Job Description

Linux System Administrator 

€60,000 – €65,000 + Year-End Bonus

German B2

Karlsruhe - Up to 3 Days Home Office

Revive Recruitment is partnered with a long-established German software company specialising in enterprise-level data, document, and archive migration. With over 25 years of success, they are a niche market leader trusted by major corporates, public institutions, and mid-sized businesses.

This is a highly stable, employee-focused environment with a strong culture of openness, autonomy, and pragmatic problem-solving. The team is diverse, collaborative, and genuinely supportive, with flat hierarchies, approachable leadership, and real opportunities to shape your own role.

In this role, you will operate and evolve the company’s internal IT systems while driving a major infrastructure transformation. You’ll work in a generalist environment with a wide technical scope, minimal bureaucracy, and zero external client pressure.

What you’ll do:

• Operate and administer Linux & Windows servers
  
  

• Manage web/app servers, databases, and CI/CD pipelines
  
  

• Automate and orchestrate infrastructure (Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes or similar)
  
  

• Ensure IT security, monitoring, and backups
  
  

• Support internal users (all tech-savvy colleagues)
  
  

• Contribute to long-term infrastructure redesign
  
  

What you’ll have:

• Proven experience in Linux/Windows system administration
  
  

• Experience with automation, CI/CD, and virtualization
  
  

• Strong networking, firewall, and IT security knowledge
  
  

• Hands-on with Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Proxmox
  
  

• German level B2 or higher
  
  

Nice-to-Haves

• Kubernetes or other orchestration tools
  
  

• Infrastructure-as-Code or advanced scripting
  
  

What’s in it for you:

• Up to 3 days/week home office
  
  

• Flexible working hours
  
  

• No external clients — only internal tech users
  
  

• Ergonomic office + strong public transport links
  
  

• Bike leasing, tailored benefits, continuous training
  
  

• Friendly, diverse, non-bureaucratic environment
  
  

• Real influence on future infrastructure & tooling
  
  

Interested?

Apply today via Revive Recruitment to join a stable, people-first company where autonomy, trust, and technical ownership are part of everyday life.