Jobs at Serverius

System administrator (sysadmin)

Our NOC and R&D departments are a fanatic group of nerds, from expanding server hardware to maintaining Serverius its own data center infrastructure servers, and services like EuroStack, and Qbine. For almost every task they have the supporting software that is running on our own physical hardware in our own data centers. All hardware is physically hosted within the Serverius data centers. The software can be existing open-source software or custom-built. All software runs on a growing number of servers, VMs, and containers. Therefore, we’re looking for new a colleague to join the R&D and NOC departments to manage and improve our entire Linux server fleet.

Your work will be supporting both the R&D and NOC departments. Besides daily maintenance and making improvements to all current systems, you can also participate in new projects and upcoming services.

At Serverius we are a group of ambitious and excellent engineers. This fanatic environment will encourage you to develop yourself during your career. Serverius facilitates this by offering you time and the environment and of course all materials and courses to improve your skillset. In addition, you are a real self-starter. Our motto is: Google is your friend, and your colleagues are near. Together we produce new products and services. We focus on the world of today where sustainability is paramount. For example, we are currently working on a new data center electricity platform that will offer better energy pricing for our customers.

The job in a nutshell:

• Although you are allowed to sit every day in the office, you probably like to work from home. You can choose your own equipment, such as a laptop, mobile, etc. Daily video call standups keep you in contact with your colleagues, and one day every 2 weeks you will go to the office or restaurant to meet your colleagues in real-life. You can squeeze them to see if they still exist! 😉
• Officially your working contract tells you to work “full time”, 40 hours per week. But as an official nerd, you will like to play, study, and communicate with others about your passion. You do your own research when you don’t know something and you know how to make the material your own.
• You’re skilled with Linux (Redhat-like and Debian-like). Therefore, installing packages, setting up a firewall, and adjusting config is not a challenge for you, although there are always new things to learn.
• Ansible is your friend because a large part of the servers is managed by it. This knowledge and skill are required to run, create, and modify the playbooks.
• Your basic networking knowledge will be enough to communicate between the Serverius NOC and R&D department. Configuring a simple network switch and securing a server at IP level is no problem for you.
• At Serverius you can still actually touch the servers where you are working with. Therefore, you can swap some CPU/drive/mainboard, and you are able to order new hardware yourself.
• Additionally, it would be nice (but not required) if you have (some) experience with Proxmox, Netbox, OpenStack (or another platform), or Ceph. If not, you have the intention to learn them over the years.
• An important point is your own character. This is of great importance. The current team consists of eccentric, quiet, socially rich/poor engineers. At Serverius, all engineers have their own colorful personality, which is respected by everyone in the group. With respect for others, you have a strong opinion of your own, and you feel comfortable in a working environment where you can tell others (up to the CEO) that you do not agree, and that things really have to be completely different.

Of course, you probably have way more skills than only the ones above. Or if not, when you have only a limited skillset and you want to learn it in the upcoming years, it’s also not a problem. At the moment there is room for an experienced and a starting engineer. You can show this in a first video call with some of our engineers.

Frontend developer (R&D team member)

Serverius provides IT infrastructure services, spread over three data centers in the Netherlands (Dronten, Meppel, and Apeldoorn). Over the years we have fostered a Research & Development team, consisting of a few dedicated nerds. Together we develop and maintain in-house tooling and automation, as well as software products like Qbine (web application firewall), Eurostack (cloud storage), and DDoS protection. We are actively working on making the internet safer and faster.

We would like to have another front-end developer join our team. If you think you might be a good fit, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us!

Basic tasks

• Designing coherent UI/UX for a multitude of current and upcoming projects
• Discussing and determining approaches with other (frontend) developers
• Proactive monitoring of the applications built by R&D
• Maintenance of legacy software

Your current skills:

• Affinity for UI/UX
• Experience with modern JS frameworks
• At least 1-2 years of work experience
• Knows how to interact with REST APIs
• Can speak English (not everyone at Serverius speaks Dutch)
• Knowledge of React, or desire to learn it

Nice to have

• Experience with versioning systems like Git
• Basic Linux skills
• Interest in / understanding of back-end code

Key facts

• Available 32+ hours per week.
• You’ll be working in a team of dedicated nerds.
• We will provide you with suitable equipment.
• We offer flexible working hours (daily standup at 9.30 is required, though).
• Take as much vacation as you need.
• Work remotely as much as you want (except for one day at the office in Meppel, every two weeks).
• If you don’t want to work from home, you can use the office space at any of our data centers.
• Regular team activities.
• Go to congresses and seminars for fun and your professional network development.

Backend Developer – R&D team member

Serverius provides IT infrastructure services, spread over three data centers in the Netherlands (Dronten, Meppel, and Apeldoorn). Over the years we have fostered a Research & Development team, consisting of a few dedicated nerds. Together we develop and maintain in-house tooling and automation, as well as software products like Qbine (web application firewall), Eurostack (cloud storage), and DDoS protection. We are actively working on making the internet safer and faster.

We would like to have another backend developer join our team. If you think you might be a good fit, please get in touch with us!

Basic tasks

• Actively developing in-house tooling and software solutions for our customers
• Discussing and determining approaches with other developers
• Proactive monitoring of the applications built by R&D
• Maintenance of legacy software

Your current skills:

• Experience with PHP and/or Golang
• At least 1-2 years of work experience
• Knows how to develop REST APIs
• Can speak English (not everyone at Serverius speaks Dutch)
• Basic Linux skills

Nice to have

• Experience with versioning systems like Git
• Experience with modern JS frameworks
• Knowledge of React, or desire to learn it
• Knowledge of network infrastructure

Key facts

• Available 32+ hours per week
• You’ll be working in a team of dedicated nerds
• We will provide you with good equipment
• We offer flexible working hours (daily standup at 9.30 is required, though)
• Take as much vacation as you need
• Work remotely as much as you want (except for one day at the office in Meppel, every two weeks)
• If you don’t want to work from home, you can choose to use office space at any of our DCs
• Regular team activities
• Go to congresses and seminars for fun and your professional network development

BGP networking engineer

BGP is probably even older than yourself, so therefore it won’t have secrets for you anymore. Configuring a router is not a problem for you, but getting the best out of routing hardware by tuning internet exchanges, IP-transits, direct fiber-connected peers, and using Flowspec will make your work more than a default router maintainer.

Everyone is talking about techniques like Openflow/SDN/VXLAN, but you want to really work with it. You will configure, monitor, and maintain the newest hardware, and together with the R&D, you will create new network security cloud products. You like to work with brands like Juniper, Huawei, etc., and have fun doing it with your three other colleagues.

Enjoy solving complex issues, whether they are related to hardware, network, or security. Gloating that you have the power to control a range of systems, you set out to share your expertise where ever it is needed. Because let’s face it: the geeks in the company are nothing without you. You just want to innovate and get a rush from pushing hardware to its limits.

On-site datacenter support engineer

De functie
Bij Serverius hebben we ambitieuze en vooral enthousiaste mensen. Jij bent dus een technisch persoon en we stimuleren dat je je doorontwikkelt in tal van vaardigheden, jaar in jaar uit, want dat maakt je een echte proffesional. Serverius faciliteert dit door interne opleidingen, en andere opleidingsmoglijkheden. Binnen het team behouden we de hoge datacenter kwaliteit, en bouw je mee aan de groei van Serverius.

Serverius groeit en daarmee de datacenters ook! Logisch gevolg: we zoeken daarom leuke nieuwe collega’s van verschilledne technische niveau’s. In dit geval voor de locatie Apeldoorn (SDC3).

Wat voor persoon wordt er nu gezocht?
In deze functie ga je samenwerken binnen een team van jonge mensen welke de datacenters van Serverius onderhouden. Je bent het eerst aanspreekpunt voor colocatie klanten, je kan uiteindelijjk na je interne Serverius opleiding eventuele simpele storingen aan airco’s, generatoren, brandmeld systemen, e.d. oplossen of als het ingewikkeld wordt, er de leveranciers voor inschakelen. Samen zorgen je ervoor dat onze klanten altijd tevreden zijn en dat natuurlijk ook blijven.

Je verantwoordelijkheden zijn onder andere:

• Het eerste fysieke en online aanspreekpunt voor bestaande en nieuwe klanten ten behoeve van het datacenter en colocatie.
• Monitoren van de werking van bijvoorbeeld airco’s, generatoren en stroomverdelers.

Werkzaamheden

• Meedenken met en het beantwoorden van supporttickets.
• Klantvragen beantwoorden via Skype, de chat of telefonisch.
• (Nieuwe) medewerkers helpen met IT-vragen.
• Technische werkzaamheden in het datacenter of aan de werkbank (denk aan glasvezel leggen of bestaande computer hardware upgraden).
• Visuele inspectierondes uitvoeren op airco’s, generatoren, stoppenkasten etc.

Key facts

• Jouw vaste standplaats is Apeldoorn, maar zo nu en dan help je als het nodig is je collegas in Donten.
• Ervaring bij een datacenter is niet noodzakelijk. Technisch inzicht wel!
• Een elektrotechnische of IT-achtergrond zou handig zijn, maar is ook geen must.
• Je bent op zoek naar een full-time job.
• Er wordt gewerkt met roosters van standby shifts waarin jij samen met de anderen ook meedoet. Je bent dus tijdens deze shift in principe 24/7 operabel.
• Vanwege de storingsdiensten woon je niet verder dan een uur van ons datacenter vandaan.
• Om ook af en toe thuis te werken krijg je natuurlijk een laptop en telefoon van ons.
• Je fitness abo wordt natuurlijk door Serverius vergoed.

Datacenter facility engineer

Bij Serverius hebben we ambitieuze en vooral enthousiaste mensen. Jij bent dus een vrolijk persoon en je wilt je graag ontwikkelen in je functie en eventueel doorgroeien. Serverius stimuleert dit door cursus en opleiding aan te bieden. Samen bouwen we aan een groter en beter bedrijf en we produceren regelmatig nieuwe producten en diensten.

Ons bedrijf groeit en onze datacenters ook! Logisch gevolg: we zoeken daarom nieuwe medewerkers. In dit geval een Datacenter Engineer Infra die pendelt tussen onze 3 datacenters: Dronten, Meppel & Apeldoorn. Benieuwd naar wie wij zijn? Kijk eens op onze website.

Wat zoeken we?
In deze functie ga je samenwerken met onze Head of Technical Infrastructure, Alfred. Samen vormen jullie het Facility Management Team en draag je een hoge verantwoordelijkheid van de technische infrastructuur van onze datacenters. Je verantwoordelijkheden zijn onder andere:

• Optimalisatie van de uptime;
• Bedienen, testen en schakelen van de technische M&E infrastructuur;
• Aanspreekpunt naar onze externe leveranciers voor onderhoud en storingen;
• Aanwijzingsbrieven voor leveranciers die in lijn liggen met de veiligheidsvoorschriften;
• Actief op zoek gaan naar verbeteringen (zowel in processen als op technisch vlak);
• Meedenken hoe we ook op infrastructuur gebied een emissie loos datacenter kunnen worden.

Werkzaamheden

• Monitoren van het gebouwbeheersysteem;
• Beantwoorden van tickets via het ticketsysteem;
• Afwijkingen constateren in de trends en oplossen;
• Bijhouden van onderhoudsdocumentatie en planning;
• Statusrapporten bijhouden en bespreken met Alfred;

Keyfacts

• Je standplaats wordt Dronten, maar je pendelt tussen alle 3 onze datacenters. Dus Apeldoorn, Dronten & Meppel.
• Idealiter woon je op een half uur afstand van onze datacenters.
• Je bent 40 uur beschikbaar.
• Ervaring in E&W installaties is een vereiste.
• Je kunt zowel Nederlands en Engels in taal en geschrift.
• De standaard werktijden zijn van 09.00 tot 17.00 uur, maar je bent stand-by bij storingen.
• Je zult op deze afdeling niet veel hiërarchie vinden. Al zijn we allemaal verschillend, de mentaliteit is behoorlijk no non-sense hier.

Optioneel

• Je woont op een half uur afstand van in ieder geval 1 van onze datacenters.
• VCA VOL, VCA basis cursus NEN3140 VOP is een goede basis voor deze functie.
• Een opleiding in de richting van elektrotechniek.