Pauwels Consulting
EN
Senior OT System Engineer
East Flanders
Digital - Infrastructure
Work experience: 5-7
Reference number: 91276

We’re looking for a Senior OT Systems Engineer to take ownership of day-to-day operations, maintenance, incident resolution, and system improvements within a critical Operational Technology (OT) environment. You’ll work across operating systems, databases, infrastructure, virtualisation, and specialised control-room technologies to keep key operational systems stable, secure, and high-performing.

What You Will Do

  • Manage daily operations of the Distribution Management System (DMS) and related OT platforms.
  • Investigate incidents and problems, design solutions, test fixes, and implement them following ICT operational processes.
  • Analyse system behaviours, architecture, and integrations across the OT landscape.
  • Evaluate new requests and propose feasible technical solutions.
  • Support cross-functional teams in designing or validating OT/infrastructure solutions.
  • Follow up with external vendors to ensure timely and correct delivery.
  • Contribute to system upgrades, integration activities, documentation, and continuous improvement.
  • Apply high standards of safety, accuracy, and structure given the criticality of the OT environment.

What are we looking for?

  • Je hebt minimaal 5 jaar ervaring als systeembeheerder in een ICT infrastructuur omgeving.
  • Je hebt aantoonbare ervaring op systeemingenieur niveau met Unix/Linux/Windows systemen.
  • Je hebt ervaring met control room visualisation software en systemen.
  • Je hebt ervaring met ICT infrastructuur oplossingen.
  • Je hebt ervaring met netwerken.
  • Je hebt ervaring met scripting op Linux en Windows systemen (Powershell, Python, VBS).
  • Je hebt ervaring met thin clients en thin client beheersystemen.
  • Je hebt ervaring met VMWare esxi & vcenter.
  • Je hebt operationele ervaring als systeembeheerder van Linux servers, bij voorkeur Red Hat (minimaal 2 jaar ervaring).
  • Je hebt operationele ervaring als systeembeheerder van Windows servers (minimaal 5 jaar ervaring).
  • Je hebt operationele kennis van en ervaring met virtualisatie.
  • Je hebt ervaring in de energiesector en met OT systemen.
  • Je bent Nederlands taalvaardig op Europees CEFR-niveau C2.
  • Ervaring met PowerOn Advantage is een pluspunt.

What do we offer?

Location: Melle (on-site; hybrid negotiable)

Contract: Freelance or Permanent

Work regime: 100%

Start date: 16/01/2026

End date: 16/01/2027 (with 12-month extension option)

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