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Senior Linux system administrator

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  • Level
    Senior
  • Job Field
    IT, System, DevOps
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment
  • Location
    Hamburg
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Job Summary

    In this role, you are responsible for operating, optimizing, and evolving our Linux-based infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments in a hybrid environment.

    Job Technologies

    Your role in the team

    • As a Senior Linux System Administrator, you will be part of our Infrastructure Team and work closely with developers from the Backend, Frontend, and Microservices domains.
    • You are responsible for the stable, high-performance, and scalable operation of our platform and continuously develop our hybrid infrastructure.
    • You operate and develop our Linux-based infrastructure (Debian/Ubuntu) in a hybrid environment (On-Premise and AWS).
    • You automate our infrastructure and deployments with Infrastructure-as-Code and continuously improve existing processes.
    • You develop and operate our CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated, smooth build, test, and deployment processes.
    • Together with the team, you will shape the further development of our platform towards a service-oriented architecture.
    • You operate and optimize our web and proxy infrastructure (Nginx, HAProxy) as well as our high-traffic applications, primarily PHP-based (7.4 and 8.x).
    • You monitor and optimize our systems in terms of performance, availability, and security.
    • You work with bare-metal systems and containers equally and operate services based on the HashiCorp stack (Consul, Nomad, Vault, Terraform/Terragrunt).
    • You actively contribute to architecture decisions and technical developments, working closely with the team through Git-based workflows (IaC, code reviews, standards).

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    Our expectations of you

    Qualifications

    • You have solid knowledge in automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
    • You are proficient in using Git as a central tool for collaboration, version control, and quality assurance.
    • You have a good understanding of performance, scalability, and security — ideally in the context of highly available web platforms.
    • You enjoy working in a team, actively participate in technical discussions, and take responsibility for your topics.
    • Very good knowledge of German (at least C1) is required.

    Experience

    • You have several years of experience operating productive Linux environments (preferably Debian/Ubuntu).
    • You have experience in managing on-premise and cloud infrastructures (preferably AWS).
    • You have experience with container technologies (Docker) and ideally with operating distributed systems.
    • You have experience with monitoring and logging tools and can derive targeted optimizations from them.

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    What we offer

    • Our international team shares a passionate love for football.
    • You have the opportunity to experience this firsthand at the stadium by taking advantage of VIP and season tickets.
    • Whether it's brownbags, code reviews, or tech talks - we live for continuous development.
    • You can experiment, contribute, and help shape the transfer market of tomorrow.
    • Work wherever you want - whether in the office, remote, or on a workation.
    • Plus: flexible working hours for a true work-life balance.
    • Whether yoga, fitness, swimming, or bouldering – with our Urban Sports Club membership, you can train nationwide and clear your mind.
    • Regular team events, football quizzes, table football matches, or Christmas parties – for us, camaraderie counts.
    • We support your professional development through seminars, training courses, and participation in conferences for networking.
    • Our weekly internal English courses not only help improve your language skills but also strengthen networking within Transfermarkt.
    • With our subsidy for the Germany Ticket, you can travel flexibly and affordably - whether to the stadium or to the office.
    • We help you prepare for the future - with subsidies for retirement planning and asset-building benefits.
    • Snacks, fruit, drinks, and a quick game of FIFA or foosball to clear your mind.

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    Benefits

    Health, Fitness & Fun

    Work-Life-Integration

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    Job Locations

    • Location Hamburg

      Germany

    This is your employer

    Transfermarkt Gmbh & Co. Kg

    Transfermarkt Gmbh & Co. Kg

    Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG is one of the internet's largest platforms dedicated to the sport of football. The site focuses on player transfers for the world's most famous football leagues, but also provides information on a team's history, player appearances and performance data.

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  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Industry
    Sports, Leisure, Internet, IT, Telecommunication
  • Logo Transfermarkt Gmbh & Co. Kg

    Senior Linux system administrator

    Location
    Hamburg
    Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
    Diversity
    Open for all genders

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