• Application deadline: 08.02.2026
• Employment Start: March 2026
• Hours per week: 40 h/w
• Employment Type: Permanent

Role Description

Running and evolving our networks

You’ll ensure the stable and secure operation of our Layer 2/3 networks – and actively shape their evolution. Your main focus will be on modern data center networks based on Cisco ACI. You'll also be responsible for administering firewalls from top vendors like Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Cisco.

Troubleshooting and performance tuning

When things get complex, you dive into 3rd-level support, analyze network issues, and develop sustainable fixes. You’ll also handle performance analysis and contribute to the ongoing optimization of our network environment.

Shaping architecture and evaluating tech

You’ll help drive the development of TU Graz’s network architecture and assess new technologies with a critical eye toward security, scalability, and compliance.

Automation with purpose

Repetitive tasks? You automate them using tools like Ansible or Terraform. You write scripts (Python, Shell, etc.) to streamline, control, and integrate network processes efficiently.

Sharing knowledge and documenting clearly

You keep our technical documentation clean and understandable. You support knowledge transfer within the team and help new colleagues get up to speed, acting as a go-to person for network expertise.

Collaboration across the IT landscape

As a key contact for network operations, design, and security, you’ll work closely with other IT teams, align on technical matters, and contribute to interdisciplinary projects.

Admission requirements

• Completed IT apprenticeship or advanced technical education (HTL, technical Matura, technical Bachelor's/Master's degree), a comparable relevant qualification, or equivalent professional experience
• Language skills: German and English at least at B2 level

Desired qualifications

Professional Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of the operation and architecture of Layer 2/Layer 3 networks
• Many years of practical experience with enterprise-level network infrastructures, particularly with Cisco switching, routing, and Cisco ACI
• Extensive experience in the configuration and operation of firewalls (Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco)
• Experience in analyzing and resolving complex network issues at the 3rd-level support level
• Desirable: specialized knowledge in automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) and scripting languages (Python, Shell)
• IPv6 knowledge is an advantage
• Certifications such as CCNA or CCNP are a plus
• At least 6 years of professional experience in the field of responsibility

Personal Qualifications and Skills

• Ability to independently manage and further develop complex network systems
• Strong analytical skills as well as a solution-oriented and structured approach
• Willingness for continuous professional development and knowledge sharing within the team
• Good communication skills

We Offer

• Interesting area of responsibility
• Collegial and friendly working atmosphere
• Flexible working schedule (e.g. possibility for home office, paid lunch break - depending on working hours)
• International training and teaching opportunities
• Seal of quality for in-house advancement of women
• Award for being the most family-friendly company in Styria 2018
• Subsidy for public transport
• University’s sports program
• Shopping Discounts
• Workplace Health Management
• Top infrastructure and access to the latest technologies
• Exciting opportunities for professional and personal development
• Safe and stable working environment
• Company pension funds

We offer an annual gross salary of at least € 63,355.60 for a fulltime position. An overpayment based on qualification and experience is possible.

Graz University of Technology aims to increase the proportion of women, in particular in management and academic staff, and therefore qualified female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to women if applicants are equally qualified.

Graz University of Technology actively promotes diversity and equal opportunities. Applicants are not to be discriminated against in personnel selection procedures on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, religion or ideology, age, sexual orientation (Anti-discrimination).

People with disabilities and who have the relevant qualifications are expressly invited to apply.

About Us

Graz University of Technology is the longest-established university of technology in Austria. Here, successful teams of students, talented up-and-coming scientists, ambitious researchers and a lively start-up scene enjoy an inspirational environment as well as access to top-quality equipment. And all this in one of the most innovative and livable regions in Europe. TU Graz offers an inspiring working environment with outstanding infrastructure and service-oriented university management.

Contact

Graz University of Technology

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8010 Graz

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Graz University of Technology

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8010 Graz

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