IT Systems Engineer (80-100%)

Karger Publishers is a worldwide publisher of scientific and medical content based in Basel, Switzerland. Connecting and advancing health sciences since 1890, Karger has been continuously evolving, keeping pace with the current developments and shifts in research and publishing. The publishing house is dedicated to serving the information needs of the scientific community, clinicians and patients with publications of high-quality content and services in health sciences. Karger Publishers has 240 employees and is present in 15 countries around the globe.

For the Unit “Digital Landscape” within Karger Factory we are looking for a motivated person to join our increasingly agile organization as

Among other duties you will be responsible to develop, maintain and secure Karger’s IT infrastructure including networks, servers and AD with a focus on Azure Cloud engineering.

This multifaceted role includes:

Primary tasks

• Cloud engineering; includes monitoring, maintenance, security, administration and further development of our Azure cloud infrastructure.
• General Office 365 / Azure AD administration, including policies, security and services

Secondary tasks

• Administration and management of our traditional Windows server infrastructure (Physical / EMC VNXe / VMware / Azure)
• Configuration and monitoring of infrastructure and backup (Veeam)
• 3rd level support for the IT Service Desk

Qualifications and experience required:

• A Swiss IT apprenticeship or a bachelor’s degree in a computer-related discipline, or extensive equivalent experience
• At least two years experience in a similar cloud engineering-based position
• Excellent knowledge and experience of cloud engineering, managing and deploying Azure Cloud infrastructure (PowerShell and Terraform)
• Good experience of Azure Active Directory and Office 365 administration
• Experience of securing systems and infrastructure (specific experience of Microsoft Defender / ATP suite, Sentinel, Incapsula WAF and Cisco Firewall products is beneficial)
• Good communication skills, the ability to work both independently and within a distributed team
• Very good English (written and spoken) is compulsory, additional German language skills would be advantageous

What we offer:

• A working location in Switzerland (preferred), Germany or the UK
• A work environment where personal development and responsibility are highly valued , professional development (LinkedIn Learning, etc.)
• Interesting and varied field of activity in a motivated team
• Flexible working hours

If based in Basel, Switzerland:

• A work environment where personal development and responsibility are highly valued, professional development (LinkedIn Learning, etc.)
• A centrally located, modern office space that contributes to innovation and collaboration, very generous remote work arrangements
• Benefits of the Swiss social system
• Interesting and varied field of activity in a motivated team
• Flexible working hours

If you would like to take on the challenge this role presents, we look forward to receiving your application.

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