IT Infrastructure System Administrator

Description

**Company Description** ***Shaping the Future of Automotive Engineering*** Applus\+ IDIADA is a global leader in automotive engineering, offering a dynamic and rewarding career opportunity for professionals passionate about shaping the future of mobility. As a TOP Employer certified company with over 3500 professionals from more than 24 countries, we provide a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters innovation and growth with colleagues from over 55 nationalities contributing to a safer, more efficient, and sustainable vehicles. **Why join us?** Enjoy a highly flexible hybrid work model in a company that takes care of the employees’ wellbeing, offering work\-life balance benefits such as subsidized canteen, free language courses, transport and coaching services. Join a company that has a deep commitment to sustainability and push yourself to reach your full potential in a dynamic and challenging setting that values innovation and expertise. ***Come \& join us on the road to success.*** \#LI\-Hybrid **Job Description** We are looking for an **IT Infrastructure System Administrator** to support the operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of hybrid corporate environments, combining on\-premise infrastructure and public cloud services. The role will focus on the day\-to\-day administration of systems, virtualization, storage, backup, critical infrastructure services, and advanced technical support for production environments. The candidate will participate in infrastructure automation using **Infrastructure as Code**, mainly with **Terraform** for provisioning and state management, and **Ansible** for configuration management and idempotency, working with modular, reusable code versioned in **Git**. The scope of the role is focused on infrastructure deployment and operations, not application deployment, which falls under the DevOps area. Experience in **on\-premise Kubernetes** administration at infrastructure level will be valued, including nodes, cluster networking, persistent storage, certificates, etcd, and version upgrades. In networking, practical knowledge of corporate networks, **VLAN/VXLAN** segmentation, routing and switching, DNS/DHCP, site\-to\-site VPNs, firewall policies, and interconnection between on\-premise networks and cloud environments is required. Knowledge of **NAC**, **BGP**, and network fabrics based on **Extreme Networks Fabric** will be valued. The candidate will also participate in advanced, code\-based management of infrastructure and networking in public cloud environments, mainly **AWS**, including VPCs, peering, transit/VPN gateways, hybrid connectivity, and IAM. Additional experience with **Google Cloud** or **Azure** will be valued due to the transferability of knowledge across cloud platforms. Knowledge of database administration at infrastructure and operational level will also be valued, including relational and non\-relational databases such as **SQL / PostgreSQL** and **MongoDB**. This is not an essential requirement. The profile should contribute to maintaining a stable, documented, secure, and repeatable infrastructure, applying operational best practices and supporting the continuous improvement of the managed environments. **Qualifications** **Qualifications** * 2\+ years of experience in system administration and operation of shared IT infrastructure in production environments. * Experience working in high\-technology environments and/or systems analysis, with a strong operational focus. * Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field preferred, or equivalent professional experience. * Proactive and collaborative mindset, with the ability to work effectively with infrastructure, security, DevOps, and application teams. * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to identify root causes and propose practical, sustainable solutions. * Ability to respond effectively to critical incidents, system outages, and high\-pressure operational situations. * Good communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to document technical work clearly. * Familiarity with structured IT processes and Agile ways of working will be valued. **Additional Information** Applus IDIADA is committed to **equality,** **diversity** and **inclusion**. We don’t put limits on you, so don’t put limits on yourself either. There is a place for everyone.