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# Linux Platform Engineer - Open-Source Security Tooling and Infrastructure for NATO with security clearance

- **Company:** WLG
- **Location:** Bergen, Belgium
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Programming, Linux, Linux System Administration, Open Source Technology, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Single Sign-On, Web Platforms, Scripting, Firewalls (Computer Science), Information Technology, Docker, Vmware
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.be/details/5886707792

## About the Role

* A computer science degree with at least a year as a Linux engineer, or the equivalent in practice.
 * Linux server administration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - installation, configuration and maintenance.
 * Programming or scripting used in earnest for automation.
 * Ansible, and comfort with virtualisation such as VMware.
 * Security practice applied to Linux: firewalls, encryption, access control.
 * Red Hat certification - both administrator and engineer level is preferred.
 * Desirable: Red Hat Satellite and packaging, observability practice, containers with Podman or Docker, collaboration tooling, and open-source contribution.

## Description

* Installing and monitoring Linux operating systems and the applications that run on them, to the standards of a secure environment.
 * Contributing to the availability, scalability and performance of the security tooling estate and the platforms underneath it.
 * Building and maintaining custom systems and tools that make it possible to test, integrate, automate and monitor both custom and commercial applications.
 * Preparing and defending application upgrades in front of the change management board.
 * Rolling out new features and installations inside the protected perimeter.
 * Writing the documentation and operating procedures for what you build, and testing them.
 * Diagnosing problems in Linux systems and in how they integrate with directory services, single sign-on, web platforms and log aggregation.
 * Finding the patterns behind repeated incidents and proposing the improvements that reduce them.
 * Working with service management on incident, problem and change procedures.


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