Linux Administrator with Database Knowledge

Project overview

For our client, a service provider in the financial services sector, we are looking for a Linux Administrator with database knowledge.

Project Context

• As part of the cloud journey and IT transformation, existing platforms are being gradually modernized and further developed.
• To support this development, external expertise is needed for the technical maintenance, optimization, automation, and further development of existing Linux and database platforms.
• The goal of the assignment is to take over defined technical task packages within the existing platform and further develop them in terms of stability, maintainability, standardization, and automation. This will free up internal capacities for parallel transformation and migration projects.
• Independent responsibility for migration projects is not part of the assignment. Points of contact with these projects will only arise where changes or technical dependencies of the existing platform need to be considered.

Responsibilities

• Technical maintenance and further development of existing Linux-based platforms on RHEL
• Administration, optimization, and technical further development of existing DB2 and PostgreSQL database environments
• Analysis of existing technical processes and identification of optimization and automation potential
• Conception and implementation of automation solutions for recurring technical processes
• Further development of existing Puppet configurations and Infrastructure-as-Code approaches
• Analysis of complex technical problems and development and implementation of sustainable technical solutions
• Optimization of configurations and technical processes regarding stability, standardization, maintainability, and automation
• Further development of existing CI/CD and Git-based processes
• Creation and updating of technical documentation for the components and solutions processed
• Technical coordination with relevant development, infrastructure, and platform areas at defined interfaces
• Occasional technical support for transformation and migration projects, as far as dependencies on the existing Linux or database platform are affected

Requirements

Technical Requirements – Must-have

Desirable Knowledge – Nice-to-have

• Several years of experience in Linux Administration / Linux Platform Engineering at a senior level
• Very good knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or comparable enterprise Linux distributions
• Very good knowledge of DB2 and PostgreSQL
• Extensive experience in the administration and technical further development of productive Linux and database platforms
• Experience with automation and configuration management
• Experience with Puppet
• Confident handling of Git and GitHub and/or Bitbucket
• Experience with CI/CD processes
• Experience in DevOps-oriented technical environments
• Ability for independent analysis of complex technical problems and implementation of sustainable technical solutions
• Experience in creating and maintaining technical documentation
• Basic understanding of AWS and cloud architectures
• Experience with AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit)
• Experience with JFrog Artifactory
• Knowledge of other Infrastructure-as-Code and automation technologies
• Experience with the technical integration of existing on-premises platforms with cloud or hybrid cloud environments
• Experience in transformation environments with parallel existing operations and cloud migration

Project details

• Project published: 12.11.2026
• Start: 01.01.2027
• Duration: 6 months
• Postal Code: DE 6XXXX
• Industry: Finance & Banking
• Workload: 4 days per week remote
• CA Number: CA-103847
• Remote: remote
• Location: Wiesbaden, HE, DE
• Languages: German