Senior Application Engineer - Kubernetes, ELK & Cloud

almavivadebelgique; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

almavivadebelgique is seeking two senior IT professionals to join the infrastructure team in The Hague area. You will handle installation, configuration, administration, and monitoring of large-scale applications in production and non-production environments.

Responsibilities include incident and problem resolution, automation of repetitive tasks, and maintaining knowledge bases. Strong emphasis on Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, cloud services, and ITIL processes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT experience required.
• At least 6 years in mid/large IT infrastructure, incl. deployment, support and maintenance of applications.
• At least 5 years in application administration.
• At least 2 years with micro-services and container stacks (Docker/Kubernetes).
• At least 2 years administering and supporting Elasticsearch.
• At least 5 years working with enterprise Microsoft or Linux server solutions.
• At least 2 years with public or hybrid cloud (Azure or AWS).
• Good knowledge of Elasticsearch deployment and admin, Kubernetes/Docker/Rancher.
• Familiarity with Puppet/Ansible/Chocolatey and shell or PowerShell scripting.
• ITIL incident, change and release management knowledge.
• Level: Expert.
• Deadline: 17/09/26.
• EU citizenship required.
• 2 positions available.
• Delivery mode: Near Site (The Hague, Netherlands).

Responsibilities

• Application installation, configuration and administration in production and non-production environments.
• Application monitoring, performance tuning and service quality improvements.
• Application support and maintenance including incident, change, release and problem resolution.
• Writing and validating procedures, troubleshooting guides, backup and restore plans.
• Automating admin procedures and documentation for installation and support.
• Maintaining the technical knowledgebase for ICT Operations.
• Reporting on application availability, performance and capacity as required.

Skills

Microservices

Container orchestration

Docker

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Microsoft servers

Linux servers

Public cloud

ITIL processes

Shell scripting

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Chocolatey

Job description

almavivadebelgique is seeking two senior IT professionals to join the infrastructure team in The Hague area. You will handle installation, configuration, administration, and monitoring of large-scale applications in production and non-production environments.

Responsibilities include incident and problem resolution, automation of repetitive tasks, and maintaining knowledge bases. Strong emphasis on Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, cloud services, and ITIL processes.