DevOps / Platform Engineer (a), 100%

Bachem is a leading, innovation-driven company specializing in the development and manufacture of peptides and oligonucleotides. With over 50 years of experience and expertise Bachem provides products for research, clinical development and commercial application to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide and offers a comprehensive range of services. Bachem operates internationally with headquarters in Switzerland and locations in Europe, the US and Asia. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. For further information, see
www.bachem.com
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DevOps / Platform Engineer (a), 100%
To strengthen our team in the Global IT department, we are looking for a dedicated DevOps Platform Engineer, 100%.
We are building an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that lets teams across Bachem deliver applications in a standardized, self-service way. In this hands-on role you will build, operate and scale the platform - bringing your experience to strengthen its core foundations today, and helping grow it into the backbone that serves the whole organization tomorrow.
Your tasks:

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Build, automate and operate our Internal Developer Platform based on GitHub Enterprise and cloud infrastructure

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Design and maintain infrastructure as code to provision environments, resources and guardrails in a repeatable, auditable way

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Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and reusable workflow templates in GitHub Actions, with quality, security and compliance built in

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Help scale the platform as adoption grows - improving reusable templates, guardrails and self-service capabilities so it serves more teams without more manual effort

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Keep the platform reliable, compliant and secure - monitoring, observability, incident response, patching and continuous improvement of operational practices

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Implement platform governance and guardrails: access management, policies, secrets handling and cost awareness

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Facilitate discussions and drive alignment across stakeholder groups with different priorities, translating their requirements into coherent, shared platform capabilities.

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Partner with developers across a wide range of skill levels: coaching newcomers, enabling professional developers and adapting your communication and support to each audience.

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Create documentation, guidelines and onboarding materials that make the platform easy to adopt for developers of every maturity level

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Collaborate closely with the Platform Owner to translate the platform roadmap into technical solutions

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Ensure platform reliability and security through monitoring, observability, and policy-driven governance
Your profile

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Degree in IT or equivalent practical experience in a field related to DevOps or software engineering

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3-5 years of experience with DevOps or a closely related software engineering role

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Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise, including GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines and repository governance

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Solid experience automating infrastructure-as-code deployments (Terraform) via GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, targeting Azure and/or AWS

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A product-oriented mindset and the drive to make developers more productive

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A collaborative, service‑oriented mindset that thrives in agile, iterative environments, measuring success by how productive and self‑sufficient you help platform users become

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Comfortable in an agile environment, delivering iteratively and self-organizing to keep steady progress

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Nice to have: Experience with regulated / GxP environments

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Fluent in English, German is a plus
Our offer:

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A dynamic and rapidly growing work environment with internal development and training opportunities

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Flexible working hours with home office days and an option for obtaining additional vacation days through workload reduction

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Company‑run daycare center on the Bachem Campus in Bubendorf

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60% coverage of pension fund contributions by Bachem AG as well as option for extra-mandatory pension provision with our Pension Plan Plus

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Access to benefits platforms with discounts from external partners

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Fresh, healthy and varied food in our staff restaurant

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A wide range of free sports activities on the Bachem Campus
Would you like to drive innovation together with us?
We look forward to receiving your complete application documents via our application portal.
Learn more about the Bachem Group and get inspired by our exciting work environment at our location in Bubendorf!