Senior Linux Engineer

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Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgique Synctiv Temps plein

Job Title : Senior Linux Engineer

Location : Brussels - next to public transport

Contract : Freelance / long-term mission (+2 years)

 

About the Role

We are looking for a System Engineer to join a Sysadmins team responsible for ensuring that tailor-made infrastructure solutions for clients in the railway and mobility sector operate smoothly. You’ll work across a variety of technologies — on-premise, hybrid, and cloud — all requiring high levels of availability, continuity, and security.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain, install, and configure both hardware and software components.
  • Participate in migration projects, testing, debugging, and deploying updates or patches.
  • Ensure infrastructure and data security, while maintaining system stability.
  • Monitor and resolve incidents, failures, and changes to keep environments operational.
  • Provide second-line support, including participation in an on-call rotation.
  • Research and implement new technologies and tools to improve operational efficiency.
  • Contribute to testing, documentation, and implementation processes.
  • Perform on-site interventions at customer locations (31 sites across Belgium).

 

What We’re Looking For

Professional & Personal Skills:

  • Structured, precise, and detail-oriented working style.
  • Strong documentation mindset (writing and maintaining documentation is second nature).
  • Excellent team player with strong communication skills.
  • Knows when to work independently and when to seek support.
  • Able to perform under pressure.
  • Customer-focused, discrete, and professional in interactions with clients.
  • Willing to support go-live and hypercare phases (occasionally during nights or weekends).
  • Flexible regarding working hours and travel within Belgium.

 

Required Technical Skills

  • Strong knowledge of Linux (Red Hat) systems and scripting (bash or similar).
  • Solid experience with VMware, including vSphere, vCenter, and vMotion.
  • Basic understanding of network administration (routers, switches, VPN, firewalls).
  • Fluency in Dutch and French (spoken and written).
  • Experience in high-availability production environments.

 

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Experience with Veeam (setup, configuration, administration).
  • Puppet (Open Source) administration.
  • Monitoring tools: Nagios, Zabbix.
  • Openshift and Elastic Stack (including Kibana).
  • Database knowledge: MySQL, PostgreSQL.
  • Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Git).
  • GIT version control.
  • Familiarity with Stratus and Fujitsu hardware.

 

 

If you’re passionate about IT operations, value teamwork, and want to contribute to reliable and secure infrastructure environments, we’d love to hear from you.