IT System Administrator

EPA Images is one of the world’s leading news, sports and entertainment visual content providers. With headquarters in Frankfurt am Main and over 130 visual journalists worldwide, EPA delivers a professionally edited, timely selection of highly reliable and competitive pictures and video clips. Founded in 1985 by seven European leading national news agencies, EPA provides extensive coverage from around the world and is present in over 87 countries.

We are looking for an IT System Administrator

Your mission

- Engineering and Maintaining the Virtual environment VMWare with vSphere, building Virtual Machines for Windows and Linux Server and Workstations

- Configuration/setup of the image workflow

- Installation and configuration of EPA IT systems

- Install, rebuild and configure existing hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with the epa standards and project/operational requirements

- Thrive innovation, standardization and automation for system administration tasks

- Repairing and rectifying hardware or software failures

- Setting up and maintaining Windows based clients, including set-up of workspace

- Supporting users by developing documentation and assistance tools

- Support assignments: Remote installation, deployment and maintenance of equipment

- Administration of mail and cloud storage using Google Workspace

Your profile

- Several years of experience in a similar position

- Certification as MCSA/vSphere/LPIC or similar

- Knowledge in network security, VPN, routing and protocols would be a plus

- Experience with Cloud Providers like GCP/AWS/AZURE is a plus

- Familiar with remote desktop applications and Remote Support software (TeamViewer)

- Hands-on experience with Windows/Linux/Mac OS environments

- Good knowledge of scripting language (powershell and bash) - java is a plus

- Able to support and to train end users

- Very good knowledge of English and good German

- Team spirit, customer focus and ability to work under pressure

- Able to work independent and self-organized

- Good communication and analytical skills

- Willingness to work on call (rotating) and travel from time to time

What we offer:

- Company laptop and mobile phone

- Working in an international environment

- Training and personal development

- Central location and job ticket

- Hybrid working environment with the possibility to work from home

- Flexible working hours