Platform Architect with Architecture Build & Delivery Platform

Project overview

Task

We are looking for an experienced Platform Architect for one of our clients! The ART (Agile Release Train) Capacity Control is responsible for the development, operation, and training of products in the field of automation of operational railway operations. More than 10,000 trains run daily on the Swiss rail network, which are automatically controlled, monitored, and optimized with our products. In this complex and highly exciting environment, existing railway-critical products are further developed to further optimize and automate rail transport.

With 10 agile teams, the capacity control product range is managed E2E from conception to operation together with the business. This in the context of highly available and railway-critical systems as well as their future-oriented further development. All this without affecting operations, so that the primary priority "Bahn im Griff" (Control of the railway) can be sustainably ensured. Many exciting challenges await us in a very close-to-rail-production environment. The application landscape around railway production is being modularized and technically modernized.

The Platform Team is responsible for the build & CI environment as well as the delivery pipeline for Spring-Boot applications on OpenShift and continuously develops the established target platform and its delivery processes. For this role, we are looking for an experienced Platform Architect who has already conceptualized and further developed platforms for several teams and can take over architectural responsibility for our build, CI/CD, and delivery landscape. Experience with shared platforms and cross-functional standards and solutions is crucial.

The role combines architectural responsibility with active technical participation. You develop target images and concepts, make and moderate architectural decisions, and at the same time work on the implementation yourself. You conceptualize, implement, test, and improve platform functions, build and CI tooling, pipelines, and automations. You are close to the code and the technical challenges of the team. You shape the technical roadmap and work closely with PO, ART, development teams, operations, security, and architecture stakeholders.

Requirements

Important! If not ALL requirements are met, an application unfortunately does not make sense!

Project duration

Long-term collaboration is desired

• Platform Engineering, DevOps or CI/CD, with several years in the architecture of platform, integration or delivery landscapes in complex productive environments. Proof must include experience with a shared platform or delivery landscape used by multiple teams or applications.
• Current practical engineering experience and willingness to write code yourself and implement technical solutions in the platform.
• You have experience with AI-supported software development and have made it a habit to automate tasks where possible and sensible.
• Confident demeanor as well as target-group-oriented communication and presentation skills in German with common business English, including conveying complex content to a larger audience.
• Knowledge of OpenShift/Kubernetes, container technologies, GitOps, Argo CD, Helm or Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with Java, Python, Go or a comparable programming language.
• Experience with monitoring, telemetry and observability, e.g. Splunk, Grafana or Prometheus.
• Experience with highly available, operationally critical or security-relevant applications.
• Experience as Lead Architect, Solution Architect, Platform Architect or Technical Lead in a complex system landscape.

Project details

• Start: ab 2.11.26 oder nach Vereinbarung; langjährige Zusammenarbeit ist erwünscht
• Duration: langjährige Zusammenarbeit ist erwünscht
• Location: Bern / work Smart, 60% / 40% (nach Absprache), CH
• Languages: German