System Engineer

Il y a 3 heures

Brussels, Belgique Xintas Temps plein

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).

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

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

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

Nice to have

Databases

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:

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

Experience with vendor coordination, support processes, and licensing management