We are looking for a VMware Virtualisation Engineer to operate and evolve EUMETSAT's virtualisation platforms supporting mission-critical workloads.
Background:
The Infrastructure and Data Division (I2D), within EUMETSAT's Technical and Scientific Support Department (TSS) operates and evolves the Multi-Mission IT Computing (MIC) environment providing 24x7 Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms, container management platforms, virtualised environments and software-defined storage for EUMETSAT’s operational ground-segment infrastructure.
You will join a dynamic team responsible for operating, maintaining, securing and evolving the MIC infrastructure as it progresses towards hybrid, container-based, automation-driven and AI-assisted operations.
You shall support:
- Operationally administer the virtualisation infrastructure (VMware vSphere) and related compute and storage resources
- Perform cluster configuration, lifecycle upgrades, HA/DRS management and VM provisioning
- Administer enterprise server and blade-chassis hardware supporting the virtualisation layer
- Plan and execute hypervisor and firmware updates and security hardening of virtualisation layers
- Diagnose and resolve incidents across virtualised and physical infrastructure
- Support high-availability, resilience and disaster-recovery configurations, including failover testing
Skills and experiences
- Expert VMware vSphere administration, including cluster configuration, lifecycle upgrades, HA/DRS and VM provisioning
- Experience administering enterprise hardware platforms (Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant, Cisco UCS, Lenovo ThinkSystem)
- Hands-on experience configuring and managing blade-chassis infrastructure, including Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects and IO modules
- Ability to diagnose and resolve incidents in cloud and virtualised infrastructure
- Advanced Linux administration expertise and automation scripting (Bash, Python)
- Knowledge of containerisation (Docker) and Kubernetes orchestration is an advantage
- Familiarity with OpenStack and hybrid-cloud integration is an advantage
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline from an accredited university, with at least 5 years of relevant experience
- Effective written and verbal communication in English
- Ability to document and maintain technical baselines, operational procedures and architecture diagrams
- Knowledge of ITIL service management processes (incident, change, problem management)
- Willingness to participate in the standby / on-call rotation and, occasionally, in weekend, public-holiday or late-night interventions as agreed in advance
General Work Skills
- Problem solving
- Good analytical skills
- High degree of interpersonal awareness
- Experience in working as part of a multicultural team
- Ability to work autonomously and to perform regular, e.g. weekly, context switch
Working Location
This is a full-time position, located either at our customer EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany or delivered off-site from Germany, Czech Republic or Romania, starting in December 2026 onwards. Standby / call-out support and provision of support to critical operations may sometimes be required.
What can Terma offer
At Terma, we consider skilled employees, enthusiasm and job satisfaction as the very foundation of our success and as a prerequisite for the development of the “best-in-class” solutions that Terma provides. We lead the way in applying new technology, offering a wide range of growth opportunities for each individual and emphasizing mutual respect across the board in our workplace.
Terma offers you a pleasant working environment at the customer site, where you will be able to take on challenging tasks and responsibilities in a highly professional company.
- Great opportunities for training and personal development
- Challenges in an advanced technical environment
- International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere
- An employment contract with an attractive package with extra-legal benefits
- Highly competitive salary
Additional information
For further information, please contact Ms. Raluca Moise by telephone [+49 6151 860050] or by email [ta.space@terma.com].
To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed, please apply through the link below with an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae, preferably in Europass format and, ideally, a Cover Letter.
