Linux​/Unix Systems Engineer; m​/f​/d

Overview

For our European Headquarters in Frankfurt am Main area (Offenbach) we are looking for a:

As a Systems Engineer, you will join our Global Infrastructure Services Section and play a key role in supporting multiple clients across a large-scale, enterprise environment. In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, and operation of a rapidly expanding infrastructure, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure high availability, performance, and stability of our systems.

• Supporting the design, development, and implementation of new technologies across a large-scale systems environment
• Collaborating with engineers, developers, analysts, and cross-functional teams to design integrated and effective infrastructure solutions
• Ensuring high availability, stability, and performance of systems and infrastructure through proactive monitoring and troubleshooting
• Managing Linux/Unix systems, including installation, configuration, upgrades, user administration, security, backup, and recovery
• Implementing and maintaining monitoring tools, security measures, and redundancy strategies to ensure operational continuity
• Diagnosing and resolving complex hardware and software issues in multi-layered environments
• Maintaining capacity planning, space utilization analysis, and future resource forecasting
• Driving infrastructure changes and improvements aimed at enhancing system performance
• Coordinating with business applications teams, external vendors, consultants, and IT teams across subsidiaries and divisions
• Defining and supporting system-level requirements, architecture decisions, and adherence to IT governance standards
• Supporting GDPR compliance and system-related audits
• Executing ITIL service delivery processes, including incident, problem, change, configuration, and release management

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a comparable technical field
• Strong knowledge of UNIX/Linux operating systems, storage environments, network protocols, and file systems (e.g., LVM, VXVM)
• Experience with a broad range of infrastructure technologies, including:
  Operating systems (Red Hat, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, AIX, Solaris), Server virtualization and on-premise infrastructure, Automation tools and frameworks
• Hands-on experience with high-availability solutions, including Veritas Cluster, disaster recovery concepts, and load balancers
• Practical experience with server configuration and automation tools such as Ansible and Bash/Shell scripting (preferred)
• Hardware-level troubleshooting and system administration skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities while learning new tools and technologies
• Team-oriented mindset with strong collaboration and social skills
• Very good written and spoken English
• Flexible working time
• Work in an international team and versatile environment
• Varied tasks with exciting and challenging projects
• Function-specific, personal, and technology training

• Attractive salary and excellent compensation and benefits package, including free lunch (as lunch vouchers), a free monthly ticket for public transportation and Wellhub to support your wellbeing
• Relocation support