IT Sysadmin

Thales Spain are looking for a professional to backfill a role within a mature multidisciplinary team, where professional growth, exploration of new technologies and collaborative work are actively encouraged. The ideal candidate should demonstrate a strong learning ability, initiative, proactivity and autonomy, together with a user-oriented mindset and the ability to work under pressure in production environments, while adapting to project requirements and compliance needs.

Job responsibilities:

  • Provide proactive and reactive support for production infrastructure across different environments
  • Support in design and deploy the architecture of new services
  • Ensure infrastructure maintenance aligns with applicable regulatory, security and compliance requirements
Job Requirements:
  • Linux Server Management (Debian, Centos, RedHat, Ubuntu)
  • Experience wiht virtualization environment management (VMware, XEN, HyperV, Azure, AWS)
  • Basic knowledge in networking
  • Experience maintaining database services such as PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch and MySQL
  • Deployment and rollout of new systems and services
  • Middleware services support knowledge (LVM, LDAP, NFtables, HAProxy, Authelia, DNS, Dovecot, Nagios, Docker Swarm, VRRP, Apache/NGINX, ...)
  • Demostrable experience in manteinance plans and for security hardening, patching and vulnerability remediation.
  • Demostrable knowledge in: Ansible, Python, Scripting,
  • Valued knowledge in: Jira, Gitlab, AzureDevOps
  • Troubleshooting and support for service delivery infrastructure
  • 3+ years of experience in Linux systems administration and production infrastructure support
  • Experience in troubleshooting, incident management and root cause analysis
  • Experience working in critical or high-availability production environments
  • Knowledge of security hardening, vulnerability remediation and patch management are valued
  • Ability to automate operational tasks through scripting and configuration management tools
  • Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with cross-functional teams
  • Good communication, documentation and organizational skills
At Thales Spain we consider ourselves disruptive when it comes to organizing the way we want to work. That's why we are constantly innovating our policies, to enable employees to enjoy a real work-life balance. Tell us what you want, and you will find it at Thales Spain.
  • Do you want to maximize your net salary?

At Thales Spain you can decide which Flexible Remuneration package (Restaurant Card, Transport Card, Childcare Vouchers and Training Vouchers) best suits your needs.

  • Do you want to continue your training and expand your certifications?

At Thales Spain you have an Annual Training Plan (based on technical certifications, languages, soft skills training...).

  • Do you like to share what you learn?

At Thales Spain we count on the voluntary participation of the Speakers program.

  • Do you want to work with clear and transparent objectives?

At Thales Spain we have an Annual Bonus Policy, based on KPIs.

  • Do you want to choose how to develop professionally at Thales Spain?

Because we are not all the same, at Thales Spain you can decide whether to develop your career in Cyber security by focusing on team management or specialize in one of the technical areas with our experts.

If you're passionate about cybersecurity, we're the company for you. We're waiting for you!

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