Splunk & Linux System Engineer - Automation & Monitoring

Phoenix Technologies; Brussel; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Technologies in Brussels is seeking a Splunk and Linux System Engineer to help manage large-scale Linux infrastructure and Splunk platforms for monitoring, incident detection, and automation.

You will administer production Splunk environments, design and maintain Red Hat-based systems, and develop automation in Bash and Python, with CI/CD pipelines and ITIL-aligned change processes. Fluency in Dutch or French and English is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years in IT operations with large-scale Linux infrastructure.
• 2+ years hands-on Splunk administration in production.
• Professional proficiency in Dutch or French and English.
• Strong Bash/Python scripting and familiarity with Ansible, CI/CD, ITIL processes.

Responsibilities

• Administer production Splunk environments: onboarding, searches, dashboards, alerts, monitoring.
• Design and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems using Satellite and Ansible.
• Develop automation scripts in Bash and Python for monitoring and remediation.
• Integrate Splunk with CI/CD pipelines and IaC with GitLab/Azure DevOps.
• Support ITIL-aligned incident, problem, and change management; vendor coordination.
• Monitor VMware and container environments (Podman) with performance tuning.
• Collaborate with security/networking to integrate endpoint protection and event data.

Skills

Linux system administration

Scripting (Bash/Python)

ITIL knowledge

CI/CD concepts

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Splunk

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible

GitLab/Azure DevOps

VMware

Podman

Terraform

Job description

Phoenix Technologies in Brussels is seeking a Splunk and Linux System Engineer to help manage large-scale Linux infrastructure and Splunk platforms for monitoring, incident detection, and automation.

You will administer production Splunk environments, design and maintain Red Hat-based systems, and develop automation in Bash and Python, with CI/CD pipelines and ITIL-aligned change processes. Fluency in Dutch or French and English is required.