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In this apprenticeship, you will work on planning, setting up, and securing IT systems, monitoring networks, solving technical issues, and protecting data from cyber threats using modern technologies.
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Your role in the team
- In system integration, you are the heartbeat of our IT infrastructure. Step by step, you’ll learn how to plan, build, and securely operate modern IT systems.
- Build and set up systems: You install, configure, and test hardware components, servers, networks, and operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS).
- Manage networks: You plan and maintain local networks (LAN/WLAN) and securely connect modern cloud services or mobile workstations.
- Track down and fix issues: When IT problems arise, you analyze the causes using modern diagnostic tools and resolve incidents on-site or via remote support.
- You’re the go-to person for your colleagues’ technical questions, set up workstations, and explain complex IT topics in a clear and approachable way.
- Ensure IT security: You implement backup strategies, install updates, and use firewalls and VPNs to protect our data from cyberattacks.
Our expectations of you
Education
- Educational background: You have a good secondary school leaving certificate (Mittlere Reife), a subject-specific higher education entrance qualification, or a general higher education entrance qualification.
Qualifications
- You don’t need to be a fully qualified IT professional yet—we’ll teach you! What matters to us is your enthusiasm for technology and your motivation to learn new things.
- Technical interest: You enjoy tinkering with PCs, may have set up a home network before, or are passionate about servers, cloud technology, and gadgets.
- Logical thinking: You love solving tricky puzzles, think in a structured way, and stay patient even during lengthy troubleshooting.
- Strong communication skills & team spirit: You enjoy working with people, are helpful, and like supporting others with technical issues.
- Language skills: You have a good command of spoken and written German, as well as solid English skills, enabling you to understand technical documentation and error messages with ease and communicate with our international colleagues.
What we offer
- We offer you hands-on training with comprehensive support from your training supervisor.
- From day one, we’ll address you informally and treat you as an equal.
- A positive work environment and a collaborative team culture.
- 30 days of annual leave.
- Fair compensation.
- You’ll train with us for 3 years, with the option to shorten the training period (starting on 01/08 or 01/09/27).
- Vocational school classes take place in block periods at the Utbremen Upper Secondary School Center – European School.
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About your employer
Das Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI) ist auf dem Gebiet innovativer Softwaretechnologien auf der Basis von Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz die führende wirtschaftsnahe Forschungseinrichtung Deutschlands.
- 1-49 Employees
- Established Company
- Onsite, Hybrid
- Public Service, Unions · Science, Research
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