IT Systems Administrator (m/f/d) - Data Center in the Gotha/Eisenach/Waltershausen Region

Location: Gotha/Eisenach region

Do you enjoy working with server hardware and want to build a data center from scratch? Then become part of our team and support us full-time (40-hour week) on-site in building and operating our new proprietary data center in the Gotha/Eisenach region. The position is permanent and requires exclusively on-site work.

As an IT Systems Administrator (m/f/d), you will be responsible for operating our data center: from commissioning new server hardware, cabling, and network configuration to monitoring and troubleshooting. This includes operating our Proxmox environment. You will be actively involved in process automation.

• Opportunity to build a data center from scratch and actively shape processes and standards

• Permanent, full-time employment contract with 30 days of vacation per calendar year

• Flexible working time model with fixed hours (40-hour week), on-site work at our data center in the Gotha/Eisenach region

• Possibility of remote work on individual days

• Thorough training in our systems and server infrastructure by the existing team

• Opportunity for a company car after one year of service

• Monthly tax-free allowance of €50

• Christmas bonus as a voluntary benefit

• Generous budget for further training and professional development opportunities

• Procurement of hardware from manufacturers (depending on division of responsibilities on site)

• Assembly and testing of new server hardware

• Rack mounting of servers and cabling (copper, fiber optics)

• Setting up network connections and configuring switches and firewalls

• Installation of operating systems, automated where possible (e.g., PXE, Ansible, Puppet) - you will participate in developing the process

• Monitoring servers and other hardware, and restoring functionality in the event of failures (including hardware replacement)

• Operation and further development of our Proxmox environment

• Support in administering our Linux servers (e.g., Red Hat, Ubuntu), configuration management with Puppet, and monitoring (CheckMk)

• Support in administering various server systems (Redis, RabbitMQ, Solr-Cloud, ELK, etc.) and databases (MySQL or Percona)

• Configuration and monitoring of local and online backups of our servers

This is particularly important to us:

• Hands-on experience with server hardware: assembly, testing, rack mounting, cabling, and replacing defective components
• Experience with networks: configuring switches and firewalls (e.g., VLAN, Routing), cabling
• Experience operating Proxmox (e.g., cluster, storage)
• Solid Linux knowledge (e.g., Red Hat, Ubuntu, or another common distribution) and an interest in automating installation and configuration
• Several years of experience as a Systems Administrator, ideally in a data center environment
• Analytical and structured thinking, as well as a very conscientious approach to work
• Willingness to work on-site at our data center in the Gotha region
• Very good German language skills (minimum C1) or very good English language skills (minimum C1)

Advantageous, but not a prerequisite:

• Knowledge of Puppet or another configuration management tool
• Knowledge in the area of web servers (Apache or Nginx)
• Experience with CheckMk (monitoring)
• Experience with Redis, RabbitMQ, Solr, ELK, and databases (MySQL/Percona)
• Experience with Proxmox
• Experience with Kubernetes (K8s)
• Experience with load balancers and WLAN

Contact Person: Anna-Lena Woll
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