Job Description

Welcome to SSC Space (formerly Swedish Space Corporation), the perfect workplace for those passionate about technology in general and space in particular.

With space organizations, research institutes, institutional and commercial actors as customers, we offer specialist expertise in satellite communications, space consulting services, rocket and balloon systems, flight test services, satellite propulsion systems, and much more.

SSC Space also has one of the world’s largest global networks of ground stations for satellite communications. We own and operate the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, northern Sweden, with the aim of launching satellites in the near future.

Are you fueled by a passion for people and the ambition to create an awesome workplace? Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey with us to help earth benefit from space?

If you answer yes to these questions, we invite you to seize the opportunity to make a significant impact. We are looking for a dedicated professional who shares our core values of Customer passion, Care, Collaboration, Curiosity, and Courage.

As part of the service to the ESA Programmatic IT Section you will be one of the System Administrators in the Infrastructure and Cybersecurity (I&C) team.

The I&C sub-unit provides IT services, solutions and consultancy in scientific and operations IT infrastructure and cybersecurity across the department. I&C also designs, operates and maintains.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Linux Administration Manage, maintain, and optimize enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments to ensure high availability and performance.
• Automation & Configuration Management Design, develop, and maintain automated workflows, playbooks, and roles to streamline system deployment and post-installation configuration.
• Lifecycle & Patch Management Standardize, patch, and manage software repositories and system deployments across development, staging, and production environments.
• Network Integration Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain core networking components, ensuring secure and efficient connectivity for all enterprise systems.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Conduct root-cause analysis for system alerts, performance bottlenecks, and network issues, implementing long-term remediations.

Requirements

The following skills are required:

• Master Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent qualification with at least 4 years of relevant experience.
• Senior System Administration, extensive experience in Linux/Unix system administration (preferably on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Solaris).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): Expert-level knowledge of RHEL (versions 8/9), including advanced storage management (LVM), security patching, user administration, and performance tuning.
• Ansible: Deep proficiency in creating, testing, and deploying Ansible Playbooks and Roles to automate repetitive operational tasks and orchestrate complex deployments.
• Red Hat Satellite: Experience utilizing Satellite for centralized lifecycle management, provisioning, patch management, and subscription control.
• Networking: Solid understanding of core networking concepts, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, firewalls (iptables/firewalld), and DNS/DHCP. Ideally based on CISCO technology. Able to diagnose complex cross-system and cross-network issues in production environments.

Additional skills that will be highly valued:

• ServiceNow, experience integrating infrastructure components with Asset Management and CMDB ServiceNow modules
• Zabbix or Prometheus and Grafana stack: Expertise administrating and using those monitoring tools for improve the visibility of infrastructure services
• Puppet: Experience with Puppet as configuration management technology.
• Splunk: Integration of system logs and configuration and usage of Splunk dashboards.
• Other infrastructure core technologies like, DNS, DHCP, VMware vSphere or VCF.
• Loadbalancing F5 Big-IP, familiarity with the Big-IP platform.

Preferred Certifications Candidates holding the RHCE will be given significant priority in the selection process.

• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).

Legal and Security Requirements

• All applicants must be legally allowed to work in Spain without the need to obtain a work visa. Only European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and SWISS citizens can be employed by SSC Space in Netherland.
• Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. SSC Space Netherlands B.V. will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA.
• In line with ESA’s security requirements, prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to SSC Space Netherlands B.V. a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident, and SSC Space Netherlands B.V. will validate your employment history.

Benefits

• The selected candidate will receive a competitive remuneration.
• When autonomous then teleworking can often be utilised.
• Will be registered for both social security and tax in Spain.
• The standard working hours are 40 per week.
• There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday.
• Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included.

To be considered for this Position
Prior to 2026-08-31, please apply via our Job Application form
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Outro

SSC Space is a leading global provider of advanced space services, with more than 50 years of experience. We help space organizations, research institutes, commercial and institutional actors from all over the world to get access to space.

With local presence on all continents and about 750 committed employees, we offer specialist expertise in satellite communications and satellite control services, spacecraft operations, rocket and balloon systems, launch services and flight test services, as well as engineering, operations and consultancy services for space missions.

We help Earth benefit from space. Learn more at sscspace.com