System Engineer

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Brussels, Belgium

Freelance

29-01-2025

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Job Overview
We are looking for a motivated and skilled System Engineer to join our agile and collaborative team. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in Kubernetes, along with hands-on experience in managing Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) environments.

As a System Engineer, you will play a critical role in optimizing development workflows, enhancing system performance, and ensuring scalability across both cloud-native and on-premises systems.

Key Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters to ensure high availability, security, and scalability.
Monitor and optimize Kubernetes workloads, including resource allocation and pod performance.
Implement security best practices for Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.
Deploy, configure, and maintain HCI systems, ensuring seamless integration with DevOps pipelines.
Optimize storage, networking, and compute resources within HCI environments.
Collaborate with infrastructure teams to troubleshoot and resolve performance issues in HCI solutions.
Work closely with software developers and system administrators to align DevOps practices with hardware constraints.
Provide guidance on Kubernetes and HCI best practices to the broader team.

Qualifications
You hold a master’s degree in computer science or a bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
Strong understanding of containerization and microservices architecture.
Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or similar.
Experience with hybrid cloud environments is beneficial.
Previous experience in a similar role is highly desirable.
You have worked on projects demanding high availability and robustness.
You are fluent in Dutch or French, with a good understanding of the other language, and you possess solid technical English skills.

Skills
BASH: Junior
DevOps: Junior
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Junior
Kubernetes: Junior
PowerShell: Junior

Languages
Dutch: Passive knowledge
English: Active knowledge
French: Passive knowledge

About the Company

We are Parallel! Parallel is an international, award winning trusted staffing partner to clients across the United States, DACH, Benelux and Nordic regions, where we deliver comprehensive Recruitment services across Infrastructure, Analytics, Software engineering and IT Security. Driven by our mission of bridging technology with the future, we provide global and local solutions for our clients around the world. We have specialized solely in technology & analytics from the start, focusing on selected markets and building... Know more

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