Linux specialist for critical infrastructure

Can you contribute to the development and operation of the Police's Linux and Kubernetes infrastructure? And do you want to work with ensuring stable and secure operation of society-critical systems? Then you are the one we are looking for.

The Police Authority is seeking an experienced Linux/Kubernetes specialist who will contribute to the building and operation of solutions in a complex infrastructure. We focus on secure operation, automation and good collaboration. We are enthusiastic about open source, Talos, K8S, Ansible, Git, Vim and tasty scripts. Our main task is to build a robust and secure platform on-prem in close collaboration with our customers.

Your new everyday life

You will sit among like-minded colleagues. Our team of open source enthusiasts sits deeply in the infrastructure and solves day-to-day problems using Linux, Kubernetes and open source. Our work includes everything from small internal open source solutions to large and complex EU systems.

Our daily life is characterized by an informal environment, but structured around common Kanban boards that ensure progress and overview. We work closely together with a focus on optimizing and improving our technical solutions.

Who are you?

You preferably have an IT-technical education, e.g. as a data technician or equivalent, but your educational background is not decisive. The most important for us is that you have several years of professional experience with Linux, CLI, containers and Kubernetes environments, and that you want to work with shaping the IT of the future for the police.

You have good collaboration skills and are structured and systematic in your approach to work. Furthermore, you need to have experience with or solid knowledge of one or more of the following:

• linux-servers & networks
• automation with Ansible and Terraform
• containers & Kubernetes & gitops
• cloud-native technologies
• infrastructure-as-code.

Regardless of your level of experience, it is important that you have a strong passion for technology and the ability to learn and develop from your experiences.

In addition, it is a requirement that you speak, write and understand Danish and English.

Your new workplace

The Linux & Kubernetes team is part of the Server Services section, which consists of 20 skilled employees with diverse professional backgrounds. The section is characterized by a high professional level and a good collegial spirit with room for good humor. Our working environment is characterized by high activity and professional sparring.

In addition to your nearest colleagues in the team and section, you will also have collaboration and interfaces with the Center for Infrastructure, which consists of three sections, as well as the rest of IT Operations. We all strive to do our best to contribute to the police solving important societal tasks.

We offer a flexible workplace with the possibility of flexitime and home working, if your tasks allow it, to accommodate your individual needs and create coherence in everyday life between family and work.

Salary and terms of employment

If you have an academic background, you will be hired under collective bargaining terms in accordance with the agreements between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professionals. You will be placed as a higher executive, specialist or chief consultant based on qualifications.

If you have another educational background, you will be hired under collective bargaining terms in accordance with the ongoing organizational agreement for clerical workers in the state between the Ministry of Finance and HK/STAT as well as OAO-S joint agreement.

Organisationally you are attached to the Police's IT Group. Your workplace is Frederikskaj 8, 2450 Copenhagen SV.

It is a condition of employment that you can be security cleared for HEM, and that you can maintain the security clearance throughout your employment.

The Police have smoke-free working hours.

Contact and application

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact section leader Anne Vilstrup at 21 63 10 82.

You can read more about our recruitment process and the police as an employer here.

When you apply for a position in the police, you also create a profile in our recruitment system. In addition to your application and CV, please upload your certificate.

We as an employer want to reflect the diversity of society, and we therefore encourage all interested to apply regardless of background.

Application deadline: 20 October 2026

We expect to conduct interviews in weeks 45 & 46.

In the police we all work together for safety and security

We are about 18,000 employees in the police, where about two-thirds are police officers and cadets and the rest are civilian staff. We are all deeply committed to ensuring that the national community is a safe and secure place to live – whether we work with operational readiness, prevention or investigation, or contribute with one of the many other important functions in the police.

The Police Authority is the police's top authority and has overall responsibility for the 14 police districts and the National Unit for Serious Crime (NSK). We ensure that the police have the right framework for police work and development. We stand behind good leadership and education. Behind service weapons that match the task. Behind proper help if the wound has affected the minds of our colleagues. We stand behind technology that follows development. Behind the distribution of resources. Behind the police of the future. It is us – the Police – who are always behind those who stand at the front.

Get to know us better at www.jobipolitiet.dk

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Application deadline

20.10.2026

Application deadline

20.10.2026

Employer

The Police

Job location (long)

Copenhagen SV

Part-time / full-time

Full-time