Application Engineer

Are you passionate about infrastructure engineering, batch automation, and helping enterprise-level systems run at scale At Swiss Re, we are seeking a skilled Search Engineer to join our Enterprise Batch Management team—a group at the heart of critical system operations responsible for managing over 15 million task executions per month across platforms like Windows, Unix, Mainframe, and cloud APIs.

In this role, you'll drive the design, stability, automation, and scalability of our batch scheduling infrastructure using UC4 (Automic) and Azure-native solutions. This is your opportunity to work with a globally respected team on systems that are mission-critical for one of the world's largest reinsurance companies.

Your Responsibilities

• Partner with the Product Owner to ensure the reliability and performance of the enterprise scheduling platform
• Engineer, configure, and support job scheduling infrastructure across platforms including Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), Windows, Unix, and IBM Mainframe
• Own installation, maintenance, and performance improvements for UC4 / Automic Automation (Broadcom)
• Design scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools like Terraform, Bash, or PowerShell
• Ensure high availability and resilience in a hybrid cloud architecture
• Engage in incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term remediation efforts
• Contribute to the optimization of CI / CD processes in Azure DevOps
• Create documentation and reusable assets to support platform use and evolution across the engineering organization

About You – Key Qualifications

You don't need to tick every box to apply, but these are some of the qualities and experiences we're looking for :

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About the Team

You'll be part of Shared Platform Services, a division within Swiss Re's Group Digital & Technology unit. Our team provides shared infrastructure and platform components—automation, token services, databases, and batch scheduling—to increase productivity, reduce costs, and accelerate time-to-market.

Within this, the Enterprise Batch Management sub-team supports approximately 1200 developers across the business and ensures continuous execution of key workloads. The platform's scale and reliability are essential to our global operations.

Why Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance and risk transfer. We're committed to making the world more resilient by anticipating and managing a wide range of emerging and systemic risks—climate change, cybercrime, and more.

What we offer :

Skills Required

Cobol, Jcl, Networking, Automation