Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer (d/f/m)

Job Description:

In order to support the development of high fidelity Aircraft Simulators, Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Site Reliability Engineer (d/f/m)

In Manching we develop high fidelity Aircraft Simulators. Our simulations are basically distributed realtime systems. For the development and operation we rely on a powerful, Linux-centric, self managed IT infrastructure.

In order to develop the architecture and solutions for the next generation of our simulators, we are currently looking for an additional experienced IT Infrastructure Engineer. You will work in a team of passionate Infrastructure Engineers, DevOps Engineers and IT Administrators at our site in Manching, Germany.

You have the chance to directly shape the evolution of our infrastructure, our products and tools. Being part of our Infrastructure Team means that you fully buy into a "Platform-Development" and "Service Ownership" culture. You empower our Software and DevOps Engineers to take our products to the next level.

Your location

Located about an hour’s drive north of Munich, Manching is an up-and-coming market town that offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities. Here, you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of near-by cities are still within easy reach.

Your benefits

• Attractive salary and special payments

• 30 days paid vacation and extra days-off for special occasions

• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group wide development prospects

• Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, subsidies for public transport, employee benefits at cooperating companies

• On-site-facilities: Medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten close to the site

• Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part-time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)

• Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Define together with our software developers innovative IT Infrastructure and CI/CD concepts for our next generation of Simulators

• Develop and maintain our internal IaaS Services and the underlying technologies (e.g. Proxmox, Container Platforms, Ansible AWX, Lifecycle Management)

• Develop and maintain our internal PaaS Services (e.g. Jenkins, Nexus, SVN, Moodle)

• Ensuring the smooth and reliable operation of our IT Infrastructure (normal business hours)

• Continuously revise and improve the capabilities and reliability of our IT infrastructure by implementing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions across all our services

• Delivering commissioning, update and decommissioning services for our backbone as well as user-related tools, services and computing resources (Bare-Metal, Virtualisation, Servers, Network, Authentication)

• Coordinate closely with corporate IT services like ITSec and Networking

Desired skills and qualifications

• Master degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related discipline

• At least 5 years of professional experience in the operation and design of Enterprise-level IT Infrastructure

• High Level of expertise in at least one or more related fields (e.g. virtualization, storage, automation)

• Experience with dynamic Provisioning and Immutable Systems

• Solid Multi-Distro Linux as well as Windows Lifecycle Management Skills

• Experience in one or more scripting / programming languages (Ansible, Python, Bash, C++, Go)

• Proactivity and the urge to automate as much as possible are key

• Experience in DevOps and CI/CD development would be a plus

• Proficiency in related technologies: Virtualization (Proxmox, KVM), Infrastructure provisioning Tools (Ansible, Puppet), Hashicorp Toolstack (Terraform, Packer, Vault), Container based Infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes), Storage Solutions (Ceph, ZFS, Samba), Monitoring (checkMK, Elastic), Webserver (Apache, Nginx, HAProxy / Traefik), Continuous Integration (Jenkins, Gitlab), Authentication (LDAP, IDM, Active Directory, Kerberos), Networking (VLANs, Cisco IOS, DNS, DHCP, PXE), Version Control Management (Git)

• Excellent German and very good English (negotiation level)

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

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