About AIXTRON
Challenge the impossible – are you ready? Join AIXTRON and shape the future!
At AIXTRON, a leading supplier of deposition systems to the semiconductor industry, it’s not just about creating technology – it's about shaping the future. Ever since the company was established in 1983, we have been driven and defined by our spirit of discovery and our passion for excellence. Our state-of-the-art systems are at the heart of many high-tech applications, from LED and display technology to energy management, communication, and much more besides. All of this is made possible by a team brimming with talent – our greatest asset. Drawing on your skills and your enthusiasm for technology, you too could soon be contributing to our efforts, as we endeavor to push the boundaries of what is possible. At AIXTRON, you can look forward to exciting projects, interdisciplinary teams, and the opportunity to be at the forefront of technological advancement.
About the Role
We are looking for a motivated and hands-on Junior IT Infrastructure Engineer – Delivery and Projects to join our IT Infrastructure team at AIXTRON.
This role combines technical infrastructure activities, project delivery, operational improvements, and cross-functional collaboration. You will support the operation and continuous improvement of IT Infrastructure services, contribute to hands-on technical activities, and take ownership of selected infrastructure projects and initiatives.
You will also support the maintenance of the IT Infrastructure backlog and roadmap by helping assess priorities, track dependencies and risks, coordinate activities across teams, and ensure that agreed work progresses to completion.
The role is ideal for a junior professional who enjoys solving technical problems, improving IT services, and working with colleagues across the organization.
Your challenge
- Support the operation, maintenance, and improvement of IT Infrastructure services.
- Perform hands-on technical activities in areas such as:
- Servers and operating systems.
- Cloud infrastructure.
- Onprem Virtualization.
- Storage, backup, and recovery.
- Monitoring, logging, and alerting.
- Identity and access management.
- Workplace and endpoint infrastructure.
- Infrastructure security and vulnerability remediation.
- Infrastructure automation and configuration management.
- Support infrastructure upgrades, migrations, patching, and lifecycle activities.
- Assist with troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, incident management, problem management, and change implementation.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, operating procedures, diagrams, and knowledge articles.
- Take ownership of selected infrastructure projects, work packages, and improvement initiatives.
- Prepare implementation plans, action lists, risk logs, test plans, rollback plans, and handover documentation.
- Track progress, follow up on actions, identify blockers, and escalate risks or delays.
- Coordinate dependencies across IT Infrastructure domains and other IT teams.
- Support the maintenance and prioritization of the Infrastructure backlog and roadmap.
- Help assess activities based on technical effort, urgency, business value, risk, user impact, cost, and capacity.
- Support stakeholder communication and ensure that user and business requirements are considered.
- Contribute to cost tracking and develop an understanding of CAPEX, OPEX, budgets, forecasts, licensing, and supplier costs.
- Identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and continuous improvement.
The skills needed
- 2 – 4 years of professional experience in IT Infrastructure, IT Operations, Systems Administration, Cloud Operations, Workplace Infrastructure, or a related technical area.
- Practical experience supporting, maintaining, troubleshooting, or improving IT Infrastructure services.
- Experience supporting infrastructure changes, upgrades, migrations, or technical improvement initiatives.
- Initial experience working in an agile, Scrum, Kanban, ITIL, or similar environment.
- Experience creating technical documentation, implementation plans, or operating procedures.
- Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Proactive and hands-on approach, with the ability to follow activities through to completion.
- Fluent English at C1 or C2 level.
What you can expect from us
- Hybrid working model based in Sofia.
- Opportunity to work with modern Datacenter technologies in a global high-tech company.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Collaborative international work environment.
- Exposure to enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure and projects.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- Long-term career growth opportunities within cloud and infrastructure services.