System Administrator

• All applicants must be legally allowed to work in Netherlands without the need to obtain a work visa. Only European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and SWISS citizens can be employed by SSC Space in Netherland.
• Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA.
• In line with ESA's security requirements, prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident, and Aurora will validate your employment history.

Responsibilities You will have the following responsibilities:

• Assist in defining IT Infrastructure requirements into solutions.
• Supporting and maintaining ESA's science IT infrastructures.
• Support users via the Service Desk
• Ensure good documentation on supporting and enhancing the IT infrastructure.

Do you have experience in UNIX?, Do you have a Master's degree?, The following skills are required:

• Master Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent qualification with at least 4 years of relevant experience.
• Senior System Administration Extensive experience in Linux/Unix system administration (preferably on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Solaris), including:

• Service design, deployment and lifecycle management
• Monitoring, logging and performance tuning
• Backup, restore and disaster recovery procedures
• Patch management and platform upgrades
• Security hardening and access control
• Scripting and automation for operational efficiency (Shell, Python)

• Infrastructure & Networking Expertise: Strong hands-on knowledge of infrastructure networking, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, routing, firewalls and load balancing. Able to diagnose complex cross-system and cross-network issues in production environments.
• Operational Excellence & Incident Response: Proven ability to lead and execute incident response for production systems, remaining calm and structured during outages, performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term fixes and preventive measures.

Other skills not fully required but valued are:

• Directory Services & Identity Management Deep understanding of LDAP-based directory services, preferably Oracle Unified Directory (OUD), including schema design, authentication flows, authorization models and integration with dependent systems.

• Messaging & Collaboration Infrastructure Senior-level experience managing enterprise mail and collaboration platforms, preferably Zimbra, as well as mailing list services such as Mailman, including upgrades, migrations and incident troubleshooting.

• Configuration Management & Infrastructure Automation Experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Puppet and/or Ansible, used to enforce configuration consistency, reduce manual effort and improve operational reliability.

• Hybrid / Transitional Infrastructure Experience Experience working in mixed environments that combine modern automation practices with legacy or long-running systems and the ability to evolve such environments pragmatically and safely.

• Collaboration, Documentation & Version Control Experience working with collaboration and version control platforms, preferably Atlassian Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket, for issue tracking, documentation and managing infrastructure-related code and configurations.

• All employees receive good remuneration in line with function and experience.
• When autonomous then teleworking can often be utilised.
• Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands.
• The standard working hours are 40 per week.
• There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday.
• Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included.
• SSC Space Netherlands contributes 15,4% of pensionable salary to a company pension scheme and employees can optionally make additional contributions.

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