IT Solution Support Engineer

Vanderlande Manufacturing USA; Veghel; Hybrid; EUR 49,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 vacation days

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Vanderlande is seeking an IT Solution Support Engineer to maintain and improve mission-critical airport IT environments, ensuring security, availability and lifecycle compliance globally. The role covers Linux/Windows servers, databases, virtualization, and interfaces across multiple teams.

The engineer will resolve incidents, perform upgrades, and contribute to resilience efforts, with a strong emphasis on automation and international collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, IT, Information Systems or related technical discipline.
• Foundational knowledge of Linux and Windows Server administration.
• Experience with Oracle databases, SQL, PL/SQL, and database concepts.
• Understanding of middleware, hosting, system integrations, and networking basics.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliable operation, availability, performance, and capacity of mission-critical airport IT environments.
• Resolve complex infrastructure, database, middleware, and application incidents; perform root cause analysis.
• Execute OS, database, middleware, and application upgrades and security patching.
• Monitor health, support backups, recovery, and disaster recovery processes; troubleshoot interfaces.
• Develop scripts and automation to improve operational efficiency.
• Act as escalation point and collaborate with global teams during deployments and stand-by/on-call support.

Skills

Linux Admin

Windows Server

VMware / Hyper-V

SQL/Oracle DB

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Nagios

VMware

Hyper-V

Oracle

SQL

Job description

Job Title

IT Solution Support Engineer

Job Description

IT Solution Support Engineer

Introduction

As IT Solution Support Engineer, you will support, maintain, and continuously improve Vanderlande's mission-critical airport IT environments. You will help ensure the availability, performance, security, and lifecycle compliance of the platforms that enable business-critical airport operations worldwide.

What will you be doing?

Your work will cover Linux and Windows servers, middleware, Oracle and SQL databases, virtualization, application hosting, system integrations, monitoring and automation tools, and High Level Controls software used to manage baggage handling processes. You will resolve complex technical incidents, execute lifecycle upgrades and security patching, maintain system interfaces, and contribute to improvements that strengthen resilience and operational stability. You will collaborate globally with engineering, cybersecurity, software development, service delivery, and customer teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the reliable operation, availability, performance, and capacity of mission-critical airport IT environments, including Linux and Windows servers, virtualization, databases, middleware, hosted applications, monitoring tools, and High Level Controls software.
• Analyze and resolve complex infrastructure, database, middleware, integration, and application incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to improve system stability.
• Execute operating system, database, middleware, and application upgrades, security patching, vulnerability remediation, and lifecycle activities to keep systems secure and within vendor-supported versions.
• Monitor system health and support backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes, while maintaining and troubleshooting interfaces between applications, databases, automation systems, and external customer systems.
• Develop and maintain scripts and automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and contribute to continuous service improvement initiatives.
• Act as a technical escalation point and work with project, engineering, cybersecurity, and service delivery teams during deployments and transitions, including international 24/7 support and occasional on-site airport activitiess.

What do we ask from you?

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, together with a strong affinity for enterprise IT infrastructure in business-critical environments.
• Foundational knowledge of Linux and Windows Server administration, plus experience or affinity with Oracle databases, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, and database administration concepts.
• Understanding of middleware platforms, application hosting, system integrations, and networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, and load balancing.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware or Microsoft Hyper-V; familiarity with Nagios-based monitoring and observability platforms is beneficial.
• Affinity with cybersecurity, vulnerability management, and patch management; scripting or automation experience using Python, Shell scripting, or PowerShell is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills; a proactive and hands‑on approach; professional English; ability to work in an international environment; and willingness to join standby or on‑call support and travel internationally when required.

About the team

You will work within the Airports IT service environment and collaborate closely with engineering, cybersecurity, software development, project, service delivery, operational support, and customer teams across the globe. Together, these teams maintain and continuously improve the IT platforms that support airport baggage handling operations.

About Vanderlande

Vanderlande builds automated systems for airports and parcel logistics - managing baggage from check-in to reclaim, and sorting parcels across some of the world's largest delivery networks. A place to grow, with people who bring out the best in each other.

What we offer

In this challenging and responsible position, you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry-leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.

This position offers a competitive salary range of € 4.347,99 to € 5.900,85 gross per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale.

On top of your fixed salary, you'll receive the following secondary benefits:

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
• Flexible working hours.
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