System Engineer

Xintas; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Xintas in Belgium is seeking a systems engineer to provide advanced operational support for Linux-based IT infrastructure. You will diagnose OS-level issues, perform routine maintenance, and implement changes following defined processes.

The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and monitoring integration to ensure secure, scalable environments. You will work across IT teams, participate in R&D, evaluate new technologies, and contribute to solution prototypes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in IT operations, managing Linux-based infrastructure in large-scale environments.
• End-to-end lifecycle management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
• Experience with enterprise tooling including Red Hat Satellite 6.x.
• System performance tuning, troubleshooting, and OS-level diagnostics.
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code, including Ansible.
• Familiarity with IaC principles and pipeline integration.
• Experience integrating automation with monitoring and operational workflows.
• Git-based workflows (GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment.
• Container technologies and Red Hat container ecosystem (Podman/OCI).
• ITSM processes: incident, problem, change management.
• Monitoring-driven operations, diagnostics, and forensics.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced operational support for Linux-based IT infrastructure.
• Diagnose and resolve OS-level issues; perform routine maintenance.
• Implement system changes following established processes and standards.
• Collaborate with teams to maintain secure, compliant, and well-monitored environments.
• Contribute to R&D initiatives; evaluate new technologies and prototypes.
• Improve automation through scripting and IaC to reduce manual effort.

Skills

IT operations

Container technologies

Scripting & automation

ITIL/ITSM

Monitoring & diagnostics

CI/CD

Git-based workflows

Networking basics

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible Automation Platform

Podman/OCI containers

VMware

NetApp storage

GitLab/Azure DevOps

Job description

The system engineer will provide advanced operational support for Linux-based IT infrastructure, ensuring stability and performance. Incidents and service requests are resolved in a timely fashion. The system engineer diagnoses and resolves OS-level issues, performs routine maintenance, and implements system changes following established processes and standards. The engineer contributes to problem management by identifying root causes and proposing long-term corrective actions. They collaborate with other teams to maintain secure, compliant, and well monitored environments. In addition to daily support tasks, the engineer participates in R&D initiatives, evaluating new technologies, and contributing to solution prototypes. They continuously improve automation through scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated workflows to reduce manual effort and increase reliability.

Ideal Profile

Must-have

Languages: Dutch or French: Full professional / native proficiency + English: Professional working proficiency

Minimum 4 years of experience in IT operations, managing containerized, virtualized, and/or physical Linux-based infrastructure in large-scale environments (enterprise, governmental, or supranational).

End-to-end lifecycle management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or equivalent) environments

Experience with enterprise tooling, including:

Red Hat Satellite 6.x (provisioning, patching, lifecycle management)

System performance tuning, troubleshooting, and OS-level diagnostics

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

Strong experience with Ansible Automation Platform (playbooks, roles, automation workflows)

Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code principles and pipeline integration

Experience integrating automation with monitoring and operational workflows

Practical experience with Git-based workflows (GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar)

Understanding of CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and configuration deployment

Container Technologies

Experience with Red Hat container ecosystem, including:

Podman / OCI containers

Understanding of container monitoring and lifecycle operations

IT Service Management (ITSM)

Experience working within structured ITIL-aligned processes:

Incident, problem, and change management

Strong focus on monitoring-driven operations, diagnostics, and forensics

Nice to have

Databases

Experience with installation, configuration and troubleshooting of DBs

Infrastructure & Platform Ecosystem

Exposure to hardware lifecycle management (server, firmware updates, lifecycle planning)

Experience with VMware-based virtual environments

Familiarity with NetApp storage systems

Security & Detection

Experience with endpoint detection and protection tools:

Trend Micro Deep Security, ClamAV, or equivalent

Understanding of integrating security signals into monitoring/alerting pipelines

Network & Platform Integration

Basic operational knowledge of network/security platforms:

Ability to correlate infrastructure and network events for incident analysis

Scripting & Automation

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