
Application Engineer/Administrator
- Den Haag, Zuid-Holland
- Vast
- Voltijds
- Application installation, configuration and administration in production and non-production environments;
- Application monitoring, performance tuning and continuous improvement of the efficiency and quality of service;
- Applications support and maintenance activities such as incident, change, release and problem resolution;
- Writing and validating application procedures manuals, including troubleshooting guides, backup and restore plans;
- Automating administrative procedures for recurring system administration activities and provide installation and technical support documentation where required;
- Contributing to the structuring, maintenance and development of the technical knowledgebase supporting the ICT Operations activities;
- Reporting on application availability, performance, capacity and overall usage where required.
- Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 9 years of experience working as an IT professional in mid/large IT infrastructure environments, including deployment, support, and maintenance of applications.
- Working knowledge of English (level B2 or higher)
- 6+ years of experience as an IT professional in mid/large IT infrastructure environments, including deployment, support, and maintenance of applications
- 5+ years of experience in application administration
- 2+ years of experience with microservices, container orchestration, and container-based stacks (e.g., Docker or Kubernetes)
- 2+ years of experience administering and supporting Elasticsearch
- 5+ years of experience with enterprise Microsoft or Linux server solutions
- Good knowledge of deployment and administration of Elasticsearch clusters
- Good knowledge of microservices, container orchestration, and container-based stacks using Kubernetes, Helm charts, Docker, and Rancher
- Good knowledge of configuration management tools (e.g., Puppet, Ansible, Chocolatey)
- Good knowledge of shell and/or PowerShell scripting
- Good knowledge of ITIL processes, including incident, change, and release management
- 2+ years of experience with Public or Hybrid Cloud services and solutions (e.g., Azure or AWS)
- Good knowledge of DEVOPS methodologies and tools
- Good knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MS SQL, PostgreSQL) and how they interact with applications
- Good knowledge of Kong API Gateway
- Good knowledge of Azure or AWS
- Certifications in any of the mentioned technologies