DC Operations (Linux) Engineer

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest generators of electricity and the largest producer of heat. The Vattenfall Group has slightly more than 20,000 employees. Vattenfall’s core markets are Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. The Group also conducts business in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Poland and the UK.


Vattenfall IT is the internal IT provider for the entire Vattenfall Group. It is an international shared service center, providing efficient and reliable IT services and support to the Vattenfall Group. With 1.300 IT Engineers located in Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Sweden.


Our department
The Data Center Department is now looking for an Operations Engineer within an international DC Hosting Team. We are looking for open-minded person who will manage the Linux systems hosted in our Data Centers located in our different locations.


Your responsibilities
As an Operations Engineer you will manage internal tools and applications, develop the functionality and setup new systems. You will be responsible of troubleshooting problems and manage incidents according to agreed processes. You will develop automation scripts, processes and daily routines. Managing and updating the internal handbooks and procedures will be a part of your job. Also you will care for quality topics especially the documentation, CMDB, and SLA costs.


Your qualifications as Operations Engineer
We believe that you are a person with good communication skills and self-organization. You are driven by running daily tasks related to Linux systems and feeI familiar with scripting and job automation. You are open for changes and don’t hesitate to propose them to contribute to the team. You are familiar with DevOps and ITIL processes, and see the value in writing documentation as well as diving into troubleshooting. You have good knowledge in RedHat Linux systems on deep operational level and ability to look for performance and/or stability problems. Further you have:


• Very good English skills, both written and spoken. Swedish, German, Polish or Dutch are beneficial
• Willingness to work outside specific working hours if needed (over hours, on-call, late shifts)
• Experience in automation of processes, knowledge about tools and scripting languages
• Basic knowledge about organization of Data Center infrastructure (Server, Storage, Network) and DC facility such as cooling, racks etc.
• Bachelor or University degree


Beneficial requirements
• Basic knowledge about virtualization and containerization tools
• Basic knowledge about Cloud Services
• Basic experience in Project or Service Management
• Meritorious certificates:


o redhat certificate
o itil foundation certificate
o vmware or microsoft certificates could be an advantage


Location: Sweden (Solna) or Poland (Gliwice/Katowice).


Our offer
• Opportunity to work in an international environment with mixture of young and experienced, dynamic team with ambitious goals fostered by team spirit and open communication
• Great opportunity for professional, either technical or managerial, development
• Opportunity for self-development by using dedicated test environment
• Excellent work atmosphere
• Attractive salary adequate to the skills and experience
• Good benefit packages


Application
We look forward to receiving your application with CV and cover letter in English, no later than October 21st, 2020. For more information about the position you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager Andrzej Ciupa, tel. +48 32 33 28 560. For information about the recruitment process, please contact responsible recruiter Elnoosh Farhoudfar, tel. +46 730 60 25 49.


Trade union representatives in Sweden Sofi Wadström (Akademikerna), Inger Strandberg/Lars-Erik Näsman (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Lennart Bengtsson (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.


Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.