Principal IT System Engineer

Principal IT System Engineer – Linux, Automation, AI and Data Platforms
Role and impact
As a Principal IT System Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and operating robust IT infrastructure, AI environments, and data platforms that support mission-critical operations. You will help shape and maintain Linux-based environments with a strong focus on automation, scalability, security, and reliability.
Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will drive improvements in deployment processes, observability, workload orchestration, and platform capabilities that support advanced analytics and AI. Your work will have a direct impact on the efficiency, stability, and future readiness of our data and AI platforms.
Key responsibilities

• Architect and maintain Linux-based infrastructure and automation pipelines
• Develop and deploy containerized services, AI environments, and data platform components
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to support proactive operations
• Orchestrate workload scheduling and integrate data pipelines across systems
• Support platform capabilities that enable advanced analytics, AI, and data-driven solutions
• Contribute to secure, scalable, and maintainable platform operations in on-premises and hybrid environments
• Mentor team members and help foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement
  

What you will bring
You have a strong educational background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related field or equivalent hands-on experience. You have worked as a System Engineer, System Developer, Data Engineer, or in a similar role, and you are comfortable operating in Linux-based on-premises or hybrid environments.
You bring solid technical experience in several of the following areas:

• Advanced Linux system administration, preferably Ubuntu Server
• Shell scripting, especially Ansible, Bash, and Python for automation and tooling
• Solid understanding of the Ceph storage platform, especially its distributed architecture, data placement, and failure recovery behavior
• Building command-line tools and backend services
• Docker, including Dockerfiles, container management, and basic container security
• Configuration management and deployment with Ansible
• Git and GitLab, including CI/CD pipeline definition and maintenance
• Monitoring and observability tools such as Zabbix, Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana
• Instrumentation of services for metrics, logging, and operational insight
• Relational and time-series databases such as PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB
• Workload orchestration with Slurm or similar technologies
• Data pipelines and system integrations
• Flow-based integration tools such as Node-RED, including version-controlled deployment of flows
  

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Experience supporting AI workloads, platform automation, or infrastructure for advanced analytics will be considered a strong advantage.
Personal qualities
Beyond your technical skills, you are self-driven, curious, and motivated by solving real problems. You take ownership, work independently, and bring a practical, improvement-oriented mindset to your tasks. You are not satisfied with simply keeping systems running, you actively look for ways to simplify, strengthen, and improve them over time.
Why join us
At Topsoe, you will join a global leader in advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition. You will have the opportunity to work on meaningful and technically challenging projects that support sustainability and innovation.
We offer a collaborative and inclusive work environment, strong professional development opportunities, and the chance to influence platforms that are important to both current and future business needs. At Topsoe, your expertise will help shape better solutions, while supporting your own continued growth.
Your new team
You will become part of a skilled and collaborative team of engineers dedicated to building reliable, scalable, and modern IT solutions. We value open dialogue, knowledge sharing, technical depth, and continuous improvement. Together, we solve complex challenges and support each other in delivering high-quality results.
How you can apply
If you would like to be part of a team of skilled and professional colleagues in an informal organization, please submit your application and relevant documents in English.
If you would like to know more about the position, please contact Mark Zebitz Larsen at [HIDDEN TEXT].
Application deadline: 10 Jul 2026
To headhunters: Thank you for your interest in our company. However, we have a dedicated internal team managing our recruitment process and kindly ask that you refrain from contacting us regarding potential candidates. Thank you for your understanding.
About Us
Topsoe is a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition.
Built on decades of scientific research and innovation, we are working with customers and partners to drive energy resiliency and to achieve their sustainability goals.
We offer world-leading solutions for transforming renewable resources into fuels and chemicals, and we provide technologies needed to produce low-carbon and conventional fuels and chemicals as well as ensuring clean air.
We were founded in 1940 and are headquartered in Denmark, with over 2,800 employees serving customers all around the globe. To learn more, visit www.topsoe.com.