Senior Linux Systems Engineer
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Job description
We are looking for a Senior Linux Systems Engineer to join the infrastructure team supporting Cronon within the IONOS Group.
This role focuses on operating and improving Linux-based infrastructure environments used by enterprise customers. You will work closely with the systems engineering team responsible for maintaining and evolving the platform infrastructure.
The position is hands-on and operational, involving infrastructure management, troubleshooting and continuous improvement of existing environments. The team works in an international context where English is the main working language. Responsibilities:
- Operate and maintain Linux-based infrastructure environments
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues in production
- Support and diagnose database-related issues involving MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL
- Manage and maintain virtualized environments based on VMware
- Use configuration management and automation tools, mainly Ansible
- Handle infrastructure support tickets and operational tasks
- Contribute to system upgrades, maintenance activities and lifecycle management of platforms
- Participate in infrastructure-related projects when required
- Join daily team stand-ups and collaborate with international colleagues
- Participate in a shared on-call rotation (approximately one week per month) together with a team of six engineers
Requirements
We are looking for an experienced Linux engineer who is comfortable working in production environments and solving infrastructure issues independently.
- Several years of experience administering Linux systems in production
- Solid understanding of Linux system administration and troubleshooting
- Experience working with Ansible or similar configuration management tools
- Experience managing virtualized environments such as VMware
- Experience troubleshooting databases such as MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL
- Comfortable working in English within an international engineering team
Nice to have:
- Experience in hosting, managed services or infrastructure environments
- Experience working with medium-sized infrastructures (tens or hundreds of servers)
- Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading technical initiatives
- German language skills
Benefits & conditions
- Work within the IONOS Group, one of Europe's leading cloud and hosting providers in an international and multicultural enviroment
- Hands-on role with ownership of infrastructure platforms
- Stable environment with technically interesting infrastructure challenges
- Hybrid work in any of our offices located in Spain (Valencia, Alcobendas, Logroño, Barcelona or Sevilla)
- Flexible compensation packages
- Flexible working hours
- Personalized training and development
- Discounts on Arsys products
- Discounts in tecnology, health and other well-known brands of products
- Biannual team events