Senior System Administrator & Support Engineer (m/f/d)

[RECONSTRUCTED FROM WORKSPACE RECORDS — 2026-08-25. No full posting text was ever captured; the posting summary below comes from the pre-JobSync tracker (archive-pre-jobsync/job-applications.md line 17), and the application timeline from the 2026-08-08 mailbox sweep (TASKS-archive.md line 127).]

Posting summary (from tracker, not full posting text)

Office network + on-site + cloud infrastructure operations (Azure/AWS/Terraform). Role framed with a growth path into SRE/DevOps/MLOps. IT security compliance work (ISO / TISAX). Munich, up to 50% remote.

Language: requirements explicitly stated "strong command of English language ... German is a plus" — English sufficient. Applicant count at time of sourcing: under 25.

THIS IS THE ONLY APPLICATION IN THE SEARCH THAT REACHED INTERVIEW AND PRODUCED REAL FEEDBACK.

Application timeline (from the 2026-08-08 mailbox sweep — headers only)

• Applied: on or before 08.06.2026. The appliedDate on this record (08.06) is a FLOOR, not a confirmed submission date — it is the date of the first message in the thread. The user applied directly, before any tracker existed.
• 08.06 — interview invitation
• 08.06 — video call
• 15.06 — DPA (data processing agreement) sent
• 15.06 — Calendly reminder for a call on 16.06
• 22.06 — "Feedback on your application" from Marina Binner = the rejection

Rejection feedback (verbatim, the most valuable artefact in this job search)

Recruiter Marina Binner: "your gained experiences and your expectations concerning your next step don't fit good enough with our expectations concerning the open position."

Skills and interview manner were praised explicitly. The rejection was about trajectory / expectations fit, not competence.

Derived lesson (already in TASKS.md "Rejection lessons log")

Pattern applies to any posting shaped as "support-tier role + growth path into SRE/DevOps/MLOps" — eigenblue, Celonis and SISL Global all share this shape. The interviewer senses the candidate is aiming for more senior infra-ownership scope than the role's near-term day-to-day.
Action for this category: either genuinely calibrate the pitch to welcome the support-tier work itself (not as a stepping stone), or deprioritize versus roles where the day-to-day already matches actual seniority.

DISCREPANCY FOUND 2026-08-25 — needs one line of user confirmation

The pre-JobSync tracker recorded this as a screening rejection: "applied ~2 weeks before arriving Munich, company emailed that they proceeded with other candidates." The mailbox sweep shows a full interview process instead (invitation, video call, DPA, a scheduled 16.06 call, then feedback).

Per the standing workspace rule — the ledger records decisions, the mailbox records events, and where they disagree the mailbox wins — the user interviewed at eigenblue. This record reflects the mailbox version. It means the search has produced one real interview, not zero.