Data Center Engineer Storage and Backup (m/f)

We are currently looking for a

Data Center Engineer Storage and Backup (m/f) 

to support our team in either Hamburg, Berlin or Amsterdam.

Your main responsibilites as DC Engineer Storage and Backup (m/f)

You will operate and maintain the storage systems for the Vattenfall group. This includes the responsibility for the:

  • Keeping operational documentation up-to-date
  • Daily operations with storage related tasks.
  • Support of projects on a technological level

Moreover you stay in contact to internal customers for business operations as well as to Vattenfall’s storage vendors. 

Your background as DC Engineer Storage and Backup (m/f)

As an engineer for storage in the department DataCenter you have a deep knowledge of all kind of storage technologies and an overview to the surrounding infrastructure. A business understanding is necessary to judge if storage and backup infrastructure should be adapted or optimized. You are able to work on maturity and to manage changes in the infrastructure. A good communication style is needed to ensure proper stakeholder management. 


  • IT Professional / Engineer with good knowledge in storage and Backup Infrastructure, understanding of SAN / NAS, NFS, CIFS, NetApp and Brocade is a must, and understanding of EMC technologies is a plus.
  • Relevant years of experience in IT / storage and backup Infrastructure
  • Senior knowledge in DataCenter technology
  • In-depth knowledge in ITIL processes
  • Basic knowledge in TCP/IP networking
  • Fluent in English and Dutch, German or Swedish 
  • Understanding of common operating system as UNIX, Linux and Windows
  • Knowledge of virtual environment such as vmware is a plus

Our offer to you

A challenging job within an international team spread over Hamburg, Stockholm, Berlin and Amsterdam. You will be based at Hamburg, Berlin or Amsterdam. This job requires some international travel. It is an unlimited, fulltime contract. Vattenfall offers appealing contract conditions.

We appreciate applications of disabled persons. At Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity helps building a more profitable, efficient and attractive company. Therefore we seek a harmonious balance of employees in terms of gender, age, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

For additional specific technical information about this vacancy announcement

please contact Mrs Michaela Fenger  Phone: +49 1525462 7711 or via Michaela.Fenger@vattenfall.com. 

For further information regarding the recruitment process please contact Kaveh Moaed Zadeh on +49 40 79022 7610.

Are your qualifications in line with our requirements? If so, we look forward to receiving your application through our website.


Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest generators of electricity and the largest producer of heat. The Vattenfall Group has slightly more than 32,000 employees. Vattenfall’s core markets are Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. The Group also conducts business in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Poland and the UK. The Parent Company, Vattenfall AB, is 100%-owned by the Swedish state. 

As part of the Vattenfall Group, Vattenfall IT is the internal IT full service provider with the ambition to become industry benchmark in delivering efficient and value creating IT solutions and services. The array of services ranges from process and application consulting, software solution development & implementation to application operation, as well as providing all IT end-users in the Group with services. More than 1,300 IT employees located on all Vattenfall markets contribute daily to international business success of Vattenfall.