(SENIOR) SYSTEM ENGINEER CLOUD STORAGE (m/f/d)

Job description

Make an amazing climb in your career in an international team of experts. Our company provides technological services for the whole Schwarz group of more than 30 countries in Europe and the US. Our vision is to be the leading ecosystem for a better life. We built the European sovereign cloud STACKIT. With XM Cyber we set new standards in differing cyber crimes. We run AI better than anyone. With us you will find a variety of opportunities to grow and do your best at your calling – IT. We exist to improve life with our products and services - for today's generation and future generations. We act future proof! The impact you will create: Architecture: Together with your team, you are responsible for designing and maintaining a robust, efficient, and forward-looking storage architecture. Stability & Reliability: You are responsible for maintaining and optimizing the stability and availability of our highly resilient storage infrastructure (Block, Object, Backup, and File Storage). You ensure this through proactive monitoring, independently resolving incidents, and implementing measures to prevent future occurrences. Incident & Post-Mortem Analysis: You will take charge of processing major incidents involving storage as part of our incident and problem management process. Your goal is to derive and successfully implement mitigating measures for the future. Automation: You automate provisioning and operating processes in the storage environment with a continuous drive to improve our products and get a little better every day. Performance & Capacity Planning: You will analyze and optimize the performance of existing systems to support the future scaling of our landscape, including proactive, forward-looking capacity planning. Experience and skills you will need: Storage Expertise: Proven experience in the architecture, operations, and troubleshooting of storage systems. You must have deep hands-on experience with NetApp ONTAP or NetApp StorageGRID, Protocols & Architectures: Strong overall understanding of storage architectures and deep experience with associated protocols, specifically NFSv3, NFSv4.x, NVMe-oF, and S3. Operating Systems: Solid, practical experience working with Linux operating systems. Automation & IaC: Strong experience in automating configurations and operational tasks. You are highly proficient with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks and tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and OpenTofu, as well as scripting/programming (e.g., Golang, Python, Bash). API Management: Experience in working with REST APIs. Curiosity & Interface Topics: A strong motivation to dig into and learn new technologies. You have a keen interest in topics surrounding the storage ecosystem, such as virtualization, backup, monitoring, and logging (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch). Mindset & Language: You are a motivated team player who enjoys the challenges of operating complex storage systems (lifecycle, high availability, performance analysis). Excellent communication skills in English are required for our international, agile teams (German is an optional bonus). Nice-to-Have Skills Containerization: Experience using Kubernetes (K8s) and working within containerized system landscapes in a storage context.