Senior Unix & Solaris Platform Engineer

NTT Limited; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Linux and Solaris engineer, specialist or architect to support and develop enterprise Unix and Linux environments. The role focuses on maintaining secure, stable, high-performing OS platforms across physical, virtualized and cloud-connected environments.

You will monitor and administer Linux and Solaris systems, implement installations and upgrades, automate routines, and contribute to security hardening, high availability, and disaster recovery testing.

Qualifications

• Monitor and administer Linux and Solaris systems.
• Perform operating-system installation, configuration, patching and upgrades.
• Develop and maintain scripts that automate routine administration.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and administer Linux and Solaris systems.
• Resolve operating-system incidents, alerts, performance issues and service requests.
• Perform operating-system installation, configuration, patching and upgrades.
• Manage users, permissions, file systems, packages, services and system resources.
• Troubleshoot boot, network, storage, clustering and application-integration issues.
• Support vulnerability remediation, hardening and compliance activities.
• Develop and maintain scripts that automate routine administration.
• Support backup, recovery, high availability and disaster-recovery testing.
• Analyse recurring incidents and implement permanent improvements.
• Maintain configuration records, runbooks and technical documentation.
• At L3 and L4, lead complex troubleshooting and platform-engineering activities.
• At L5, define Unix/Linux platform standards, reference architectures and lifecycle roadmaps.

Skills

Linux administration

Shell scripting

Performance tuning

OS hardening

Networking and storage

HA clustering

Education

RHCSA/RHCE/RHCA

Linux Foundation certifications

SUSE certification

Oracle Solaris certification

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a Linux and Solaris engineer, specialist or architect to support and develop enterprise Unix and Linux environments. The role focuses on maintaining secure, stable, high-performing OS platforms across physical, virtualized and cloud-connected environments.

You will monitor and administer Linux and Solaris systems, implement installations and upgrades, automate routines, and contribute to security hardening, high availability, and disaster recovery testing.