Third-Line Systems Engineer — Deployable Communications Platforms for NATO with security clearance

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

Job summary

Wlgroup in Brunssum, Netherlands, is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to build, configure and maintain the core services layer. You will manage VMware environments, Microsoft services, storage and backup, and ensure robust handover documentation for future engineers.

The role requires hands-on work on site in Brunssum with occasional night shifts and monthly travel to other European locations. Strong AD/Exchange and VMware skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years in an infrastructure role.
• Strong depth in VMware vSphere and Veeam backup.
• Solid Microsoft server administration: Windows Server, Exchange, AD, DNS, group policy.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

VMware vSphere (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, CLI)

Veeam backup

Windows Server administration

Active Directory & DNS

Exchange administration

Group Policy & software deployment

SAN / iSCSI storage

Endpoint protection tooling

English communication

Education

A+ or equivalent qualification

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.