(Senior) System Engineer – Linux Administration (f/m/d)

1&1 Mail & Media

Job Description

With our strong brands GMX, WEB.DE and mail.com and over 43 million active users, we are the leading email and communications platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From this strong market position, services and apps are developed that simplify users' digital lives - from office tools and cloud solutions to personal ID management.

Your Tasks

WEB.DE and GMX are among the leading e-mail providers in Germany. We are looking for an experienced System Engineer with Linux Administration background and DevOps expertise for the operation and further development of our portal and big data environments. Do you want to become part of our successful, international team of System Engineers? Would you be interested to be a member of a unique team that ensures the Linux server operation of our Big Data Infrastructure for over 43 million customers? Then have a look below at what your role would be:

  • Together with your colleagues you will master the automation of software delivery and infrastructure management.
  • You are a trusted partner for all technical questions regarding our infrastructure and work together with software development and product management.
  • While monitoring the system, you are the trusted expert to solve incidents and ensure 24/7 availability of our services and applications with occasional on-call service.
  • We want you to be creative and innovative and create concepts and action plans as well as accompany projects from conception to go-live and you will also be involved in architecture decisions.
  • You work with our great team to automate our system landscape and implement fascinating new and complex technologies.

Your Profile

You have completed a technical degree or are simply an enthusiastic Linux professional? You have several years of experience as a DevOps Engineer and are interested in operating a complex big data infrastructure? You are a real team player; your passion is infrastructure automation and management and your work attitude is "hands-on"? Then we are looking forward to your application.

  • You have very good Debian and RedHat based Linux distribution skills and experience with common TCP/IP network services and protocols.
  • You are familiar with operating, building and scaling highly available web applications, as well as infrastructure automation (Puppet, Ansible, Terraform) and monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana).
  • You bring experience with programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Bash), you are familiar with Git and CI/CD pipelines, and ideally have already gained experience with one or more of the following technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, Hadoop, CEPH, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Logstash or Redis.
  • You have excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills to quickly identify and resolve issues in production environment.
  • You are solution-oriented, strong communicator in English and you have a strong sense of ownership.

Our Benefits

  • Our corporate culture: „You“ culture and no dress code, flat hierarchies, open and transparent communication
  • Individual development opportunities: diverse training courses, e-learning and internal communities, language courses, mentoring
  • Events: Slack Days, open source projects, meet-ups
  • Relocation service: support with the relocation to Germany
  • Benefits and additional services: company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, discounts on own products, job ticket, bike leasing, corporate benefits portal
  • Attractive working conditions: 30 days holiday, hybrid working, full-time and part-time arrangements, free choice between Linux, Mac or Windows
  • Social: team events, summer and winter parties, family and care service, sports and fitness programmes, subsidised canteen, free fruit and drinks, health courses
  • Topics that are also important to us: Sustainability, diversity and our values and leadership principles - find out more on our website mail-and-media.com

With our strong brands GMX, WEB.DE and mail.com and over 43 million active users, we are the leading email and communications platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From this strong market position, services and apps are developed that simplify users' digital lives - from office tools and cloud solutions to personal ID management.

Your Tasks

WEB.DE and GMX are among the leading e-mail providers in Germany. We are looking for an experienced System Engineer with Linux Administration background and DevOps expertise for the operation and further development of our portal and big data environments. Do you want to become part of our successful, international team of System Engineers? Would you be interested to be a member of a unique team that ensures the Linux server operation of our Big Data Infrastructure for over 43 million customers? Then have a look below at what your role would be:

  • Together with your colleagues you will master the automation of software delivery and infrastructure management.
  • You are a trusted partner for all technical questions regarding our infrastructure and work together with software development and product management.
  • While monitoring the system, you are the trusted expert to solve incidents and ensure 24/7 availability of our services and applications with occasional on-call service.
  • We want you to be creative and innovative and create concepts and action plans as well as accompany projects from conception to go-live and you will also be involved in architecture decisions.
  • You work with our great team to automate our system landscape and implement fascinating new and complex technologies.

Your Profile

You have completed a technical degree or are simply an enthusiastic Linux professional? You have several years of experience as a DevOps Engineer and are interested in operating a complex big data infrastructure? You are a real team player; your passion is infrastructure automation and management and your work attitude is "hands-on"? Then we are looking forward to your application.

  • You have very good Debian and RedHat based Linux distribution skills and experience with common TCP/IP network services and protocols.
  • You are familiar with operating, building and scaling highly available web applications, as well as infrastructure automation (Puppet, Ansible, Terraform) and monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana).
  • You bring experience with programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Bash), you are familiar with Git and CI/CD pipelines, and ideally have already gained experience with one or more of the following technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, Hadoop, CEPH, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Logstash or Redis.
  • You have excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills to quickly identify and resolve issues in production environment.
  • You are solution-oriented, strong communicator in English and you have a strong sense of ownership.

Our Benefits

  • Our corporate culture: „You“ culture and no dress code, flat hierarchies, open and transparent communication
  • Individual development opportunities: diverse training courses, e-learning and internal communities, language courses, mentoring
  • Events: Slack Days, open source projects, meet-ups
  • Relocation service: support with the relocation to Germany
  • Benefits and additional services: company pension scheme, capital-forming benefits, discounts on own products, job ticket, bike leasing, corporate benefits portal
  • Attractive working conditions: 30 days holiday, hybrid working, full-time and part-time arrangements, free choice between Linux, Mac or Windows
  • Social: team events, summer and winter parties, family and care service, sports and fitness programmes, subsidised canteen, free fruit and drinks, health courses
  • Topics that are also important to us: Sustainability, diversity and our values and leadership principles - find out more on our website mail-and-media.com
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