Storage Platform Engineer (Ceph / GPFS) (m/f/d)

We are looking for a Storage Platform Expert to operate and evolve EUMETSAT's software-defined and distributed storage platforms supporting mission-critical workloads.

Background

The Infrastructure and Data Division (I2D), within EUMETSAT's Technical and Scientific Support Department (TSS) operates and evolves the Multi-Mission IT Computing (MIC) environment providing 24x7 Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms, container management platforms, virtualised environments and software-defined storage for EUMETSAT’s operational ground-segment infrastructure.

You shall support

• Administer and operationally support software-defined storage platforms (Ceph, IBM Spectrum Scale / GPFS, MooseFS)

• Perform monitoring, second-level investigation and performance optimisation of storage subsystems

• Provide and manage persistent storage integration for Kubernetes workloads (Ceph, Rook-Ceph, CSI drivers)

• Administer SAN and software-defined storage, including zoning, provisioning and performance tuning

• Support the evolution and lifecycle management of in-house software-defined storage and multi-cloud storage services

• Contribute to backup, resilience and disaster-recovery design and testing

Skills and experiences

• Experience implementing software-based storage solutions such as Ceph, IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) or MooseFS

• Experience with persistent storage integration for Kubernetes (Ceph, Rook-Ceph, CSI drivers)

• Experience with SAN and software-defined storage administration, including zoning, provisioning and performance optimisation

• Experience with enterprise backup and disaster-recovery solutions

• Advanced Linux administration expertise and automation scripting (Bash, Python)

• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, NFS, SSH)

• Knowledge of containerisation and Kubernetes orchestration is an advantage

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline from an accredited university, with at least 5 years of relevant experience

• Effective written and verbal communication in English

• Ability to document and maintain technical baselines, operational procedures and architecture diagrams

• Knowledge of ITIL service management processes (incident, change, problem management)

• Willingness to participate in the standby / on‑call rotation and, occasionally, in weekend, public‑holiday or late‑night interventions as agreed in advance

General Work Skills

• Problem solving

• Good analytical skills

• High degree of interpersonal awareness

• Experience in working as part of a multicultural team

• Ability to work autonomously and to perform regular, e.g. weekly, context switch

Working Location

This is a full‑time position, located either at our customer EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany or delivered off‑site from Germany, Czechia or Romania, starting in December 2026 onwards. Standby / call‑out support and provision of support to critical operations may sometimes be required.

What can Terma offer

• Great opportunities for training and personal development

• Challenges in an advanced technical environment

• International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere

• An employment contract with an attractive package with extra‑legal benefits

• Highly competitive salary