Infrastructure & Cloud Operations Sr. Specialist

Join HIMA Group - Innovate with purpose. Grow with technology.

HIMA Group is a globally independent provider of safety-related automation solutions for the process and rail industries, protecting people, assets, and the environment. Founded in 1908, the family-owned company is headquartered in Brühl near Mannheim, Germany, and has grown steadily through strategic acquisitions, including Sella Controls (UK) in 2023 and Origo Solutions (Norway) in 2024. Today, HIMA employs approximately 1,100 professionals across 22 group companies worldwide.

Our international teams bring together expertise from all corners of the world, working with a shared focus on developing reliable and sustainable solutions. At HIMA, employees are encouraged to take initiative, contribute their knowledge, and collaborate across borders to deliver projects with real impact.

Working at HIMA offers varied and responsible tasks, where your work has tangible influence. At the same time, you can continuously develop your skills and contribute to advancing safety technology. With a corporate culture built on collaboration, accountability, and sustainable innovation, we provide a professional environment where experts can thrive and make meaningful contributions.

Become part of a global success story and help shape the future of digital safety.

• Monitor and maintain LAN/WAN network infrastructure, including switches, routers, firewalls and VPN connections to ensure availability and performance.

• Troubleshoot and resolve network incidents at Level 2 and Level 3, escalating to vendors where necessary.

• Support network segmentation, VLAN configuration and access control policies in line with security standards.

• Administer and maintain physical and virtual server environments (e.g. VMware/Hyper-V), including provisioning, patching and decommissioning.

• Monitor server health, resource utilization and capacity, taking proactive action to prevent outages.

• Manage hypervisor platforms and virtual machine lifecycle across the server farms. Vmware/Azure

• Operate and maintain backup solutions, ensuring scheduled jobs complete successfully and recovery objectives are met.

• Enforce infrastructure security standards including patch management, hardening baselines and access control reviews.

• Support ISO 27001 compliance activities related to infrastructure, including evidence gathering and audit preparation.

• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to identify and remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities.

• Maintain accurate documentation of infrastructure configurations, network diagrams, SOPs and change records.

• Participate in Change Management processes, assessing infrastructure impact and ensuring proper approval and rollback planning.

• Contribute to Problem Management by performing root cause analysis on recurring infrastructure incidents.

• Advise local IT teams and stakeholders on infrastructure-related topics, standards and upcoming changes.

• Support hybrid connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and Azure cloud environments, ensuring secure and reliable network integration.

Requirement

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, Network Engineering or related field.
• 4-7 years in an infrastructure, systems or cloud operations role, with hands-on experience across at least two of the following domains: networking, server/virtualization administration, or cloud platforms.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, firewall rules and VPN. (Primary skill - must-have)
• Hands-on experience administering virtualized server environments using VMware vSphere/vCenter or Microsoft Hyper-V. (Secondary skill - desirable)
• Working experience with Azure infrastructure services - Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, VNet, NSG, Azure Monitor. (Primary skill - must-have)
• Experience operating and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads (Docker). (Secondary skill - desirable)
• Experience managing enterprise backup solutions and performing restore testing and DR validation.
• Familiarity with scripting for automation purposes (PowerShell, Bash or Python).
• Experience working in an ITIL-centric ITSM environment - handling incidents, changes and problems through a ticketing system.
• Working understanding of ISO 27001 requirements as they relate to infrastructure operations.
• Project Management fundamentals

• Able to document infrastructure configurations, network diagrams, SOPs and runbooks clearly and consistently.
• Strong troubleshooting mindset - able to methodically isolate and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
• Able to communicate technical topics clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable working across time zones and collaborating with global IT teams.
• The following are a strong advantage: ISO 27001 awareness and working knowledge of infrastructure compliance requirements; hands-on experience with Proxmox VE for virtualisation management.
• The following certifications are a bonus, not mandatory: CompTIA Network+, Microsoft AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate), VMware VCP-DCV, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), ITIL v4 Foundation.

Our Benefits

• Purpose-driven work: Contribute to sustainable solutions in safety-related automation that protect people, assets, and the environment.

• Global collaboration and diversity: Work in diverse, internationally aligned teams that act as “One Team, One Goal” to deliver results worldwide.

• Knowledge-driven culture: Share ideas, think entrepreneurially, and contribute to innovative solutions with tangible impact.

• International work environment: Work with colleagues worldwide, participate in global projects, and collaborate across teams and countries.

• Development opportunities: Long-term career opportunities within an expanding international organization.

• Community and culture: Team events, open communication, flat hierarchies, collaborative teamwork, and a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Disclaimer

HIMA Group offers flexible working hours and the option to work remotely. For certain positions, employees can choose between different part-time models. Job sharing is also possible.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion are an integral part of our corporate culture. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, ethnic origin, or sexual identity.

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