Head of Competence Center Cloud Engineering

• Disciplinary and functional leadership of the Cloud Engineering team (7 employees)
• Coaching, performance reviews, employee development, and personnel reporting
• Responsibility for recruitment and strategic workforce, capacity, and resource planning
• Fostering a high-performing engineering culture with a strong service and customer focus
• Further developing the service and performance portfolio together with the Business Line
• Ensuring sustainable knowledge and competence management within the team
• Defining, establishing, and enforcing professional and methodological standards and best practices
• Promoting innovation and identifying new technologies and market trends
• Ensuring compliance with Axians Somnitec AG’s normative, regulatory, and strategic requirements
• Contributing to budget planning, investment decisions, and the strategic development of the area of responsibility
• Promoting cross-functional collaboration and sustainable knowledge transfer across the organization
• Managing escalations involving complex technical or organizational challenges
• Taking responsibility for the continuous development of processes, policies, and governance models within the department
• Actively contributing to technical solution approaches and serving as a sparring partner on challenging projects

• Several years of leadership and hands-on experience in an engineering or infrastructure environment
• Industry experience in IT, ideally in a managed services environment
• Completed higher vocational education (HF/FH) in Computer Science or a comparable qualification
• Sound understanding of modern cloud, platform, and infrastructure services
• Experience leading and developing technical teams and specialist departments
• Experience in knowledge, competence, and talent management is an advantage
• Proven experience leading technical specialists
• Strong affinity for standardization, quality management, and automation
• Analytical, structured, and solution-oriented approach to work
• Very good command of German and English, both written and spoken

• Flexible working hours with a 40-hour workweek and part-time options
• Location-independent working, with the option to work from home or remotely within Switzerland
• 25 days of annual vacation (27 days from age 40 and 30 days from age 50)
• 13 paid public holidays and the option to take additional unpaid leave
• 100% salary continuation during 3 weeks of paternity leave / 16 weeks of maternity leave
• State-of-the-art hardware and a paid mobile phone plan, including a contribution toward a smartphone
• Above-average pension fund benefits, with the employer covering 60% and the employee 40%
• Private supplementary accident insurance
• Free charging for electric vehicles at the Gerlafingen and Aarau locations
• Discounted access to fitness and physiotherapy center services
• Brands for employees and benefits at work
• Wellbeing@Work, including Mario Kart racing, a silent room, table football, aperitifs, and team events