Linux System Engineer - Automation & Virtualization (m/f/d)

About us

Join the European market leader in B2B cloud telephony. NFON founded in 2007 in Germany is offering its services, locally, in 15 European countries. Our business: Transform the business phone industry, thanks to our advanced cloud-based phone system, complete business phone and call center software.

 The opportunities are endless: If you are ready to grow something big, then this is your job!

Your Mission

Securing the daily call handling in the region of 7-digits includes in detail:
  • Administration and further development of our service operation at multiple locations, in particular:
    • Installation and configuration of servers as VMs and bare metal, in the 4 digit area
    • Operation and improvement of our server monitoring
    • Operation and improvement of our backup systems
    • Operation and improvement of our logging services
    • Improvement of our automated installation and software distribution via SALT
  • Support the development department with analysis and fixing of server related issues
  • Support the further development of our CI/CD pipeline
  • Georedundant load balancing with HAProxy, Corosync and Anycast
  • Research and implementation of new technologies, based on use- and business cases
  • Improvement of our own code and further development of our ops specific architecture
  • Participate in the on-call rotation, but no 1st or 2nd level support

Your profile

To excel in this position, you have:

  • A degree (BA+) in computer science or a completed apprenticeship as IT specialist for application development (IHK) or related working experience
  • Good knowledge of Linux (DEBIAN, CentOS)
  • Good knowledge of virtualization with VMware
  • Good knowledge of MySQL and/or MariaDB are a plus
  • Working experience with SALT
Also, it would be helpful to have:

  • Experience with NETBOX, Atlassian tools, Docker
  • Willingness to work in a security relevant field
Additionally, you are:

  • Fluent in English and German (written and spoken)
  • Eager to learn and curious
  • Respectfully interacting with others and willing to work in a team

Why us?

What NFON offers you

  • An unlimited fixed-term contract with the flexibility of trust-based working hours
  • Free choice of working devices, Linux, Mac, if really necessary also WindowsNo suit or tie
  • Join in Mainz, Berlin or Munich, in a modern office with parking areas in-house
  • Possibility to work from home
  • Quiet and large workplaces with modern equipment and cordial colleagues
  • International atmosphere in a continuously growing company with an open-minded culture and positive communication
  • A motivated, distributed and agile team with lean hierarchies
  • Funding of educational trainings, including English courses
  • Needless to say, we also serve the free coffee and fruit baskets