Senior Linux & Splunk Platform Engineer

Brainbridge IT Staffing; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Brainbridge IT Staffing is seeking an experienced Linux & Splunk System Engineer for a Leuven-based enterprise client. You will maintain and enhance Linux infrastructure and Splunk services across a large-scale environment.

You will troubleshoot incidents, automate tasks with Ansible, and contribute to monitoring, data onboarding, and platform improvements. Proficiency in Dutch or French and English is preferred, with a strong focus on reliability and security.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Linux infrastructure experience in enterprise environments.
• At least 2 years hands-on Splunk administration.
• Strong knowledge of RHEL and Linux troubleshooting.
• Experience with Red Hat Satellite, patching and lifecycle management.
• Splunk administration including Universal/Heavy Forwarders, SPL, dashboards, alerts and reporting.
• Experience with Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Bash and/or Python scripting.
• Familiar with GitLab or Azure DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Professional English; Dutch or French language skills desired.

Responsibilities

• Manage Linux infrastructure and Splunk platforms in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Investigate incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Execute maintenance, upgrades, patching and platform changes.
• Design, implement and optimize Splunk solutions, data integrations and monitoring capabilities.
• Configure and maintain Splunk Forwarders, indexes, sourcetypes, dashboards, alerts and reporting.
• Improve platform performance, security, reliability and data quality.
• Develop automation solutions using Ansible, scripting and Infrastructure-as-Code principles.

Skills

Linux infrastructure

Splunk administration

Ansible

Bash scripting

Python scripting

GitLab

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Dutch language

French language

English

RHEL

Tools

Red Hat Satellite

Job description

Brainbridge IT Staffing is seeking an experienced Linux & Splunk System Engineer for a Leuven-based enterprise client. You will maintain and enhance Linux infrastructure and Splunk services across a large-scale environment.

You will troubleshoot incidents, automate tasks with Ansible, and contribute to monitoring, data onboarding, and platform improvements. Proficiency in Dutch or French and English is preferred, with a strong focus on reliability and security.