Kubernetes Architect (Observability)
Senior Observability/Monitoring Architect
Experis is the global leader in professional resourcing and project-based workforce solutions.
Overview of contract
On behalf of our client, a large bank in Switzerland, we are looking for a Senior Observability/Monitoring Architect with Kubernetes.
Location: Zürich
Start date: ASAP
End date: 31.12.2025
Main responsibilities
- Collect, evaluate, and structure observability requirements from different parts of the organization
- Define the ambitions for centrally provided services vs. individual solutions with Infrastructure & Operations leadership
- Design high-level architecture and low-level design for a holistic observability landscape, in line with the defined requirements, ambitions and market best practices, interfacing into existing tooling and processes (e.g. ITSM, on-call management, automation etc.)
- Lead potential solution evaluation from a technical perspective
- Support and consult the implementation of the target solution in line with the defined architecture design and continuously re-evaluate and improve the design
- Drive the definition of target operation model for observability services that are centrally provided
- Ensure compliance with the guidelines of security, risk, audit and regulations
Your skills:
- Completed university-level studies (UNI, University of Applied Sciences, or Master's degree).
- Over 7 years of experience specializing in IT observability technologies, with a proven track record in designing, implementing, and consolidating holistic observability solutions for enterprise-grade companies.
- 4+ years of experience in the financial industry.
- More than 7 years of experience in writing technical concepts, architecture designs & diagrams, and documentation.
- Experience in hybrid/multi-cloud environments and application performance monitoring.
- Expert knowledge in Elastic, Logstash, Kibana, NXLog, and OpenTelemetry.
- Strong knowledge in streaming (Kafka) and API/API gateway technologies (Kong).
- Experience integrating observability solutions with ITSM tools, such as Helix ITSM.
- Excellent communication skills in English, German is a plus.
If you are interested in this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your CV or if you have any questions, contact Kaixi Jia on +41 44 229 99 43 or Write an email
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Due to Swiss work permit restrictions, we can only consider applications from Swiss nationals, EU citizens as well as current work-permit holders for Switzerland.