Technical Application engineer

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About us
Hop aboard Damen Naval; the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group where 12000 professionals work worldwide. Damen Naval delivers advanced naval vessels to clients all over the globe. By implementing the most innovative technological developments in practice we continue to push the boundaries of the shipbuilding industry. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty

The role

As a Technical Application Engineer at Damen Naval you are responsible for implementing maintaining and optimizing pivotal technical applications that support our maritime and defenserelated projects. You ensure application availability security and operational stability while managing the full technical lifecyclefrom configuration and upgrades to integrations and troubleshooting.

In this role you will collaborate closely with IT teams functional owners and external vendors to ensure our application landscape remains stable secure and aligned with operational and strategic needs.

Key accountabilities

In the role of Technical Application Engineer your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and maintaining secure scalable technical application solutions.

• Performing technical application management (configuration maintenance upgrades patching) while ensuring application availability.

• Monitoring application performance resolving incidents and conducting root cause analysis.

• Implementing and maintaining applicationlevel security controls.

• Managing integrations between applications infrastructure identity services and external systems.

• Providing support for application related changes and incidents.

• Actively contributing to continuous improvement of application platform while ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures and keep track of required technical documentation

• Actively sharing knowledge which contributes to expertise development within the department.

Skills & Experience

As a Technical Application Engineer you recognize yourself in the following profile:

• MBO-4 or Bachelors degree (3-5 years experience) within Computer Science Information Technology Data Science or a related field.

• Solid understanding of enterprise application architectures (clientserver multitier web SaaS).

• Relevant certifications include Microsoft Citrix 3DX Primavera where ITIL Foundation is considered as a plus

• Handson experience with installation configuration and technical operation of applications.

• Strong troubleshooting skills across OS middleware and connectivity layers.

• Familiarity with security principles such as hardening and access control.

• Preferably experience in the maritime defense or engineering sector.

• Excellent command of the English language with proficiency in Dutch being advantageous.

• Excellent references as a security screening is part of the hiring process.

• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required. Candidates with EU (work) visa or with both an EU and non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible in accordance with the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

What we offer
At Damen Naval we highly value our employees and we will support your professional and personal development. We also provide our employees with:

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.

• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.

• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.

• PME-pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.

• Profit sharing based on company results.

• Flexibility to work from home up to two days a week.

• Additional benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Application & information
Are you interested in this position please submit your application with your CV and cover letter along with an indication of:

• Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.

• Availability (fulltime / part-time / number of hours).

• Notice period / possible starting date.

For more information about the vacancy or Damen Naval please visit the Damen Naval website the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via.

A pre-assignment and security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.

Acquisition and introduction of candidates without a formal request is not appreciated and they will not be considered.

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