Senior System Administrator & Infrastructure Engineer (f/m/d)

IMAGO is a leading agency for visual content with over 800 million photos and videos. Top national and international clients from segments such as News Media, Broadcast, Sports, Brands & Corporate use our services every day, which cover the areas of News, Entertainment, Sports, Creative and Archive.

More than 80 dedicated employees make up our international team at the company headquarters in the heart of Berlin, on the renowned Friedrichstrasse. Over the past 25 years, IMAGO has successfully established itself as the market leader in Germany and is constantly evolving to meet the dynamic global market demands. Our corporate culture encourages open and respectful collaboration, with everyone involved contributing their expertise and driving innovative solutions forward together.

To support our growth and technical evolution, we are seeking a Senior System Administrator & Infrastructure Engineer to strengthen our team, help drive automation and best practices, and ensure our infrastructure is robust, scalable, and future-ready.

Tasks

• Build and maintain reliable infrastructure across Hetzner Baremetal and Cloud environments.
• Champion modern DevOps practices such as automation, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and observability.
• Support both Windows and Linux setups, and help us drive the transition towards a Linux-centric infrastructure.
• Lead the evolution and optimization of our CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast, reliable, and automated software delivery.
• Extend and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting (e.g., Zabbix, Sentry, Prometheus/Grafana, or similar) to provide visibility and reliability for critical services.
• Collaborate with development teams to enable seamless, automated deployments and efficient incident response.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship on DevOps tools and practices to colleagues across teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in maintaining production-critical infrastructure
• Experience administering Windows and Linux servers, with a solid understanding of networking and security best practices
• Practical experience operating hypervisors (Hyper-V, Proxmox, etc.)
• Strong focus on automation and Infrastructure as Code
• Proven experience operating Kubernetes clusters in production
• Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, or similar) and modern software delivery automation
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging stacks (Zabbix, Sentry, Prometheus/Grafana, or similar)
• Experience with message queue and streaming systems (e.g., Apache Kafka) in production environments
• Ability to automate tasks using Bash/Python scripts and Ansible.
• Solid understanding of security best practices in networking, systems, and cloud environments.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with pfSense firewalls, VLANs, and VPNs.
• Experience with database administration (SQL Server, Redis, Elasticsearch, or similar).
• Knowledge of GitOps, service mesh, or advanced container orchestration concepts.
• German language skills are a plus, but not mandatory.

Benefits

• A modern workplace in the heart of Berlin
• Public transportation ticket
• Monthly budget to spend in an area of your liking, incl. Health (Urban Sports and others), Learning, Travelling, etc.
• Company pension scheme
• Platform for employee discounts from a wide range of providers

Looking forward to your application.