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In this role, you administrate physical and virtual Linux servers, optimize systems, automate services using Puppet, and develop IT security concepts and monitoring strategies for 24/7 operations.
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Your role in the team
- System administration of virtual and physical Linux servers (primarily Debian and Red Hat, plus a few CentOS and SUSE installations) and the corresponding virtualization platform and its management systems (based on multiple VMware ESX clusters in BSH’s modern data centers).
- Routine tasks such as monitoring systems, managing users with Red Hat Identity Management, automating configuration and installation packages using Puppet, monitoring information management tools, analyzing and handling incident reports, and providing first- and second-level support to users.
- Joint development and operation of IT solutions with BSH departments (administration of a heterogeneous system landscape (databases, FTP, web, wiki and application servers) to ensure fail-safe 24/7 operation of water level forecasting services at two locations).
- Continuous optimization of technologies and involvement in topics such as VMware 7.0, Red Hat management systems, Oracle-to-Postgres migrations, DevOps implementation, and the evaluation of AI for the automated validation of measurement data.
- Development and implementation of an IT security concept based on the BSI IT-Grundschutz framework.
Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed university degree (Bachelor’s, Diplom (FH), or equivalent) in computer science or a comparable field.
Qualifications
- Willingness to participate in the on-call rotation.
- Experience administering Linux servers (ideally Debian and Red Hat), as well as FTP and web servers, Postgres, and Puppet.
- Knowledge of monitoring, scripting, system backups, high availability, and virtualization (ideally VMware).
- Knowledge of process-oriented working (ITIL) and IT security (BSI IT-Grundschutz).
- German language skills at C1 level (CEFR) (will be assessed during the selection interview).
- English language skills at B1 level (CEFR) (will be assessed during the selection interview).
- Quality and usability of work results.
- Time management and workload.
- Ability to collaborate.
- Taking responsibility.
- Communication and information skills.
Experience
- Or recognition as an employee in another category under the Federal Government’s pay regulations, with equivalent skills and experience.
- Alternatively, you have at least 3 years of equivalent, demonstrable professional experience gained in practice as a Linux Administrator (m/f/d). In this case, you will be placed in a pay grade one level lower.
What we offer
- The position is classified in pay grade 11 under the TVöD collective agreement, provided the personal and collective agreement requirements are met.
- For recruitment and employee development purposes, the appropriate level will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, taking your previous professional experience into account.
- Subject to change.
- A temporary monthly skilled worker allowance may be paid.
- Federal employees covered by collective agreements are advised that the position will be assigned on a temporary basis during the trial period and that no higher pay grade will be granted during this period. Instead, if the requirements are met, an allowance will be paid in accordance with Section 14(1) of the TVöD.
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About your employer
Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) ist eine Oberbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur. Wir sind der maritime Dienstleister und damit Partner des Bundes für die Seeschifffahrt, den Umweltschutz auf See und Meeresnutzung. Das BSH ist eine moderne, dynamische und zukunftsorientierte Behörde mit rund 850 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern.
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