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Job Summary
Join our dynamic Datacenter team as an Infrastructure Engineer (Linux), where taking charge of maintaining and evolving our Linux environment. We currently manage over 50 Red Hat Linux servers and are embarking on an exciting project to implement Kubernetes.
In this role, you will monitor, maintain, patch and upgrade our Linux Systems while ensuring top-tier security hardening and reliability. You will collaborate with application owners and occasionally dive into Apache, Oracle or AIX environments supporting both modern and legacy systems. Our team embraces automation through Ansible and we encourage you to contribute to major changes, global projects and innovative initiatives aligned with your skills and growth goals.
Being part of a motivated 14-person Datacenter team, working alongside 2 seasoned Linux/Unix experts. We offer a hybrid work model, professional independence and a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
What You Will Be Doing
1. System Management: Monitor, maintain, patch and upgrade Linux servers (primarily Red Hat).
2. Security: Perform regular system hardening and patching to ensure compliance and protection.
3. Collaboration: Work closely with application owners and other technical teams to ensure system integrity and performance.
4. Automation: Support and enhance infrastructure automation using Ansible.
5. Containerization: Contribute to ongoing Kubernetes implementation and management projects.
6. Legacy & Middleware: Assist with legacy systems and middleware components such as Apache, AIX and Oracle databases.
7. Continuous Improvement: Participate in infrastructure projects and global initiatives based on your expertise and professional development.
What You Will Bring
8. Experience: Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in a complex Linux infrastructure environment.
9. Certification: Red Hat Certified is required.
10. Technical Skills:
11. Red Hat Linux – Proven, in-depth experience.
12. Kubernetes – Hands-on experience highly appreciated.
13. Ansible – Strong advantage; experience with automation is a big plus.
Nice to have
14. AIX, IBM storage or Netapp
15. Oracle databases
Soft Skills:
16. Responsible, proactive, and eager to learn.
17. Team-oriented with a collaborative mindset.
18. Strong problem-solving and communication abilities.
What We Will Offer
We are committed to offer you a challenge but also a great opportunity to learn and grow. We want to offer you a career that can go to many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part of GKN Fokker Aerospace that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry, you will know that you will be working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry. Furthermore, we will offer you:
19. A gross monthly salary based on the CLA Metalektro Grade L1 and in line with your experience and qualifications,
20. 8% holiday allowance,
21. 40 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (27holidays and 13 ADV days),
22. An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance,
23. A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.
Next to a competitive package, we will offer you a world of opportunities: we want to see your career fly! We will support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities.
How To Apply
Be part of an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and supportive team that values both independence and collaboration. You will work with modern technologies, have room to grow your expertise and take part in shaping the future of our Linux infrastructure.
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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