IT-Infrastructure Specialist

Farrow; Heerlen; Hybrid; EUR 39,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Laptop provided

Phone provided

ABP pension

Holiday allowance 8%

Year-end bonus 8.3%

Travel reimbursement

Bike plan

Job summary

Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in Heerlen is seeking an IT Infrastructure Specialist to keep our IT environment reliable, secure, and future-proof for over 13,000 students and 2,500 staff. You will divide time between management and project work to prepare the infrastructure for tomorrow.

Responsibilities include managing VMware vSphere, Windows Server, Active Directory, storage and NAS; monitoring, lifecycle management, updates, capacity planning, and automating with PowerShell.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Azure, Enterprise ID and Microsoft 365.
• Demonstrable knowledge of VMware vSphere and on-premises infrastructure including Windows Server, Active Directory, storage and NAS.
• Team player, proactive, and able to resolve incidents and support the service desk.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain and optimize the IT infrastructure.
• Provide second-line specialist support for complex infrastructure issues.
• Participate in improvement and migration projects, including transitioning to Azure Public Cloud.
• Monitor environment, perform lifecycle management, updates and capacity planning, and automate management with PowerShell.

Skills

PowerShell

VMware vSphere

Azure

Active Directory

Windows Server

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Enterprise ID

Storage

NAS

Education

Higher professional education (HBO) level

Tools

VMware vSphere

PowerShell

Windows Server

Job description

Zuyd University of Applied Sciences | Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

IT Infrastructure Specialist - Zuyd University of Applied Sciences

Keeping an IT infrastructure reliable, secure, and future-proof. So that over 13.000 students and 2.500 employees can rely on a stable digital work environment every day. As an IT Infrastructure Specialist at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, you manage this environment and actively contribute ideas for improvements. Management and projects alternate, allowing you to keep the foundations in order while helping to build the IT of tomorrow. Does this appeal to you? Find out and join our team in Heerlen.

What does your role in the team look like?

Management and development go hand in hand in this role. You divide your time roughly equally between management activities and projects that prepare the infrastructure for the future.

What keeps you occupied?

Managing, maintaining, and optimizing the IT infrastructure. Think of Windows Servers, VMware vSphere, storage and NAS systems, Active Directory, Microsoft Enterprise ID, and Azure. You monitor the environment, perform lifecycle management, updates, and capacity planning, and automate management processes, with PowerShell forming an important part of your daily work. As a second-line specialist, you also support the service desk with complex infrastructure issues and incidents.

In addition, you participate in improvement and migration projects, including the phased transition of the private VMware environment to the Azure Public Cloud. You research, prepare, and implement technical improvements, always focused on a stable, secure, and future-proof environment.

Within the infrastructure team, you work with three colleagues. One colleague fulfills the coordinating role, ensuring there is always someone to brainstorm with. The team is part of the Information Provision & Technology department, where approximately 22 IT professionals work, distributed across specialisms such as infrastructure, integration, endpoint management, and identity & access management. You report to Ronald Bruyenberg, manager of the IT service department.

Why Zuyd University of Applied Sciences?

An enterprise IT environment with societal impact – that is what makes this role special. In terms of size and complexity, the infrastructure is comparable to that of large organizations, but you work within a manageable educational institution where you see the direct impact of your work. You combine daily management with challenging migration projects – including the transition from private to public cloud – and are given the space to take initiative. Furthermore, you do not work on revenue targets, but on a reliable IT environment that supports education. This comes with an informal work environment with short lines of communication and the trust to organize your work independently.

What else do you get?

• One-year contract at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in Heerlen (with the prospect of a permanent position).
• 36 hours per week.
• €3.502 to €5.154 gross per month (based on 36 hours, CLA-HBO job scale 9).
• 8% holiday allowance.
• 8,3% year-end bonus.
• Professionalization and employability hours.
• Vitality program.
• Generous number of vacation days; the leave policy within higher professional education is very favorable.
• Laptop and phone.
• Pension scheme in accordance with the CAO-HBO (ABP).
• Possibility of hybrid working.
• If you incur travel expenses, you will be reimbursed: €0,30 per kilometer (commuting).
• Bicycle plan.

What are you bringing?

• Higher professional education (HBO) working and thinking level; a diploma is not required, the level at which you work and think carries more weight. Supplemented with relevant work experience within a comparable IT infrastructure environment.
• Experience managing Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Enterprise ID, and Microsoft 365.
• Demonstrable knowledge of VMware vSphere and managing on-premises infrastructure, including Windows Server, Active Directory, server, storage, and NAS environments.
• Team player and approachable: you help colleagues from various IT disciplines, actively share knowledge, and stand ready to work together to quickly resolve the problem in the event of an incident.
• Independent and stress-resistant: you take initiative, maintain an overview when priorities change, and contribute ideas, driven by a genuine interest in technology, on how the environment can be improved every day.