Splunk & Linux Systems Engineer - Automation & Monitoring

Phoenix Technologies; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will design and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments using Satellite and Ansible, develop automation scripts, integrate Splunk with CI/CD, participate in ITIL-aligned incident management, and collaborate with security and networking teams to enhance anomaly detection.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Minimum 4 years of IT operations experience with large-scale Linux-based infrastructure.
• At least 2 years of hands-on Splunk administration in production environments.
• Proficiency in Dutch or French and English.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash and/or Python; knowledge of Ansible, CI/CD, and ITIL processes.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support production Splunk environments, including data onboarding, searches, dashboards, alerts, and health monitoring.
• Design, deploy, and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or equivalent) systems using Red Hat Satellite and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and playbooks in Bash and Python for monitoring, remediation, and reporting.
• Integrate Splunk with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code processes, collaborating with GitLab/Azure DevOps workflows.
• Participate in ITIL‑aligned incident, problem, and change management while providing vendor coordination and licensing support.
• Monitor and troubleshoot virtualization (VMware) and container (Podman/OCI) environments, including performance tuning and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with security and networking teams to incorporate endpoint protection and network event data into Splunk for anomaly detection.

Skills

Bash scripting

Python scripting

CI/CD

ITIL awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

Terraform

VMware

Trend Micro Deep Security

Job description

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

You will design and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments using Satellite and Ansible, develop automation scripts, integrate Splunk with CI/CD, participate in ITIL-aligned incident management, and collaborate with security and networking teams to enhance anomaly detection.