Zabbix Systems Monitoring Engineer with security clearance

Would you like to join the leading international intergovernmental organization

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) is seeking a highly skilled and cleared Zabbix Systems Monitoring Engineer to join the Service Management and Control (SMC) team within the Coherence Branch in Brussels. This is a critical hands-on technical role responsible for the maintenance enhancement and expansion of the Agencys enterprise-wide Zabbix monitoring solution across multiple classified networks.

Operating within an Agile (sprint-based) framework you will ensure the reliability performance and security visibility of NATOs IT infrastructure in Brussels. You will work within a dynamic team environment directly contributing to the NATO HQ Accreditation project by designing monitoring architectures automating event response and providing expert-level support for a large-scale multi-domain Zabbix deployment.

Responsibilities:

• System Maintenance & Operations: Maintain patch and continuously improve the existing Zabbix monitoring implementation across already monitored networks and devices.
• Design & Deployment: Design and deploy Zabbix components (proxies agents templates) to extend monitoring coverage to new networks servers network devices and applications.
• Architecture & Collaboration: Prepare and propose Zabbix system architecture updates communicating effectively with System Architecture and Security teams for review and acceptance.
• Configuration & Automation: Develop and update Zabbix configurations code (e.g. scripts templates) and automations to collect infrastructure events trigger automated ticket generation and prevent outages.
• Data Visualization & Reporting: Create and maintain comprehensive dashboards maps and reports to visualize system health performance metrics and capacity statistics for stakeholders.
• Incident Investigation: Proactively investigate and resolve monitoring-related issues using a systematic approach.
• Documentation: Produce and maintain high-quality documentation including design documents Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and sprint reports.
• Agile Participation: Actively participate in the Agile workflow including sprint planning daily stand-ups review meetings and retrospectives as directed by the SMC Manager.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• University Degree and 3 years function related experience or Higher Secondary Education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience;
• Knowledge in cross-network monitoring architecture using Zabbix;
• Recent 3 years of experience on design installation and maintenance of Zabbix monitoring systems over multiple Active Directory domains;
• Expert knowledge in Zabbix toolset in large scale client-server based environment;
• In-depth knowledge in monitoring different aspects of the IT infrastructure and mainstream applications;
• General experience in all lifecycle aspects of Communication Information Systems (CIS) aimed at achieving effective system development and deployment.
• Desirable:
  • Previous work experience in international organizations such as NATO or specialized Defence Industry;
  • Zabbix Professional certifications;
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills.

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