Here’s what you’ll do
System orchestration and OS management: Orchestrate, deploy, and maintain all internal and external systems, specifically standard and customised Linux operating systems, with the majority of machines running Debian GNU/Linux. We currently run SaltStack, but proposals for different ways to handle config management and deployment are welcome.
Virtualisation and storage infrastructure: Manage virtualisation platforms and hypervisors (KVM/QEMU). Experience with GlusterFS (for the backup system) is a plus, but not mandatory.
Database, cloud, and App Administration: Administer database servers such as MariaDB and PostgreSQL, cloud storage repositories (such as Nextcloud), web applications, email services, and developer tooling.
Network and hardware maintenance: Maintain core physical and cloud network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and NAS storage, amongst them devices from MikroTik.
Security and network access: Oversee firewalls, intrusion detection, antivirus, IP reputation, global mirror systems, and secure VPNs for users and machines.
Identity and access management: Deploy and manage single sign-on (SSO) solutions, directory services, domain names, DNS zones, and SSL certificates (PKI).
Ensure stable operations and monitoring: Together with teammates and volunteers, ensure stable infrastructure availability, manage log analysis, handle emergencies, and coordinate with external providers during outages.
Patch management: Execute timely deployments of security and software updates within scheduled maintenance windows.
Team coordination and documentation: Lead and coordinate the infrastructure team, volunteer contributors, and third-party vendors, while keeping technical documentation up to date.
Data protection and disaster recovery: Implement backup and point-in-time disaster recovery solutions, and manage infrastructure-related GDPR compliance in cooperation with privacy officers.
👉 We’re looking forward to receiving your application, including information about you (your resume), when you are available for the job, and of course your financial expectations.
👉 The role is offered as full-time (ideally 40 hours per week). While we prefer full-time for the role, part-time applications, or proposals to grow the hours over time, will be considered.
👉 Please provide details about your experience and send us an e-mail to sysadmin@documentfoundation.org no later than July 6, 2026 (end of day, Berlin time)
For anyone interested in the salary range, it’s gonna be slightly below average for German standards, in the 50k €/y range.
Maybe willing and able to go up to 60k if necessary. More is unlikely.Source: I work in this exact position in Germany and have done some market research.
Also, here are their accounting ledgers:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/LedgersThey spend less than 40k € per month on salaries overall, with a staff of 15.
I have a group of people we send opportunities to. But only with salary ranges I’m afraid.
Without knowing how much it pays I don’t know who to tell about it.
Sounds neat but what’s it paying?
Most people I know who would be good for this job would never apply without some hint of a salary range.
Nothing worse than wasting everyone’s time and ending up not even close.
