IT Infrastructure Administrator

AnalytiChem is global company that supports analytical testing laboratories in the industrial, environmental and materials markets to collect actionable data to optimize their business. We Enable the Science that our customers do to improve operational efficiency, safeguard the environment and support the global infrastructure by providing high quality laboratory reference materials, laboratory consumables, sample preparation equipment, chemicals and reagents and culture media.

Founded in 2021, with a mission to enable our customer’s science by providing a solution oriented and integrated product range to allow customers to collect their best data. We are growing quickly both organically and through acquisition with 7 companies across the globe and counting. We are a dynamic mission-oriented company with many career advancement opportunities as we grow and become one AnalytiChem.

We are expanding!

AnalytiChem Services, Lda, in Porto has just been created! AnalytiChem Group is expanding its activities into Portugal and creating a competence center to support the group companies all over the world. AnalytiChem Group represents a global brand collection of specialized manufactured reference materials, culture media, consumables, and sample preparation equipment with a focus on providing the right solutions to ensure our customers obtain the best results with the highest competitive quality.

If you are interested in joining us on this journey, you should apply now.

IT Infrastructure Administrator (m/f/d)

Location: Porto, Portugal

Working hours: Afternoon & Evening

What’s about:

Join AnalytiChem’s team as a dedicated and experienced IT Infrastructure Administrator to transform company operations worldwide. This role involves managing and maintaining IT infrastructure, implementing network security protocols, setting up and managing virtualization environments, and troubleshooting technical issues. The ideal candidate should have a strong technical background and leverage data experience to collaborate with local IT teams worldwide to optimize system performance. This is an exciting opportunity to drive the company to the next level by ensuring our IT systems align with business objectives.

You will work mainly together with an international team located in US and Canada as well as the IT headquarter in Germany. Each site has local IT assistants executing installations and supporting the local teams so the main focus for your work will be remote activities through VPN tunnels.

Key Responsibilities:

Management and maintenance of IT infrastructure
Implementation and monitoring of network security protocols
Updating and installing hardware and software
Setting up and managing virtualization environments, especially VMware and Hyper-V solutions
Knowledge in firewall systems and their networking, preferably with systems from Sophos
Knowledge in backup infrastructure and their setup and monitoring, preferably with solutions from the manufacturer VEEAM
Troubleshooting technical issues and providing IT support
Collaboration with local IT teams worldwide to optimize system performance

About You:

Completed degree in computer science or an equivalent qualification.
At least 3 years of experience in similar position
In-depth knowledge of network architecture and data communication
Experience with cloud services, virtualization technologies, and operating systems
Strong problem-solving skills and detail orientation