Infrastructure Engineer d/f/m

RWE AG; Essen; Vor Ort; EUR 62.000 - 86.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading energy company is looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join their Operational Technology team. The role involves maintaining secure and highly available infrastructures that support power plants across multiple countries. Candidates should have expertise in VMware, Kubernetes, and a strong security mindset. This position offers a competitive salary, a retirement savings plan, and numerous employee benefits including enhanced parental leave and medical insurance.

Leistungen

Annual salary of approximately £55,000 to £75,000

15% annual bonus opportunity

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Company paid private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Professional membership subscription

Flexible benefits access

Occupational health support

Employee assistance programme

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifikationen

• Experience in highly available and security-critical ICT/OT environments.
• Strong knowledge of technologies like VMware, Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes.
• Strong security mindset, ideally with experience in OT environments.

Aufgaben

• Operate and maintain virtualized and containerized environments.
• Support applications for remote control and real-time dispatching.
• Drive the transition from VMware/Windows setup to Kubernetes-based platform.

Kenntnisse

VMware

Kubernetes

Windows

Linux

Ansible

VEEAM

Zabbix

ELK

Citrix Netscaler

GitLab

Jobbeschreibung

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RWE Generation SE
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to strengthen our central Operational Technology (OT) organisation. Our team ensures the secure and highly available OT infrastructure supporting RWE’s gas, coal and biomass power plants across Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Turkey. With rising security requirements and a shift toward Infrastructure as Code, this is the perfect time to join and help shape the next generation of our OT platforms.

About the Role

• Operate and maintain virtualized and containerized environments (VMware, Windows/Linux, Kubernetes).
• Support applications for remote control, real-time dispatching, secure third‑party access and process data handling.
• Troubleshoot incidents and provide operational support across the OT landscape.
• Plan and coordinate technical activities, including communication with internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to high‑level architecture design and Infrastructure‑as‑Code development.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and support availability and resilience strategies.
• Drive the transition from a VMware/Windows setup to a Kubernetes‑based platform.

Job requirements and experience

• Experience in highly available and security‑critical ICT/OT environments.
• Strong knowledge of technologies such as VMware, Windows, Linux, VEEAM, Zabbix, ELK, Citrix Netscaler, 2FA, EUM, GitLab, Ansible, Kubernetes.
• Ability to operate at operational, tactical and strategic levels.
• Understanding of virtualization, containerization and Infrastructure‑as‑Code concepts.
• Experience with complex networks and multi‑data‑centre setups.
• Strong security mindset, ideally with experience in OT environments.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

RWE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment – we value your passion, your willingness to learn and your desire to thrive. So, if you don’t display all the skills above but think this is the job for you, need flexible working arrangements or adjustments which aren’t outlined already, we would still like to hear from you.

• An annual salary of approximately £55,000 to £75,000 dependent on experience and a 15% annual bonus opportunity.
• A personal retirement savings plan – if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10% and you will get life assurance worth 4 × annual salary.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro‑rata.
• Company Paid Private Medical Insurance for you and your family.
• Enhanced parental leave from day 1 of you joining #TeamRWE – For primary care givers, weeks 1‑29 will be fully paid and 30‑39 paid via SMP. For secondary care givers, you’ll get 12 weeks of fully paid leave.
• One free professional membership subscription.
• Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme.
• Occupational Health support services for your wellbeing.
• Access to our employee assistance programme in times of need.
• Up to 2 days volunteering a year.

Apply with just a few clicks: ad code 91384, application period: 05.01.2026

Any questions? Contact HR: Fabian Ilaide, [phone]

We look forward to meeting you. Of course, you can find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Xing, too.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation, and identity. #inclusionmatters

RWE Generation provides a flexible mix for a powerful future. With a team of around 3,500 employees, the division operates flexible gas power plants, bioenergy facilities, and hydropower stations in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and Turkey. These assets play a vital role in balancing the supply of renewable energy during periods of fluctuation, thereby ensuring the stability of the power grid. Recognising the importance of energy storage, RWE Generation is integrating battery systems into its operations and pioneering hydrogen‑powered technologies — an essential element for storing renewable energy for when it is needed most. As a long‑standing partner for the regions in which we operate, our reliable, clean and flexible assets enable us to play a key role in decarbonising the energy system. Our team continues to be inventive, using their experience, talent and sunrise technologies to be the cornerstone our society can rely on.