Linux System Engineer Service

Service description:

• 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 identifyiaxng 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.

Requirements:

Must-have experience and skills

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

Preferred experience and skills

• 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
• Languages
  • German is considered a plus