Junior Platform / DevOps Engineer

We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.

Position Overview

You will join the Data Science & Engineering (DSE) team in Zurich, a small, entrepreneurial team that builds and operates most of its technology in-house, including the tools used by our investment professionals. Although the team is small, it carries significant responsibility; what we build is used every day. The role is primarily focused on DevOps and platform engineering, with occasional software development responsibilities.

Essential Job Functions

• Automate and maintain software delivery processes.
• Build and maintain testing and development environments.
• Develop and support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Work with cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
• Support application hosting across Azure App Services and Kubernetes.
• Work with containerised applications.
• Maintain infrastructure and support general platform upkeep.
• Support the wider team with software engineering and database tasks as needed.

Education And/or Work Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. Master's degree is a plus.
• 0 to 2 years' experience; recent graduates and candidates with internship or university-project experience welcome.
• Interest in DevOps and platform engineering: cloud, automation, infrastructure, and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with some of the following: C# / .NET, Python, Microsoft Azure, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes.

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexibility to work across multiple functions in a small, entrepreneurial team.
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines across multiple projects.
• Acute attention to accuracy and detail.
• Positive, team-oriented attitude.
• Motivated, dynamic, enthusiastic self-starter.

Other Attributes

• Willingness to work a flexible schedule.
• High level of confidentiality.
• Startup mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and picking up tasks outside your job description when the team needs it.

At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure. Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.

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