Linux System Engineer

BWC is looking for a Linux System Engineer in Brussels, Belgium. It's a full-time permanent contract with BWC. Freelancers can also apply.

Job Type: Hybrid – 50% Onsite + 50% Teleworking in Belgium.

Roles & Requirements:

• Language: Dutch or French at full professional/native proficiency. Professional working proficiency in English is mandatory. German is a plus.
• Experience: Minimum 4 years of experience in IT operations, managing containerized, virtualized and/or physical Linux-based infrastructure in large-scale enterprise, governmental or supranational environments.
• Strong experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or equivalent, including end-to-end lifecycle management.
• Experience with Red Hat Satellite 6.x (provisioning, patching and lifecycle management).
• Strong experience with Ansible Automation Platform, including playbooks, roles and automation workflows.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code principles and pipeline integration.
• Practical experience with Git-based workflows (GitLab, Azure DevOps or similar) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Red Hat container technologies, including Podman/OCI containers, monitoring and lifecycle operations.
• Experience working with ITIL-aligned processes, including incident, problem and change management, and service request handling.
• Strong focus on monitoring-driven operations, diagnostics, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Exposure to databases such as Oracle, MySQL or PostgreSQL is preferred.
• Experience with VMware, NetApp storage systems and hardware lifecycle management is an advantage.
• Knowledge of security tools such as Trend Micro Deep Security, ClamAV or equivalent is preferred.
• Basic operational knowledge of Palo Alto, Check Point, F5 and InfoBlox is an advantage.
• Solid scripting skills in Bash and/or Python.
• Ability to develop automation for monitoring, remediation and reporting.
• Experience with vendor coordination, support processes and licensing management is preferred.
• Provide advanced operational support for Linux-based IT infrastructure, ensuring stability and performance.
• Diagnose and resolve OS-level issues, perform routine maintenance and implement system changes.
• Contribute to problem management by identifying root causes and proposing long-term corrective actions.
• Collaborate with other teams to maintain secure, compliant and well-monitored environments.
• Participate in R&D initiatives, evaluate new technologies and contribute to solution prototypes.
• Continuously improve automation through scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code and automated workflows.

Interested candidates, please send your CV to:

tam@bigwater.consulting

preeti@bigwater.consulting