Senior System Engineer – Infrastructure & Cloud (m/f/d)

Location: Rastatt area, Baden-Württemberg
Working model: Three days on-site / two days remote
Employment: Permanent
Salary: Up to €80,000 fixed annually

Energize is partnering with an established, family-owned end user to recruit a Senior System Engineer with strong Microsoft infrastructure expertise and experience leading technical projects.

You will help develop the company’s infrastructure, take ownership of migrations and improvements, and work closely with the infrastructure team leader and senior stakeholders. The role combines approximately 60% project and change management with 40% hands-on technical work, offering technical leadership without direct people-management responsibility.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure, cloud, migration and security projects from planning through delivery.

• Coordinate stakeholders, communicate progress and manage technical change.

• Develop and support the Microsoft environment across Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID and Intune.

• Contribute to projects including file server migration to SharePoint and selected virtual machine migrations to Azure.

• Improve virtualisation, backup and recovery capabilities using VMware and Veeam.

• Strengthen networking, identity and infrastructure security.

• Resolve complex technical issues and improve operational processes through automation and documentation.

Your Background

• Several years of relevant infrastructure experience, ideally around four to six years, with demonstrable project ownership.

• Strong Windows Server and Active Directory knowledge.

• Practical experience with Microsoft 365, Azure and Entra ID.

• Understanding of networking, virtualisation, backup and security.

• Ability to plan and deliver infrastructure changes independently.

• Strong communication skills and confidence working with senior stakeholders.

• German at C1 level or above, alongside good English.

• Relevant IT training or equivalent practical experience.

• Availability to work on-site in the Rastatt area three days per week.

Experience with SharePoint, Intune, PowerShell, Microsoft security controls, VMware and Veeam will be particularly relevant. Networking expertise is valued across vendor backgrounds.

What You Can Expect

• Ownership of technical projects and the opportunity to influence infrastructure development.

• A broad role across Microsoft technologies, cloud, networking and security.

• Permanent employment with a family-owned business focused on long-term development.

• Hybrid working with two remote days per week.

• 30 days’ annual leave.

• Pension contributions and additional leave for qualifying family events.

• Structured onboarding, individual training and internal workshops.

• Bike leasing and health/sports benefits.

Interview Process

An initial video interview with the infrastructure team leader is followed by an on-site discussion with IT leadership and a final meeting involving HR.