Principal IT System Engineer

Principal IT System Engineer Linux Automation AI and Data Platforms
Role and impact
As a Principal IT System Engineer you will play a key role in designing building and operating robust IT infrastructure AI environments and data platforms that support mission-critical operations. You will help shape and maintain Linux-based environments with a strong focus on automation scalability security and reliability.
Working closely with cross-functional teams you will drive improvements in deployment processes observability workload orchestration and platform capabilities that support advanced analytics and AI. Your work will have a direct impact on the efficiency stability and future readiness of our data and AI platforms.
Key responsibilities
Architect and maintain Linux-based infrastructure and automation pipelines
Develop and deploy containerized services AI environments and data platform components
Implement monitoring logging and observability solutions to support proactive operations
Orchestrate workload scheduling and integrate data pipelines across systems
Support platform capabilities that enable advanced analytics AI and data-driven solutions
Contribute to secure scalable and maintainable platform operations in on-premises and hybrid environments
Mentor team members and help foster a culture of technical excellence collaboration and continuous improvement
What you will bring
You have a strong educational background in Computer Science Software Engineering Data Engineering or a related field or equivalent hands-on experience. You have worked as a System Engineer System Developer Data Engineer or in a similar role and you are comfortable operating in Linux-based on-premises or hybrid environments.
You bring solid technical experience in several of the following areas:
Advanced Linux system administration preferably Ubuntu Server
Shell scripting especially Ansible Bash and Python for automation and tooling
Solid understanding of the Ceph storage platform especially its distributed architecture data placement and failure recovery behavior
Building command-line tools and backend services
Docker including Dockerfiles container management and basic container security
Configuration management and deployment with Ansible
Git and GitLab including CI/CD pipeline definition and maintenance
Monitoring and observability tools such as Zabbix Prometheus Loki and Grafana
Instrumentation of services for metrics logging and operational insight
Relational and time-series databases such as PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB
Workload orchestration with Slurm or similar technologies
Data pipelines and system integrations
Flow-based integration tools such as Node-RED including version-controlled deployment of flows
Experience supporting AI workloads platform automation or infrastructure for advanced analytics will be considered a strong advantage.
Personal qualities
Beyond your technical skills you are self-driven curious and motivated by solving real problems. You take ownership work independently and bring a practical improvement-oriented mindset to your tasks. You are not satisfied with simply keeping systems running you actively look for ways to simplify strengthen and improve them over time.
Why join us
At Topsoe you will join a global leader in advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition. You will have the opportunity to work on meaningful and technically challenging projects that support sustainability and innovation.
We offer a collaborative and inclusive work environment strong professional development opportunities and the chance to influence platforms that are important to both current and future business needs. At Topsoe your expertise will help shape better solutions while supporting your own continued growth.
Your new team
You will become part of a skilled and collaborative team of engineers dedicated to building reliable scalable and modern IT solutions. We value open dialogue knowledge sharing technical depth and continuous improvement. Together we solve complex challenges and support each other in delivering high-quality results.

How you can apply
If you would like to be part of a team of skilled and professional colleagues in an informal organization please submit your application and relevant documents in English.
If you would like to know more about the position please contact Mark Zebitz Larsen at
Application deadline: 25 May 2026
To headhunters: Thank you for your interest in our company. However we have a dedicated internal team managing our recruitment process and kindly ask that you refrain from contacting us regarding potential candidates. Thank you for your understanding.
About us
Topsoe is a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition.
Built on decades of scientific research and innovation we are working with customers and partners to drive energy resiliency and to achieve their sustainability goals.
We offer world-leading solutions for transforming renewable resources into fuels and chemicals and we provide technologies needed to produce low-carbon and conventional fuels and chemicals as well as ensuring clean air.
We were founded in 1940 and are headquartered in Denmark with over 2800 employees serving customers all around the globe. To learn more visit .