IT Operations AI Engineer

The Infrastructure and Data Division (I2D), within EUMETSAT’s Technical and Scientific Support Department (TSS) operates and evolves the Multi-Mission IT Computing (MIC) environment providing 24x7 Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms, container management platforms, virtualised environments and software-defined storage for EUMETSAT’s operational ground-segment infrastructure.

You will join a dynamic team responsible for operating, maintaining, securing and evolving the MIC infrastructure as it progresses towards hybrid, container-based, automation-driven and AI-assisted operations.

You shall support:

• Apply AI and advanced analytics techniques to infrastructure operations (anomaly detection, log analysis, predictive monitoring, operational-telemetry analysis)
• Leverage AI-assisted and agentic tooling to enhance operational efficiency, scripting, documentation and knowledge stabilisation, with full human validation
• Deploy and operate AI workloads on Kubernetes and cloud platforms, including containerised AI services and model-inference services
• Enable and evolve the AI/ML infrastructure (GPU / vGPU acceleration, AI frameworks, data pipelines)
• Integrate AI-assisted capabilities with CI/CD platforms to support infrastructure-as-code development
• Conduct proof-of-concepts, benchmarking and architecture assessments for emerging AI technologies

• Familiarity with AI coding assistants and agentic development tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex or equivalent)
• Experience applying AI or advanced analytics techniques to infrastructure operations
• Experience deploying and operating AI workloads on Kubernetes or cloud platforms (containerised AI services, model inference, scalable workloads)
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools integrated with CI/CD platforms (e.g. GitLab AI capabilities)
• Experience with machine-learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow or Scikit-learn (training, evaluation, deployment) is an advantage
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure platforms, including GPU-based environments and distributed training, is an advantage
• Advanced Linux administration and automation scripting (Bash, Python)
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline from an accredited university, with at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Effective written and verbal communication in English
• Ability to document and maintain technical baselines, operational procedures and architecture diagrams
• Knowledge of ITIL service management processes (incident, change, problem management)
• Willingness to participate in the standby / on-call rotation and, occasionally, in weekend, public-holiday or late-night interventions as agreed in advance

General Work Skills

• Problem solving
• Good analytical skills
• High degree of interpersonal awareness
• Experience in working as part of a multicultural team
• Ability to work autonomously and to perform regular, e.g. weekly, context switch

Working Location

This is a full-time position, located either at our customer EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany or delivered off-site from Germany, Czech Republic or Romania, starting in December 2026 onwards. Standby / call-out support and provision of support to critical operations may sometimes be required.

At Terma, we consider skilled employees, enthusiasm and job satisfaction as the very foundation of our success and as a prerequisite for the development of the “best-in-class” solutions that Terma provides. We lead the way in applying new technology, offering a wide range of growth opportunities for each individual and emphasizing mutual respect across the board in our workplace.

Terma offers you a pleasant working environment at the customer site, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company.

• Great opportunities for training and personal development
• Challenges in an advanced technical environment
• International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere
• An employment contract with an attractive package with extra-legal benefits
• Highly competitive salary