Remote Splunk & Linux Systems Engineer (Freelance)

Mindwave; Schaarbeek; Hybrid; EUR 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive freelancer rates

Transparent freelancer rates and fees

Job summary

MindWave in Brussels-Schaerbeek is seeking a Freelance Splunk & Linux System Engineer to support Linux-based IT infrastructure and the Splunk platform. This role combines hands-on Linux system engineering with Splunk administration to back a major energy sector player.

You will design, implement, and optimize Splunk solutions, automate with Ansible and scripting, manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments, and contribute to incident resolution within ITIL-aligned processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience managing Linux infrastructure in large-scale enterprise environments.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience administering production Splunk environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and improve Splunk solutions including data onboarding, indexes, sourcetypes, dashboards, reports, and alerts.
• Handle end-to-end lifecycle management, provisioning, patching, and tuning of Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
• Drive automation using Ansible, Bash/Python scripting, and Git-based CI/CD pipelines to standardize configurations.
• Resolve incidents and service requests using Splunk and OS-level diagnostics within ITIL-aligned processes.
• Evaluate new Splunk capabilities and integrate containerized environments (Podman) and security logging pipelines.

Skills

Splunk

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Ansible

Git workflows

Bash/Python scripting

VMware

Podman

Security logging

ITIL processes

French or Dutch

English

Tools

Splunk

Red Hat Satellite

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Podman

VMware

Job description

MindWave in Brussels-Schaerbeek is seeking a Freelance Splunk & Linux System Engineer to support Linux-based IT infrastructure and the Splunk platform. This role combines hands-on Linux system engineering with Splunk administration to back a major energy sector player.

You will design, implement, and optimize Splunk solutions, automate with Ansible and scripting, manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments, and contribute to incident resolution within ITIL-aligned processes.