IT systems administrator (m/f/d)

Employer: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Work location: Bonn, Germany
Employment: Full-time with part-time options
Pay information supplied by the source: TV-L E 11
Application deadline: 2026-11-08

The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn is an international research university offering a broad range of subjects. With 200 years of history, around 31,500 students, more than 6,000 employees and an excellent reputation in Germany and abroad, the University of Bonn is one of Germany's leading universities and has been awarded University of Excellence status.

The Institute of Geosciences, Departments of Geology and Geochemistry/Petrology, is seeking an

IT systems administrator

to start as soon as possible on a permanent full-time/part-time basis (80-100 %).

The role involves administering and implementing the IT infrastructure of the Departments of Geology and Geochemistry/Mineralogy at the Institute of Geosciences. This includes hardware, software, websites and supporting degree-programme management with the digital implementation of course-related content.

Your duties

- Further developing concepts for, and coordinating, information and communication technology projects within the Departments of Geology and Geochemistry/Mineralogy.
- Administering the departments' server infrastructure.
- Provisioning and maintaining desktop computers and providing user support.
- Providing technical support for degree-programme management.
- Training and supporting staff, for example in software applications and IT security.

Your profile

- A relevant university degree in computer science at bachelor's level, alternatively a degree in another technical subject, or completed vocational training as an IT specialist with corresponding knowledge and experience, or demonstrably equivalent qualifications and professional experience.
- Knowledge of various relevant IT applications and services.
- A strong awareness of IT security issues.
- Knowledge of, and willingness to provide, IT support and IT advice.
- Enjoyment of actively contributing to and supporting research and degree-programme management.
- A careful, structured, independent, communicative and team-oriented approach to work.
- Very good German and good to very good English language skills.
- A strong service orientation.

We offer

- Varied and challenging work with one of the region's largest employers.
- Training and professional development opportunities.
- Flexible working hours; mobile working/teleworking is possible.
- Support in taking on new responsibilities and developing in a working environment that encourages personal responsibility.
- A motivated and collegial working environment.
- An occupational pension scheme (VBL).
- Numerous university sports activities.
- A centrally located workplace in Bonn with various mobility options and parking facilities.
- Pay according to pay group 11 TV-L.

The University of Bonn promotes an open, appreciative and discrimination-free university culture and actively supports equal opportunities and family-friendly working conditions. It aims to reduce structural disadvantages and strengthen diversity in research, teaching and administration. Applications are therefore welcome regardless of ethnic or social background, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, disability or age.

Applications from women and from people with severe disabilities, and people with equivalent status, will receive preferential consideration within the framework of the Landesgleichstellungsgesetz (LGG) NRW and Book IX of the German Social Code (SGB IX).

If you are interested in this position, reference 2026/326, please submit your complete and informative application documents by 08.11.2026 using the online application form.

For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Ambre Luguet (telephone 0228 / 73 6816) or Prof. Dr. Christian März (telephone 0228 / 73 4711).