Job Title : Senior Linux Engineer
Location : Brussels - next to public transport
Contract : Freelance / long-term mission (+2 years)
About the Role
We are looking for a System Engineer to join a Sysadmins team responsible for ensuring that tailor-made infrastructure solutions for clients in the transportation sector operate smoothly. You’ll work across a variety of technologies — on-premise, hybrid, and cloud — all requiring high levels of availability, continuity, and security .
Key Responsibilities
* Maintain, install, and configure both hardware and software components.
* Participate in migration projects, testing, debugging, and deploying updates or patches.
* Ensure infrastructure and data security, while maintaining system stability.
* Monitor and resolve incidents, failures, and changes to keep environments operational.
* Provide second-line support, including participation in an on-call rotation .
* Research and implement new technologies and tools to improve operational efficiency.
* Contribute to testing, documentation, and implementation processes.
* Perform on-site interventions at customer locations (31 sites across Belgium).
What We’re Looking For
Professional & Personal Skills:
* Structured, precise, and detail-oriented working style.
* Strong documentation mindset (writing and maintaining documentation is second nature).
* Excellent team player with strong communication skills.
* Knows when to work independently and when to seek support.
* Able to perform under pressure.
* Customer-focused, discrete, and professional in interactions with clients.
* Willing to support go-live and hypercare phases (occasionally during nights or weekends).
* Flexible regarding working hours and travel within Belgium.
Required Technical Skills
* Strong knowledge of Linux (Red Hat) systems and scripting (bash or similar).
* Solid experience with VMware, including vSphere, vCenter, and vMotion.
* Basic understanding of network administration (routers, switches, VPN, firewalls).
* Fluency in Dutch and French (spoken and written).
* Experience in high-availability production environments .
Nice-to-Have Skills
* Experience with Veeam (setup, configuration, administration).
* Puppet (Open Source) administration.
* Monitoring tools : Nagios, Zabbix.
* Openshift and Elastic Stack (including Kibana) .
* Database knowledge : MySQL, PostgreSQL.
* Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Git).
* GIT version control.
* Familiarity with Stratus and Fujitsu hardware .
If you’re passionate about IT operations, value teamwork, and want to contribute to reliable and secure infrastructure environments, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply here or send your application to : nouhayla@synctiv.be