System Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Manage, operate and further develop the large and complex VMware environment, vSAN clusters and vCenter as part of the global 3rd-level engineering team
• ▹Oversee installation, configuration, maintenance and lifecycle management of enterprise Linux operating systems (Ubuntu/Debian and Red Hat Enterprise Linux) across thousands of physical and virtual servers
• ▹Develop Ansible playbooks/roles, write scripts and streamline CI/CD pipelines to automate recurring operational tasks, system deployments, hardening and capacity management
• ▹Manage, evaluate and maintain the x86 server hardware portfolio and standards, collaborating with procurement, vendors and suppliers (e.g. HPE) on availability, evaluation of new technologies and firmware lifecycle management
• ▹Design, maintain and optimize software-defined storage (vSAN) and enterprise storage integrations (SAN/NAS, block/file storage)
• ▹Act as an escalation point for complex 3rd-level issues, performing root cause analysis across hardware, hypervisor, OS and storage layers and collaborating with vendor support when required
• ▹Implement industry-standard security hardening, integrate Linux with identity providers (AD, PAM, Kerberos) and address vulnerability scans, audit findings and risk mitigations
• ▹Optimize and expand infrastructure monitoring (Grafana, Nagios, Icinga) for complete visibility into physical hardware, hypervisor health and OS-level performance
• ▹Provide technical consultancy and architecture recommendations to internal project teams and application owners

Requirements

• ▹Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• ▹Strong hands-on experience administering large-scale VMware vSphere and vCenter environments
• ▹Solid working knowledge of software-defined storage (VMware vSAN) and enterprise storage concepts (SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI)
• ▹Experience with monitoring and capacity management tools
• ▹In-depth engineering experience with enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Ubuntu/Debian)
• ▹Solid understanding of core networking, OS storage management (LVM, multipathing) and directory integration (Kerberos, Active Directory, PAM)
• ▹Practical technical knowledge of x86 enterprise server hardware architecture, remote management tools (e.g. HPE iLO / OneView), diagnostics and hardware lifecycle management
• ▹Practical experience automating infrastructure using Ansible (Ansible Automation Platform), shell scripting (Bash) or Python
• ▹Proven analytical thinking, strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to operate effectively in a collaborative, distributed global team
• ▹Fluent English (written and spoken)

Nice to have

• ▹VMware certifications (e.g. VCP, VCAP) or Red Hat certifications (RHCSA, RHCE)
• ▹Vendor-specific x86 hardware certifications or specialized experience with HPE server platforms
• ▹Familiarity with enterprise patch management tools (e.g. Red Hat Satellite, SUSE Manager, BigFix)
• ▹Understanding of Agile, ITIL, DevOps and SRE methodologies

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Employment contract
• ▹Competitive salary and annual bonus
• ▹Hybrid work with flexible working hours
• ▹Referral bonus program
• ▹Copyright costs for IT employees
• ▹Complex working environment, professional support and the possibility to share knowledge and best practices
• ▹Ongoing development opportunities in a multinational environment
• ▹Broad access to professional training (including language courses), conferences and webinars
• ▹Private medical care and life insurance
• ▹Cafeteria system with multiple benefits (e.g. MultiSport, shopping vouchers, cinema tickets)
• ▹Prepaid lunch card
• ▹A number of benefits for families (for instance summer camps for kids)
• ▹Non-working day on 31 December

About the company

Bosch is a global technology and services company that shapes the future with high-quality technologies and services. The team is responsible for the company's global infrastructure across EMEA, APAC and the Americas.