Senior System Engineer

Who we are

At OPENLANE, we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful. We're a technology company, building the world's most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles. We're a data company, helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use. And we're an innovative company accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit. OPENLANE offers its customers the best digital marketplace for used cars in Europe. Our B2B clients enjoy operational excellence when working with us.

Our Values

• Driven Waybuilders: We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create and innovate.
• Relentless Curiosity: We seek to understand and improve our customers' experience.
• Smart Risk-Taking: We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition.
• Fearless Ownership: We deliver what we promise and learn along the way

What are we looking for?

As a Senior System Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain a secure, scalable, and high-performing hybrid IT Infrastructure. You will play a key role in managed hosted environments, cloud platforms (e.g., Azure/AWS), and on-premises systems, ensuring reliability, automation and seamless integration across services.

You will take ownership of critical systems, driving improvements in monitoring, governance, and operational efficiency. Working closely with the Infrastructure Manager, you will help shape best practices, and contribute to strategic projects that enhance infrastructure resilience and performance.

Your expertise will ensure systems meet business needs while maintaining security, uptime, and scalability. You will proactively identify and resolve inefficiencies, automate repetitive tasks, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align IT operations with the company goals.

What will you do?

You will be responsible for:

• Infrastructure Management – Deploy, optimise and maintain hybrid cloud/on-prem systems (servers, storage, networking, virtualisation).
• Cloud & Automation – Manage and automate cloud environments (Azure/AWS), IaC (Terraform, Ansible), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Security & Compliance – Implement security best practices, patch management, and compliance controls.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting – Proactively monitor systems, resolve incidents, and conduct root cause analysis
• Mentorship  - share knowledge to elevate team capabilities.

Which expertise do you bring with you?

 Core Infrastructure

• Windows Server Administration
• Linux Administration (Debian/Ubuntu)
• Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP
• Hybrid Environments (On-prem + Cloud integration)

Web & Application Services

• IIS (Installation, configuration, optimisation, troubleshooting)
• Reverse Proxies
• Load Balancing

Database & Caching

• Microsoft SQL Server (Deployment, Maintenance, Performance tuning)
• Redis (Caching, Clustering, Sentinel)
• Elasticsearch (Setup, Index Management, Monitoring)

Messaging

• RabbitMQ (Configuration, Queues, Clustering, Monitoring)

Containerisation & Orchestration

• Docker (Containers, Image Management)

Cloud & Automation

• Experience with Azure (VMs, Networking, Storage)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform, Ansible)
• Scripting (PowerShell, Bash)

Monitoring & Automation

• Logging & APM Tools (ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Monitoring Solutions (Zabbix)
• Performance Tuning
• Root Cause Analysis

Desirable Skills

• Azure DevOps
• CI/CD Pipeline principles
• Security Hardening & Compliance
• Kubernetes

What's in it for you?
OPENLANE Europe can give your career a boost and offers you a challenging position in a rapidly changing environment. In return for your dedication and added value you receive a competitive salary and extra-legal advantages such as:

• Yearly bonus plan.

• Competitive salary.
• Opportunity to work in a highly dynamic, international, and innovative environment.
• Hybrid working and flexible hours.
• Comprehensive benefits package depending on the country of employment.

Are we the perfect match?

Can you fulfill this vital function within our digital marketplace?

• Are you dedicated and able to communicate within a down-to-earth company where we highly believe in a can-do mentality?

Ready to take the next step in your career? Go for it and unlock your full potential!
Send us your CV and motivation letter and become part of the OPENLANE team and contribute to a high performing culture. 

OPENLANE is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.