Technical Leader IT – Infrastructure & Platform Delivery

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 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.

Job Description

We are looking for a Technical Leader IT with a strong background in infrastructure and platform services (IaaS/PaaS), combined with excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

This role acts as a key bridge between engineering teams and business stakeholders, ensuring that complex technical topics are clearly understood and that delivery is aligned with business objectives.

Your key tasks

• Lead the technical delivery of infrastructure and cloud platform solutions, ensuring quality, consistency, and scalability
• Act as a bridge between technology and business, translating complex technical concepts into clear and actionable insights
• Collaborate closely with Project Managers and business stakeholders to align priorities, constraints, and solutions
• Provide strong technical leadership to cross-functional teams (internal and external), fostering ownership and accountability
• Facilitate technical decision-making, including trade-off analysis and architectural direction
• Promote a collaborative, solution-oriented mindset, effectively managing dependencies and conflicts
• Support technical planning, risk identification, and mitigation strategies
• Drive best practices across cloud, automation, security, and resilience domains
• Develop and communicate the technical roadmap for infrastructure and platform services, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and business goals
• Mentor and develop technical team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth within the infrastructure domain
• Monitor and optimize infrastructure performance, cost efficiency, and resource utilization across OCI environments
• Manage vendor relationships and coordinate with external partners to ensure service quality and contractual compliance
• Establish and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, knowledge repositories, and runbooks to support operational excellence
• Oversee compliance with IT governance frameworks, security policies, and regulatory requirements in infrastructure delivery
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance processes, tools, and architectural patterns

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud platform services, or related technical roles
• Proven expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or equivalent cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Strong background in designing, deploying, and managing scalable infrastructure solutions
• Demonstrated experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools and automation frameworks
• Track record of leading technical teams and driving infrastructure delivery initiatives
• Experience with IT service management (ITSM) frameworks and best practices
• Knowledge of cloud security, compliance, and governance principles
• Strong and collaborative technical leadership
• Clear and effective communication, with the ability to simplify complexity
• Ability to influence and build consensus across diverse stakeholders
• Team-oriented mindset with strong collaboration skills
• Proactive approach, accountability, and results orientation
• Strategic thinking with the ability to translate business objectives into technical solutions

It would be a real bonus if you have

• OCI certifications (e.g., Architect Associate/Professional)
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerization (e.g., OKE or similar platforms)
• Background in enterprise databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL)
• Experience in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments
• Familiarity with IT governance and delivery frameworks
• Demonstrated experience in cloud cost optimization and resource management
• Background with monitoring, observability, and performance management tools
• Knowledge of Italian, German, or French

PMI certification is not required; what matters is a well-rounded technological vision, strong leadership, and the ability to drive infrastructure delivery in OCI-centric environments.

Additional Information

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.  

 

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