Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer & Technical Lead

Are you passionate about building and operating Kubernetes platforms at scale? Do you enjoy tackling complex technical challenges, from low-level troubleshooting to platform architecture? As a hands-on Kubernetes Platform Engineer with technical leadership responsibilities, you will own the design, operation and continuous improvement of our enterprise Kubernetes platform, supporting mission-critical financial services in a PCI DSS-regulated environment. This role combines deep technical expertise with technical leadership, offering the opportunity to make a real impact by working closely with development, security and infrastructure teams to ensure the platform is reliable, secure and a strong foundation for building software. The position is available immediately or by mutual agreement.

• Design, operate and evolve Rancher-managed RKE2 clusters, including provisioning, upgrades, capacity planning, troubleshooting and lifecycle management.
• Automate infrastructure and application delivery with Terraform, Helm, Argo CD and GitOps practices.
• Engineer core platform services such as networking, ingress, storage, secrets management, observability and disaster recovery.
• Build and improve observability using Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Loki, Tempo and OpenTelemetry.
• Lead the response to complex production incidents across Kubernetes, Linux and storage, focusing on root-cause analysis and long-term fixes.
• Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance and mentoring to colleagues.

• Several years of hands-on experience running Kubernetes in production, ideally RKE2 and Rancher or a comparable enterprise distribution.
• Knowledge of SRE principles and strong GitOps and infrastructure-as-code skills (Terraform, Helm, Argo CD).
• Solid Linux, networking and storage troubleshooting skills.
• Practical experience with Kubernetes security and modern observability.
• Experience working in a regulated environment, or willingness and discipline to work in one.
• Fluent English; German and Italian are a plus.

• Dynamic and creative environment with good development opportunities.
• Open and uncomplicated culture.
• Extensive decision-making powers.
• Thorough introduction.
• Home office possibility.
• Attractive employment conditions.
• Progressive fringe benefits.

Viseca Payment Services SA provides mission-critical financial services in a PCI DSS-regulated environment and offers a dynamic and creative workplace with attractive employment conditions.