Senior Linux DevOps Engineer
Brussels-Capital
Digital - Infrastructure
Work experience: 5-7
Reference number: 92050
We are looking for an experienced Linux DevOps Engineer to design, operate and secure a complex, mission-critical Linux infrastructure. You will be responsible for automation, platform reliability, CI/CD enablement and system hardening across Linux-based environments, while actively contributing to security, resilience and operational excellence in a highly sensitive context.
What you’ll do
- Design and implement robust infrastructure solutions that support secure, scalable and evolving Linux platforms.
- Build, maintain and optimise automated infrastructure and delivery pipelines aligned with DevOps principles.
- Ensure operational continuity through proactive system management, monitoring and incident follow-up.
- Drive security hardening, auditing and compliance across Linux systems.
- Coordinate infrastructure activities to ensure smooth execution of platform and infrastructure initiatives.
- Maintain and evolve technical documentation, procedures and operational standards.
- Diagnose and resolve complex system and performance issues, including high-availability scenarios.
- Contribute to inventory automation and configuration consistency across environments.
- Support and improve monitoring and log analysis capabilities.
- Coach and mentor junior engineers, actively sharing expertise and best practices.
- Collaborate with security, network and platform teams to strengthen DevOps workflows and system reliability.
- Apply and enforce information security principles in a confidential, high-trust environment.
What are we looking for?
- You have a minimum of 10 years of experience as a Linux-focused DevOps or Systems Engineer.
- You have strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments; certification is a plus.
- You have proven experience with Linux system hardening, auditing and security best practices.
- You possess solid knowledge of storage, networking and cybersecurity fundamentals.
- You have hands-on experience with HAProxy and NGINX.
- You are proficient with virtualisation and container technologies, including VMware, Docker and Podman.
- You have experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management, including Terraform/OpenTofu and Ansible Automation Platform.
- You are familiar with Red Hat Satellite, OpenShift and Ceph in enterprise environments.
- You have working knowledge of Git/GitLab, PostgreSQL, Zabbix and shell scripting.
- You are comfortable with monitoring and log analysis tools, including the ELK stack.
- You understand and apply DevOps principles and delivery practices in operational environments.
- You have knowledge of IT Service Management (ITIL v4 Foundation).
- You communicate fluently in Dutch or French, with working knowledge of English.
- You hold Belgian nationality and are willing to obtain a “Very Secret” security clearance.
What do we offer?
Location: Brussels (on-site, 5 days/week)
Duration: 01/03/2026 – 01/03/2027 (full-time)
Contract: Freelance or Permanent
Security clearance: Required (Very Secret – or willingness to obtain)
Languages: Dutch or French (native level), English (active)
Remote work: Not possible
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