Senior System Administrator

We are looking for a Senior System Administrator to join our growing IT team. If you are passionate about making a difference and promoting environmental sustainability at a mission-driven organization, we would love to hear from you. This role offers the possibility of a 60-100% workload.

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of rationalizing our tooling stack by bringing structure to our account and vendor management, decommissioning old tools, and migrating assets that need to be retained
• Connecting our tooling stack with centralized cloud-based identity management to simplify account management
• Ownership of our disaster recovery policies
• Ownership of our information security risk management and deployment of mitigating actions
• Monitoring and maintenance of our cloud-based tooling & IT infrastructure
• Monitoring and maintenance of our hybrid network
• On- and offboarding of contributors with accounts & devices
• Management of our device portfolio to ensure all our team members can work safely and effectively
• Contributing first-line support for internal IT issues
• Contributing to the operation of our GRC-platform-based ISMS
• Drafting and implementation of policies to support our ISO27001 certification through our GRC platform
• Proactive communication with the management team regarding policy deviations
• Contributing to our InfoSec awareness by educating team members

Requirements:

• 3 to 5 years of experience as a System Administrator or in a similar role
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Proficiency in cloud tooling management
• Experience with identity management, SSO protocols, and related technology (familiarity with Azure AD is highly desirable)
• Proficiency with Windows and Linux server administration, including scripting
• Experience with network (LAN, WAN) and patch management
• Familiarity with cloud hosting platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, Digital Ocean, etc.
• Knowledge of system security (e.g., intrusion detection systems) and data backup/recovery systems
• Knowledge of cyber security and data privacy principles

Why ecoinvent?

As a fast-growing team based in Zürich with over twenty nationalities, we embrace diversity and promote a collaborative and adventurous mindset. We are committed to building an inspiring work culture that nurtures creative thinking, transparency, and reliability.

Our benefits include flexible and hybrid work, employee professional growth plans, and our most vital asset: our community. We value transparency, flexibility, and a diverse working environment that encourages learning and continuous improvement. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. Join us and make an impact.

Our Mission

ecoinvent is an internationally active, mission-driven organization devoted to supporting high-quality, science-based environmental assessments. Its activities include publishing and maintaining the ecoinvent database—a comprehensive life cycle inventory database that provides reliable and transparent information on the environmental impacts of various products and services. It is used by companies, researchers, and policymakers to analyze the environmental impacts of their operations and make informed decisions.

Interested in this unique opportunity?

Please submit your complete application, including your CV and possible start date.