology"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-11T01:29:44Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":43,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":0.85,"p_active":0.676,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":16,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["seen:16","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-13T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/eth-zurich-devops-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/eth-zurich-devops-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-13T17:36:31Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":26828,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":15140},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=15140"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Feth-zurich-devops-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Feth-zurich-devops-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Feth-zurich-devops-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/eth-zurich-devops-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Feth-zurich-devops-engineer"}]}