Infrastructure Engineer — VMware and Windows Core Services for NATO with security clearance

Wlgroup; Brunssum; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup in Brunssum is seeking an experienced infrastructure professional to manage and validate the core services layer of deployable communications kits. You will configure VMware components, handle day-to-day operations, and ensure health and documentation for future handovers.

The role requires hands-on Microsoft server administration (AD, Exchange, DNS, GPO) and deep VMware/Veeam experience. Some night work and occasional travel to other European locations are expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years in a comparable infrastructure role.
• Depth in VMware vSphere, vSAN and NSX, plus Veeam backup.
• Strong Microsoft server administration: AD, Exchange, DNS, GPO.
• Good English communication; handover notes matter.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure and validate the core services layer of deployable communications kits, and prepare them for operational handover.
• Run the VMware estate day to day — vSphere, ESXi, vSAN, NSX, update services — and the storage and backup that sit under it.
• Administer the Microsoft core: Active Directory and domain trusts, Exchange, DNS, group policy, software distribution and endpoint protection.
• Take third-line incidents and changes through to closure, with proper root-cause analysis rather than a restart.
• Keep the technical documentation, procedures and configuration records accurate and auditable.
• Report monthly on service performance against the agreed measures.

Skills

VMware vSphere

vSAN

NSX

CLI scripting

Veeam backup

Active Directory

Exchange

DNS

Group Policy

Software deployment

SAN & iSCSI storage

Endpoint protection

A+ certification

Education

A+ or equivalent qualification

Tools

Veeam

VMware

Job description

Deployable communications are the part of an alliance nobody sees until they fail. This role sits at third line behind one of those systems: the core services layer — virtualisation, directory, mail, name resolution, endpoint management and backup — that everything else on the mission network depends on.

It is hands-on engineering rather than ticket triage. You would be configuring, integrating and validating the kit before it deploys, keeping it healthy once it does, and writing the documentation that lets the next engineer pick it up cold.

What you would be doing

• Build, configure and validate the core services layer of deployable communications kits, and prepare them for operational handover.
• Run the VMware estate day to day — vSphere, ESXi, vSAN, NSX, update services — and the storage and backup that sit under it.
• Administer the Microsoft core: Active Directory and domain trusts, Exchange, DNS, group policy, software distribution and endpoint protection.
• Take third-line incidents and changes through to closure, with proper root-cause analysis rather than a restart.
• Keep the technical documentation, procedures and configuration records accurate and auditable.
• Report monthly on service performance against the agreed measures.

What you would bring

• At least three years in a comparable infrastructure role, with A+ or an equivalent qualification.
• Real depth in VMware vSphere — ESXi, vSAN, NSX, CLI scripting — and in Veeam backup and replication.
• Solid Microsoft server administration: Windows Server, Exchange, Active Directory, DNS, group policy, software deployment.
• Comfort with small SAN and iSCSI storage, and with endpoint protection tooling.
• Good written and spoken English — this is a job where the handover notes matter.

The work is on site in Brunssum, in normal office hours, with occasional planned night work when a change window demands it and roughly one trip a month to other European locations.