The system engineer will provide advanced operational support for Linux-based IT infrastructure, ensuring stability and performance. Incidents and service requests are resolved in a timely fashion. The system engineer diagnoses and resolves OS-level issues, performs routine maintenance, and implements system changes following established processes and standards. The engineer contributes to problem management by identifying root causes and proposing long-term corrective actions. They collaborate with other teams to maintain secure, compliant, and well monitored environments. In addition to daily support tasks, the engineer participates in R&D initiatives, evaluating new technologies, and contributing to solution prototypes. They continuously improve automation through scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated workflows to reduce manual effort and increase reliability.

Ideal Profile

Must-have

• Languages: Dutch or French: Full professional / native proficiency + English: Professional working proficiency

• Minimum 4 years of experience in IT operations, managing containerized, virtualized, and/or physical Linux-based infrastructure in large-scale environments (enterprise, governmental, or supranational).

• Linux Platform Engineering

• End-to-end lifecycle management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or equivalent) environments

• Experience with enterprise tooling, including:

• Red Hat Satellite 6.x (provisioning, patching, lifecycle management)

• System performance tuning, troubleshooting, and OS-level diagnostics

• Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Strong experience with Ansible Automation Platform (playbooks, roles, automation workflows)

• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code principles and pipeline integration

• Experience integrating automation with monitoring and operational workflows

• CI/CD & Version Control

• Practical experience with Git-based workflows (GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar)

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and configuration deployment

• Container Technologies

• Experience with Red Hat container ecosystem, including:

• Podman / OCI containers

• Understanding of container monitoring and lifecycle operations

• IT Service Management (ITSM)

• Experience working within structured ITIL-aligned processes:

• Incident, problem, and change management

• Service request handling

• Strong focus on monitoring-driven operations, diagnostics, and forensics

Nice to have

• Databases

• Exposure to databases technologies (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL)

• Experience with installation, configuration and troubleshooting of DBs

• Infrastructure & Platform Ecosystem

• Exposure to hardware lifecycle management (server, firmware updates, lifecycle planning)

• Experience with VMware-based virtual environments

• Familiarity with NetApp storage systems

• Security & Detection

• Experience with endpoint detection and protection tools:

• Trend Micro Deep Security, ClamAV, or equivalent

• Understanding of integrating security signals into monitoring/alerting pipelines

• Network & Platform Integration

• Basic operational knowledge of network/security platforms:

• Palo Alto, Check Point, F5, InfoBlox

• Ability to correlate infrastructure and network events for incident analysis

• Scripting & Automation

• Solid scripting skills in Bash and/or Python

• Ability to develop automation for monitoring, remediation, and reporting

• Vendor & Lifecycle Management

• Experience with vendor coordination, support processes, and licensing management