Job detail for Systems & IT Engineer (w/m/d) 80-100%

Please note that for this position, we'll only consider applications from people who are already living in Switzerland.
About Papers
Papers is a software engineering company founded on high-tech talent. We support the full lifecycle of innovative web3 products — from concept to software market fit — building secure, scalable futures for our clients and the internet at large.
With over a decade of experience and a reputation built on delivering for Fortune 500s and blockchain ecosystems, our teams combine deep technical know-how with a mission to enable meaningful, decentralized innovation.
As an engineering-driven team, we work with autonomy and purpose. Our culture is built on meritocracy, long-term thinking, and a commitment to quality over buzz. We aim to collaborate with people who love tech for its own sake and want to help shape the future by solving real-world challenges.
Tasks
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Manage and improve our self-hosted, Linux-based infrastructure (Ubuntu) running on a fleet of dedicated/bare-metal servers
Keep servers patched and up to date (OS/security updates, reboots) and maintain the various applications we self-host
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI): build images, push to the GitLab Container Registry
Set up and optimize Docker and Docker Compose deployments
Automate infrastructure and host provisioning with Ansible
Define and enforce backup strategies and disaster-recovery processes.
Run our observability stack — Telegraf + InfluxDB + Grafana for metrics and alerting (alerts route to Teams/PagerDuty), Graylog for log aggregation — and write runbooks for the alerts
Administer Microsoft 365 / Entra ID (Azure AD) — identity & access management, MFA, Conditional Access, SSO, and email/collaboration security
Own and continuously improve our security posture: SSH/host hardening, firewalls, secrets management, least-privilege access, periodic access reviews, and incident response
Participate in on-call rotations to support critical services (incl. the Acurast blockchain/bridge infrastructure)
Collaborate with backend engineers to streamline integration and delivery
Continuously identify and automate repetitive tasks to reduce manual intervention

Tech Stack Overview
You'll be working with:

Linux (Ubuntu), bare-metal/dedicated hosts
GitLab CI, Docker, Docker Compose
Ansible (infrastructure-as-code)
Nginx, Let's Encrypt/certbot
Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana (metrics + alerting); Graylog (logs), PagerDuty
PostgreSQL, NATS, NetBird (mesh VPN)
Microsoft 365 / Entra ID (Azure AD) — identity, MFA, Conditional Access
Scripting: Bash, Python

Requirements
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3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure roles
Proficient with Linux/Ubuntu system administration on self-managed servers
Comfortable with Docker / Docker Compose and CI/CD workflows (GitLab CI)
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Ansible especially)
Confident with Nginx, TLS, shell scripting, and practical networking (reverse proxies, firewalls, VPN/overlay networks)
Comfortable owning a metrics/alerting stack and responding to incidents
Solid grasp of security fundamentals: identity & access management (MFA/SSO, least privilege), host hardening, secrets handling, and patch management
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
Self-driven, self-organized, pragmatic, and comfortable working independently

Benefits
Bonus if you have:

Background in blockchain/web3 infrastructure (we run Acurast network and bridge services)
Microsoft 365 / Entra ID administration (Conditional Access, Intune, Defender)
Deeper security background: hardening, vulnerability/patch management, or a security certification
Experience operating a TIG stack (Telegraf/InfluxDB/Grafana) or other time-series monitoring
Managed-cloud experience (GCP/AWS/Azure) and Kubernetes/Helm
Terraform or other declarative IaC (transferable to our Ansible setup)
Contributions to open-source projects
Experience scaling infrastructure in startup or high-growth environments

Why join Papers?

🧠 Work with cutting-edge web3 clients and technology.
🏖️ 25 days paid vacation per year.
💻 2 days of home office per week possible
🤝 High ownership, low bureaucracy — your voice matters.
🛠️ Influence the DevOps strategy from day one.
🎉 Regular team events and retreats when possible.
📚 Learning and development supported.
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