About the role

  • As a System Engineer, you will design and manage a Bare Metal infrastructure for Peopleware's cloud-based solutions. Collaborate closely with development teams to optimize performance and security of the new platform.

Responsibilities

  • You will drive the design and implementation of our new bare-metal platform
  • From selecting hardware components to implementing a resilient network architecture
  • Support and assist with the migration from AWS
  • Apply your Linux expertise to optimize our server landscape
  • Develop and maintain automation solutions for provisioning and deployment
  • Ensure stable, high-performance platform operations
  • Implement and monitor infrastructure-level security measures
  • Work closely with development teams in a DevOps-oriented way

Requirements

  • Knowledge of Linux system administration
  • Experience working with bare-metal servers (provisioning e.g., via PXE)
  • IPMI, hardware management, BIOS/UEFI configuration
  • Solid understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, firewalls, load balancing, DNS)
  • Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Experience with configuration management and provisioning tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform)
  • Hands-on experience with distributed storage systems (e.g., Ceph)
  • Practical experience with logging and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Good knowledge of at least one programming language (e.g., Bash, Python, Go)
  • Team player with a proactive, hands-on mentality
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, ArgoCD) and databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) is a plus

Benefits

  • Remote or hybrid work model
  • 30 days of vacation
  • Company bike (JobRad)
  • Occupational pension scheme
  • Corporate benefits program
  • High-end IT equipment (including MacBook)
  • Comfortable atmosphere: a modern office in Düsseldorf's Medienhafen with full catering (breakfast, lunch), snacks and drinks
  • Team and company events
  • Flexible working hours (part-time/full-time) or sabbatical
  • Freedom to shape your role and creative expression
  • Individual development and training opportunities
  • Comprehensive onboarding supported by your direct colleagues

Job title

System Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridGermany

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