Junior Linux/Unix System Administrator 100% (M/F)

Participate in a highly strategic and large-scale observability project aimed at migrating over 1000 applications within a collaborative technical team.

About the role

Join a major public institution in the French-speaking region of Switzerland and actively contribute to the modernisation of a key technological infrastructure!

You will join a dynamic team of 5 people responsible for ensuring the health and reliability of more than 1,000 critical applications. As part of the comprehensive overhaul of its monitoring system, the organisation is launching the strategic migration of its entire application portfolio to a new cutting-edge observability platform based on OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Your mission? To take charge of the operational implementation of this migration, progressively integrate the applications, and support the technical team to deliver an ultra-reliable platform.

Tasks

This role involves configuring, deploying, and testing observability tools on Linux infrastructures for a portfolio of over 1000 applications.

• Configure and deploy OpenTelemetry agents and collectors on Linux servers.
• Integrate third-party applications into the new observability platform.
• Create and adjust monitoring dashboards with Grafana.
• Define and configure metric rules via Jira tickets.
• Write short automation scripts in Bash or Python for deployment.
• Actively collaborate with application teams to ensure smooth integration.

We are looking for

• IT diploma (CFC, ES, HES, Bachelor or Master)
• Strong fundamentals in Linux/Unix system administration
• Strong sensitivity to DevOps methodology/SRE culture
• Knowledge or initial experience with observability tools: OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus
• Basic scripting skills (Bash / Python)
• Fluent French, technical English.

To succeed in this role, your personal skills should include:

• Supportive
• Goal-oriented
• Intellectually curious

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is managed by Academic Work and our client wishes that all questions regarding the position be addressed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is ongoing and the advertisement may be closed before the end of the recruitment process if we have moved to the next phase. The process includes tests which are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to promote equality, diversity, and a fair process.