IT Infrastructure Engineer (m/f/d)

TakeASP AG; Würzburg; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee share ownership

Flextime & WFH

Meal allowance

Job summary

TakeASP AG is at the heart of our datacenter infrastructure, shaping architecture and making technical decisions with responsibility. The team handles Fibre Channel storage, VMware-based cloud, and modern concepts like NVMe over FC and RoCE, while ensuring data protection and robust documentation.

We value hands-on experts with IBM storage and VMware experience, strong networking knowledge, and German language skills for collaboration and vendor support.

Qualifications

• Completed IT vocational training or degree with relevant professional experience.
• Solid hands-on experience operating SAN and Fibre Channel architectures.
• Strong IBM storage solutions and VMware environment skills.
• Good understanding of Layer 2/3 networks, routing and switching.
• German language C1 and English B1 for vendor support.

Responsibilities

• Operate and further develop Fibre Channel storage architecture (IBM FlashSystem, SVC).
• Administer and optimize the VMware-based cloud infrastructure.
• Evaluate modern concepts such as NVMe over Fibre Channel, RoCE, or HCI.
• Plan and implement backup and recovery strategies for hosting operations.
• Analyze and optimize infrastructure for high-performance workloads.
• Maintain structured system documentation.

Skills

SAN & Fibre Channel

VMware environments

IBM storage solutions

Networking (Layer 2/3)

Team player

German language (C1)

English language (B1)

Education

IT vocational training or degree

Tools

Proxmox VE

Red Hat OpenShift

RoCE/FCoE concepts

Job description

You work at the heart of our datacenter infrastructure and continue developing the technical foundation of the TakeASP Cloud. You actively help shape the architecture and make technical decisions on your own responsibility. Maintenance windows are predictable, and on-call duty is fairly compensated.

About TakeASP

We are a specialized IT service provider for SAP Basis, SAP Cloud, SAP Security, IT Security and hosting, headquartered in Würzburg, Germany. While our consultants look after customer landscapes, our infrastructure team provides a stable, modern foundation in the datacenter.

Your Responsibilities

• SAN & storage: Operation and further development of the Fibre Channel infrastructure and storage architecture based on IBM FlashSystem and SVC
• Virtualization: Administration and optimization of the VMware-based cloud infrastructure
• Technology evaluation: Implementation of modern concepts such as NVMe over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe), RoCE or HCI solutions
• Data protection: Planning and implementation of backup and recovery strategies for hosting operations
• Performance: Analysis and optimization of the infrastructure for high-performance workloads such as in-memory databases
• Documentation: Structured maintenance of system documentation

• Completed IT vocational training, degree or equivalent qualification with relevant professional experience
• Solid hands-on experience operating SAN and Fibre Channel architectures
• Solid skills with IBM storage solutions and VMware environments
• Good understanding of network architectures (Layer 2/3, routing, switching, VLAN)
• Team player, open to constructive collaboration
• German at least C1, English at least B1 for vendor support

Nice to have

• Experience with alternative hypervisors such as Proxmox VE
• Experience with container platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift
• Know-how in performance tuning for enterprise workloads
• Knowledge of modern network concepts (RoCE, FCoE)
• Company shares: Free employee share ownership including an annual dividend
• Flexibility: Self-managed flextime and working from home, with fixed office days for in-person team exchange
• Meals: Meal allowance for our in-house bistro
• Way of working: A focus on technical excellence instead of rigid hierarchies, and a culture of trust that protects you from overload

Member of the Management Board

… holds a degree in business informatics and has worked in SAP Basis since 2012. After working for global industrial companies, he joined TakeASP in 2019 and has since been responsible not only for the classic SAP platforms but above all for the strategic development of the Cloud and SAP Security divisions.