System Engineer - Application Servers

Schneider Electric; Remoto; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A consulting firm is seeking a Mid-Senior level professional to operate and maintain ELK and Kafka platforms in a fully remote role based in Italy. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in systems administration, including expertise with Nginx and Apache servers. Responsibilities include monitoring system performance, optimizing log ingestion processes, and implementing security fixes. This is a full-time opportunity in the Information Technology sector, welcoming applications from individuals of any gender identity.

Competenze

• Solid hands-on experience administering ELK ecosystems at scale.
• Strong Linux systems administration in clustered HA environments.
• Knowledge of load balancing and performance tuning for web platforms.

Mansioni

• Operate & maintain the ELK / Kafka-based log ingestion & search stack.
• Monitor capacity & performance; analyze reports for growth prognosis.
• Optimize Logstash pipelines and implement patch management.

Conoscenze

ELK ecosystems administration

Linux systems administration

Nginx expertise

Apache HTTP Server configuration

Load balancing knowledge

IaC with Ansible

ITIL processes familiarity

Strumenti

Kafka

Logstash

Zookeeper

Grafana

Terraform

Descrizione del lavoro

Hays Italy, part of the multinational Hays group, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, which offers consulting services in the Information Technology sector with the aim of contributing to the success and technological progress of individuals and companies, is looking for a

to operate & evolve the company’s Hosting platforms. This role focuses on the application layer supporting enterprise‑grade web hosting & critical services, ensuring high availability, security & performance across a large‑scale infrastructure. Field: national provider of cloud, hosting, domain registration, data center & trust services (including certified email/PEC)

Key Responsibilities

• Operate & maintain the ELK / Kafka‑based log ingestion & search stack, ensuring high availability, scaling & fine‑tuning (topics, partitions, shards, indices, ILM, retention)
• Proactively monitor capacity & performance; analyze monthly reports & trends to forecast growth & prevent incidents
• Engineer & optimize Logstash pipelines, Grok patterns & parsing/transport paths; reprocess failed events & reduce parsing failure rates
• Implement patch management, address end‑of‑life scenarios & apply security fixes according to guidelines provided by the Security function
• Maintain observability dashboards & metrics (Grafana/Elastic) & improve alerting fidelity
• Administer & optimize application servers & reverse proxy components, including Nginx, Apache HTTP Server, Tomcat & WildFly, ensuring scalability & resilience
• Configure & maintain reverse proxy & load balancing for high‑traffic hosting environments

Requirements

• Solid hands‑on experience administering ELK ecosystems at scale, including Kafka /Zookeeper, Logstash, Elasticsearch cluster sizing & tuning
• Strong Linux systems administration (Ubuntu, CentOS/RHEL, Debian) in clustered HA environments; working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server 2012–2019 as needed
• Strong expertise in Nginx (reverse proxy, SSL termination, caching) & Apache HTTP Server configuration
• Hands‑on experience with Tomcat & WildFly & troubleshooting application‑level issues
• Knowledge of load balancing, high availability clustering & performance tuning for web hosting platforms
• IaC: Ansible (roles, inventories, AWX) & Terraform for provisioning & drift control
• Familiarity with ITIL processes (Incident/Change/Service Request) & ticketing via JIRA
• Clear technical writing for run books & operational documentation

Location: completely full remote – Italy-based

Freelancers are highly welcomed too

Candidates of any gender identity, after reviewing the mandatory privacy notice available at www.hays-itservices.it, are kindly requested to submit their CV in PDF format, quoting the reference number (Ref. ---). Hays Solutions S.r.l. Sole Shareholder Company. Subject to the management and coordination of Hays Plc.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology and Consulting

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting and IT Services and IT Consulting