Release and Governance Engineer

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

The Governance & Shared Services team is looking for a committed and competent Release and Governance engineer to carry out activities related to release & governance. You'll be part of an Agile team that implement high quality, standardized solutions for Swiss Banks, and also provide Application Maintenance Services (third level support) to our existing customers base. We work closely together and with other teams, therefore we are looking for a new colleague who – in addition to being independent – also enjoys collaborating with others! Your key tasks

• · Execute Release Upgrade of ACP (major and minor)
• · Execute PUS of ACP (major)
• · Baseline preparation with implementation of kernel and param packages updates
• · Project support for stream landscape definition
• · Support Development Team to ensure correct application of the quality process during project development
• · Support Deploy and Release Team in the solution delivery
• · Release planning support
• · Supervise the delivery process from release/versioning and deploy perspective
• · Define code guideline and development rules in release and delivery processes
• · Design, build, and configure applications to meet business process and application requirements
• · Maintains high availability of production and non-production environments

• University degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering.
•  2-5 years experience in a similar role, including bitbucket experience with hands on of CI/CD pipelines and tools for automation the build, test, and deployment processes of 3rd parties applications
• Experience with version control systems like Git and collaboration tools like Jira and Confluence
• Experience in Release and Configuration management
•  Experience with hands on programming language such as Java, C/C++, Python, JavaScript, PL/SQL etc.
• Knowledgein Unix scripting and CentOS, RHEL platforms
• Knowledge in Oracle Database
• Knowledge in DEVOPS processes and deploy chain
• Knowledge in Continuous Integration tools automation and configuration management
• Proactive, self-motivated with passion for learning and self-improvementDatabase & Cloud technologies (OCI, Oracle)

It would be a real bonus if you have

• ACP (Avaloq Core Platform) parametrization & scripting experience
• ACP Certification
• ITIL Certification
• Knowledge in ACP control and deploy tools (ICE, CMT, MDM, Delivery Tool, ADAI etc.)
• OpenShift / Kubernetes and Microservices

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.