Hybrid Senior System Engineer – Virtualization

at Skaylink

• Job title: Senior System Engineer – Virtualization
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Linux, VMware
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Essen, Germany

About the role

• Senior System Engineer focused on Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware systems at Skaylink. Responsible for maintaining and optimizing data center infrastructure in a collaborative IT team.

Responsibilities

• You operate, maintain and further develop Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere/ESXi clusters.
• You plan and implement high-availability solutions, live migrations and vMotion.
• You analyze capacity and performance (CPU, RAM, storage, network) and optimize the platforms.
• You perform maintenance, patches and upgrades and support migrations and hardware refreshes.
• You analyze incidents at the hypervisor level and resolve them sustainably.
• You create and maintain documentation, standards and runbooks.
• You work closely with adjacent infrastructure teams.

Requirements

• You have solid experience with Microsoft Hyper-V (Cluster, CSV, Live Migration, Replica) and Windows Server.
• You bring very good knowledge of VMware vSphere/ESXi (vCenter, HA/DRS, Storage Policies, vMotion).
• You understand datacenter architectures including SAN, storage, network (VLAN, MTU, LACP) and backup concepts.
• You use PowerShell confidently, e.g., for Hyper-V, Failover Cluster or PowerCLI.
• You work in a structured, analytical manner and remain solution-oriented even during complex incidents.
• Bonus points for experience with Proxmox, Xen/XCP-ng, automation, monitoring, Veeam, Linux or relevant certifications (e.g., VMware VCP, Proxmox or Xen).

Benefits

• Purpose – Apply your expertise (on projects with renowned companies such as BMW Group, Henkel or KWS)
• Flexibility – Find your balance (including workation and flexible vacation arrangements)
• Development – Arrive and progress (e.g., Skaylink Campus, development talks, regular employee surveys)
• Rest – Recharge (e.g., 30 days of vacation, Dec 24 and Dec 31 off, sabbatical)
• Mobility – Getting from A to B (e.g., BusinessBike, subsidy for the Deutschland-Ticket)
• Equipment – Technology that moves you forward (Windows, company phone)
• Support – Feel comfortable (e.g., Employee Referral Program, Corporate Benefits, workplace glasses, 5 paid child-sick days per year)
• Events – Get together and celebrate (e.g., summer and Christmas parties, team events, cross-company tech talks)
• Togetherness – We are Skaylink!