IT System Administrator

IT System Administrator

We are strengthening our team in IT at our location in Izmir.

About the role:
The position manages complex infrastructure issues, coordinates significant changes, and implements advanced local and global IT solutions. It contributes to high availability, disaster recovery, security, and service continuity planning. It provides technical guidance to less experienced employees and coordinates activities with business stakeholders, global teams, and suppliers.

What you can look Forward to as IT System Administrator:

• Provide advanced technical support and resolve complex incidents affecting the availability, performance, or security of local IT services
• Coordinate incident resolution, root-cause analysis, problem management, and significant infrastructure changes within the assigned domain
• Take operational ownership of selected infrastructure systems and services, ensuring their stable, reliable, and secure operation
• Identify recurring technical issues and define permanent corrective and preventive actions
• Design and implement improvements related to backup, redundancy, capacity, disaster recovery, and service continuity
• Coordinate security activities, including vulnerability remediation, patch prioritisation, access controls, and security incident response
• Evaluate, test, and implement advanced infrastructure solutions and major technical improvements
• Provide technical guidance to less experienced team members and coordinate work with business stakeholders, global teams, and external suppliers and maintain comprehensive operational documentation, recovery procedures, test records, compliance evidence, and corrective-action records

Your profile as IT System Administrator:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Advanced knowledge of IT infrastructure, systems, networks, security, availability, and service continuity
• Proven experience in resolving complex incidents, conducting root-cause analysis, and preventing recurring problems
• Ability to take operational ownership of assigned systems, services, or infrastructure domains
• Experience in coordinating significant changes, problem-resolution activities, and advanced technical improvements and strong knowledge of backup, redundancy, capacity planning, disaster recovery, vulnerability remediation, and risk management
• Advanced analytical, troubleshooting, decision-making, and technical coordination skills
• Experience in conducting security audits e.g. TISAX, ISMS and fundamental knowledge about AI solutions/platforms
• Fluent in English and Turkish

Why you should choose ZF in Izmir:

• Health insurance
• Accident insurance
• Allowances and gift Card

The compatibility of work and family life is firmly anchored at ZF. For more information, please visit www.zf.com/berufundprivatleben.