DevOps Lead

About Xelon

At Xelon AG, 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, public services, and tech. Our solutions—Xelon Cloud, Xelon Secure+,Xelon HQ and CloudDeck—combine automation, sovereignty, and simplicity in one ecosystem.

We’re on a mission to become the #1 Swiss Cloud Enabler, and we’re growing a team of people who want to shape the future of cloud infrastructure and software operations.

Your Mission

As a DevOps Lead at Xelon, you play a key role in enabling our engineering and operations teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure. You build and improve CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, observability tooling, and deployment strategies. In this role, you’ll be both a hands-on technical contributor and a cross-functional enabler—driving developer productivity, platform automation, and production readiness.

You’ll collaborate closely with Engineering, ProductOps, DevSecOps, and ITOps to establish best practices, reduce complexity, and empower teams to move fast with confidence.

Your Responsibilities

CI/CD, Deployment & Automation

• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines and GitOps processes
• Define rollback strategies and deploy readiness standards
• Ensure reliable test and production environments aligned with sprint cycles

Infrastructure as Code & Environment Management

• Design and operate infrastructure using IaC tools like Terraform
• Build consistent dev, staging, and prod environments
• Manage access structures, naming conventions, and secrets

Monitoring, Logging & Incident Management

• Operate central monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Enable access to logs and metrics for engineers
• Collaborate with ITOps on incident response and postmortems

Security, Compliance & DevSecOps Integration

• Integrate automated security checks (SAST/DAST/SCA) into pipelines
• Enforce secrets management, access policies, and audit trails
• Collaborate on security reviews and penetration testing

Developer Enablement & Documentation

• Provide self-service tools for devs (e.g., log access, sandbox environments)
• Document environments, processes, and deployment patterns
• Facilitate internal enablement through training and pairing sessions

Your Profile

• 4+ years experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering
• Solid hands-on skills in CI/CD, containerization (Docker/K8s), IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
• Familiar with cloud platforms (OpenStack, AWS, Azure) and observability tools
• Strong sense of ownership, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration
• Fluent in German or English (both a strong plus)

Bonus Points

• Leadership experience in a DevOps or engineering team
• Experience in regulated environments (ISO, SOC2, etc.)
• Background in systems engineering or cloud architecture
• Familiarity with GitOps and developer self-service platforms

What We Offer

• A strategic, high-impact role in a Swiss tech scale-up
• Mentoring and learning paths to grow into a senior architecture position
• Hybrid work model with flexibility and modern tooling
• Competitive salary and equity participation opportunities
• A product-driven environment with purpose, clarity, and ownership
• Direct collaboration with leadership and cross-functional teams

Join our mission

Has our advert piqued your curiosity? Are you ready for a new challenge?

Then apply now! We look forward to hearing from you 🚀 Team Xelon