Medior & Senior Linux / Open Source engineer

kangaroot
Belgium
15 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
Dutch, English, French

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Apache Tomcat Microsoft Azure Ubuntu (Operating System) Debian Linux WildFly (JBoss AS) Kernel-Based Virtual Machine PostgreSQL MariaDB MongoDB MySQL Nagios
+10 more
Open Source Technology OpenShift OpenStack Ansible Prometheus Zabbix Google Cloud Kubernetes Puppet Docker

Job description

You will be responsible for designing, implementing & supporting Open Source based infrastructure solutions for our customers in the Benelux. We believe in personal development and give our engineers the chance to develop themselves, get certified and stay ahead in an atmosphere where innovation, customer focus and a flat company structure are key.

Requirements

  • A degree is a plus but not mandatory, your knowledge and passion about Linux and Open Source are as important. You know how to use your broad IT knowledge in a business environment and you are specialised in a particular technology, distribution or application, or you want to specialise.
  • You have profound knowledge of one or more Linux distributions: Red Hat Enterprise, CentOS, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Kubernetes, Prometheus, ….
  • A certification (LPI, RHCE, CLP,…) is a plus.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud is a plus.
  • Experience in one or more of the following technologies is a plus: OpenStack, KVM, Chef, Ansible, MySQL/MariaDB, Puppet, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Zimbra, Zabbix, Nagios, Tomcat/JBoss, OpenShift, Docker.
  • You have a deep understanding of Networking, Operating Systems and Applications.
  • You analyse and troubleshoot severe technical problems and can pinpoint design flaws or other issues.
  • You are fluent in at least two out of these three languages: Dutch, English or French.
  • Customer service skills: you always put the customer first. Your goal is a solution that works.
  • Communication skills: you make sure that your advice & documentation for customers and colleagues is accurate & understandable.

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