tonies® USA

Linux System Engineer

tonies® USA

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Düsseldorf • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSFirewallsGrafanaLinuxPrometheusPythonTCP/IPTerraform

About the role

  • Design and implement infrastructure and networking solutions for production systems in both on-premise and AWS environments
  • Develop infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible and Terraform
  • Collaborate with software engineers and SREs on observability, redundancy, and backup, as well as security and compliance topics
  • Provide technical support and troubleshooting across time zones with production and engineering teams
  • Contribute to system design and architecture decisions for production systems, ensuring performance
  • Support the reliability of globally distributed production systems by coordinating across German and Asian time zones
  • Keep infrastructure documentation up to date and aligned with best practices

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field
  • Expert-level Linux system administration, with a focus on Debian /Ubuntu and embedded Linux distributions like OpenWrt and OpenSens
  • Strong expertise in infrastructure automation and configuration management (e.g., Ansible)
  • Experience operating and optimizing hybrid production environments (on-premise and AWS)
  • Strong expertise in networking and security (TCP/IP, VPN, routing, firewalls, system hardening)
  • Solid skills in diagnosing and debugging network issues using tools such as Wireshark, tcpdump, nmap, or iperf
  • Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger)
  • Proven ability to design, debug, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure systems
  • Experience with disaster recovery strategies and backup systems
  • Strong scripting skills in Shell (Bash) and Python for automation
  • Excellent communication skills and experience working with international, cross-functional teams
Benefits
  • Deutschlandticket (public transport ticket) for unlimited mobility
  • Monthly contribution for office parking space
  • Leasing bicycle
  • Remote work subsidy
  • Subsidies for company pension plans
  • Occupational pension schemes
  • Occupational disability insurance
  • 30 days of paid annual leave
  • Three additional days off (Rosenmontag, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve)
  • Up to 10 'toniecation days' (unpaid leave days)
  • Internal and external training opportunities
  • Individual learning budget
  • Language learning app Babbel
  • Access to the meditation app Calm
  • Attractive discounts on tonies products

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
infrastructure automationconfiguration managementLinux system administrationnetworkingsecurityscriptingdisaster recoverymonitoring solutionsobservabilitydebugging
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationtroubleshootingcoordinationdocumentation