Pauwels Consulting
EN
System Exploitation Engineer
Brussels-Capital
Digital - Infrastructure
Bachelor, Master
Work experience: 3-5
Reference number: 90317

As a System Exploitation Engineer, you’ll help ensure the availability, stability, and performance of business-critical applications and infrastructure. You’ll work within a multidisciplinary IT Operations team that manages deployments, release cycles, and service continuity across multiple environments.

This role combines technical ownership, service delivery management, and release coordination, all within an ITIL-governed, Agile-inspired environment that supports major digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage the technical configuration and deployment of applications across non-production and production environments.
  • Coordinate and execute infrastructure and application releases following approved plans.
  • Monitor system performance and ensure availability and continuity of business applications and middleware (e.g., ESB).
  • Manage incidents, problems, and service requests in line with ITIL best practices.
  • Lead service delivery processes and ensure adherence to operational KPIs.
  • Oversee the production plan and scheduling of IT operations.
  • Drive continuous improvement by identifying automation or process-optimization opportunities.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with infrastructure, development, and business teams to ensure seamless delivery.

What are we looking for?

Education & Certification

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT or related field.
  • ITIL 4 Foundation certification (required).

Core Expertise

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Release Management.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Service Delivery Management.
  • Proven experience with infrastructure or platform releases.
  • Solid understanding of ITIL processes (incident, problem, change, release).
  • Experience with people coordination or cross-team collaboration.
  • Familiar with Agile ways of working (Scrum or Kanban).

Industry & Environment

  • Experience in the energy or utilities sector is a strong plus.
  • Background in enterprise IT operations or managed environments.

Languages

  • French: Fluent (required)
  • Dutch: Fluent (required)

What do we offer?

Start date: 3 November 2025

End date: 30 October 2026 (extension possible)

Work regime: Full-time (40 h/week)

Work location: Brussels (hybrid)

Contract terms: Freelance or Permanent

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