System Architect (f/m/d) for AI-, HPC, PKI- and K8S-Clusters

Job Announcement

The University of Potsdam was founded in 1991 and has firmly established itself within the scientific landscape and developed into an outstanding economic factor and growth engine for the region. The university excels in acquiring third-party funds, has received multiple teaching awards, has a very service-oriented administration, and has been honored several times for its family-friendly culture. About 20,000 students and 3,000 employees study and work at three campuses – Am Neuen Palais, Griebnitzsee and Golm – at one of Germanys most scenic institutions of higher education.

The Center for Information Technology and Media Management (ZIM) at the University

of Potsdam invites applications for the following position to be filled as soon as possible:

System Architect (f/m/d)

• for AI-, HPC, PKI- and K8S-Clusters
• ID no. 106/2026
• Permanent position | Full-time (40 hours/week, 100 %) | EG 13 TV-L

Ihr Arbeitsbereich

The Center for IT and Media Management (ZIM) is the central partner for information and communication technologies as well as multimedia productions at the University of Potsdam. ZIM provides demand-oriented infrastructures, solutions, and consulting services to meet the requirements of teaching, studying, research, and university administration. Our goal is to support excellent teaching and research with outstanding services. The position will be assigned to the Infrastructure Server and Storage division (ZIM-ISS)

The Scope of Your Responsibilities

• - Design, implementation, operation and iterative further development of the universitys AI cluster for research, with a focus on inference (including on‑premise deployment of small‑language models (SLMs) and large‑language models (LLMs));
• - Design, implementation, operation and iterative further development of system architectures for the safe and efficient use of AI agents, with a particular emphasis on open‑source / fair‑code technologies (e.g., CrewAI, LangChain/LangGraph, n8n);
• - Ongoing enhancement and operation of the Kubernetes and Keycloak infrastructure, the JupyterHub environment, as well as the ACME and end‑user certificate infrastructure.

Your Qualifications

• - Academic university degree (Masters, Diplom) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a comparable IT-related field
• - Professional experience in the described area of responsibility
• - Excellent knowledge of Linux operating‑system administration and usage
• - Excellent experience with managing a Keycloak identity‑and‑access‑management infrastructure
• - Strong skills in automating hardware and software configuration using Ansible

- Good experience operating Kubernetes infrastructures

• - Advanced programming proficiency in a scripting language, preferably Python and/or Bash
• - Relevant knowledge and hands‑on experience with parallel file systems such as BeeGFS or Lustre
• - Good command of German and English, minimum CEFR level B2

Your benefits at the University of Potsdam

• - Secure employment: a secure job in the public sector, compensation based on collective bargaining agreements, and additional benefits such as an annual bonus and a company pension plan
• - Work-life balance: 30 days of vacation, flexible working hours, remote work, and a familyfriendly environment
• - Personal and professional growth: a wide range of continuing education and professional development programs, as well as opportunities for advancement
• - Easy commuting: subsidy for a company public transit pass, good transportation connections to the university campuses
• - Healthy and active: a wide range of university sports programs and workplace health management initiatives
• - Working at the University of Potsdam: be part of a diverse community, work in an inspiring environment, and have the opportunity to actively help shape the university
• You can find more information about working at the University of Potsdam at https://www.unipotsdam.de/en/arbeiten-an-der-up/employer-up/overview

Your Application

Submit your application with a cover letter, CV in tabular form, and relevant documentation of your qualifications via the online career portal of the University of Potsdam (ID no. 106/2026). Please combine all of your application documents into a single PDF file. The application deadline is

November 4, 2026.

Apply online now

https://spp.uni-potsdam.de/karriere

• For further information about the advertised vacancy, please feel free to contact us by email
• at: zim-bewerbung@uni-potsdam.de
• If you have any questions about the application process or if you encounter technical problems,
• please send an e-mail to bewerbung@uni-potsdam.de
• If you completed higher education qualifications outside the EU, please submit a German translation
• and the assessment of the Central Office for Foreign Education (Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen
• – ZAB) . Alternatively, please send us a PDF file from the database for the recognition and
• assessment of foreign higher education certificates (ANABIN).
• The University of Potsdam values the diversity of its community and pursues the goals of equal opportunity
• regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, and sexual
• orientation and identity. Applications from abroad and from persons with a migration background are
• expressly encouraged. The university strives for a balanced gender ratio in all employment groups; in
• areas where women are underrepresented, women are given preference in case of equal suitability
• (Section 7 paragraph 4 of the Brandenburg Higher Education Act). People with disabilities are given
• preferential consideration in case of equal suitability. In aptitude tests and selection interviews, individual
• compensation measures for disadvantages are granted, taking the specific disability into consideration.
• If a person with a disability would like to make use of individual compensation measures, please state
• this in the application letter.
• Potsdam, 14.10.2026