Career Opportunities: VMware Virtualisation Engineer (m/f/d) Ref.No. 26-82195 (1286)

Job Description

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 \[[email protected]\].

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.