System Engineer

The System Engineer provides advanced operational support for Linux-based IT infrastructure with a strong focus on system monitoring observability and reliability. They ensure platform stability performance and availability through proactive monitoring alerting and continuous analysis of system health.

The engineer is responsible for timely resolution of incidents and service requests leveraging monitoring data and diagnostics to identify and address OS-level issues. They perform routine maintenance and implement system changes in line with established processes and standards ensuring minimal service disruption.

A key aspect of the role is the design implementation and continuous improvement of monitoring solutions including metrics collection logging alerting and dashboards. The engineer uses these capabilities to detect anomalies early and improve overall service quality.

The engineer contributes to problem management by performing root cause analysis based on monitoring data logs and system behavior and by proposing and implementing long-term corrective actions. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure systems are secure compliant and effectively monitored end-to-end.

In addition to operational duties the engineer participates in R&D activities evaluating new technologies and observability tooling and contributing to solution prototypes. They drive automation through scripting and Infrastructure-as-Code to enhance monitoring coverage reduce manual intervention and increase platform reliability.

Requirements:

• You are able to speak read and write fluently English and French or Dutch.
• 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).
• Monitoring & Observability
  • Proven experience in the design implementation and operation of monitoring and alerting solutions
  • Hands-on experience with PRTG is strongly preferred
  • Solid understanding of:
    • Metrics collection log aggregation and alerting strategies
    • Event correlation anomaly detection and performance baselining
    • Incident detection and reduction of MTTD/MTTR
• 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
• Languages
  • Dutch or French: Full professional / native proficiency
  • English: Professional working proficiency

Preferred experience and skills

• 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

Required Skills:

GITITSMCI/CDLIFECYCLE MANAGEMENTGITLABVMWAREAUTOMATIONVENDOR COORDINATIONRED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUXPRTG