Project summary
About this role.
Our client within the European Institutions is currently looking for a Senior System Engineering Specialist to work on IT support, design and troubleshooting ranging from large Server, SAN farms to complex platforms.
Tasks:
- IT support, design and troubleshooting ranging from large Server, SAN farms to complex platforms;
- Configuration/Troubleshooting of Virtual environments: VMware vSphere, vSAN, Horizon;
- Server management, Operating System (OS) knowledge (UNIX, Linux, Windows);
- Design, implementation and administration of backup and restore on solutions like VEEAM and StoreOnce;
- Administration of servers, bladesystems and composable infrastructure;
- Administration of Storage systems on traditional SAN, CEPH and VSAN;
- Managing OCP platform in DEVOPS mode with related supporting systems like Red Hat Service Mesh, GitHub, Helm, GitOps, Ansible Automation Platform, Kafka;
- Development, execution and troubleshooting of Ansible and Powershell scripts;
- PKI and certifcate administration;
- Administration of monitoring systems like Nagios, Splunk;
- Administration of Oracle infrastructure, namely EXADATA and ZDRLA;
- Administration of mail servers and mail relays (postfx), anti-virus and anti-spam;
- Centralized deployment of software and updates.
- Design, develop, and maintain ServiceNow integrations with internal and external systems using REST, SOAP, JDBC, and other protocols.
- Create and optimize custom scripts (JavaScript, Glide API, Script Includes) to automate workfows, enhance UI functionality, and improve platform performance.
- Configure and manage data imports/exports, ensuring accuracy, security, and compliance.
- Build reusable components—such as Flow Designer subfows and UI policies—to accelerate future development.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions within ServiceNow.
- Conduct system and integration testing using the Automated Test Framework (ATF) to ensure reliability and scalability.
- Monitor platform health, usage, and compliance, proactively identifying and resolving issues. • Work will include customisations and integrations of the following modules: ITSM, ITOM, ITAM, CMDB, etc...
Requirements:
- Minimum 4 years of relevant education (master or equivalent) after the secondary school.
- Minimum 9 years of relevant professional experience
- Knowledge and experience with HW management, racking, cabling, replacement, FW upgrades;
- HW/SW inventory and confguration management;
- Advanced knowledge and experience with VMWare (vSphere, vSAN, Horizon);
- Knowledge and experience with managing Oracle HW;
- Knowledge and advanced experience in Redhat, Windows OS administration of large farms;
- Active Directory (AD) / LDAP and Keycloak Management;
- Network Attached Storage (NAS) and distributed fle systems;
- Centralized IT security policy management;
- Knowledge and experience in administration of servers, bladesystems and composable infrastructure;
- Knowledge and experience in administration of Backup & Storage systems (VEEAM, StoreOnce, vSAN, traditional SAN and
- CEPH);
- Advanced script development and troubleshooting skills (Ansible, PowerShell);
- Experience in software compliance monitoring and enforcement;
- Advanced knowledge of OCP platform administration with supporting tools like Red Hat Service Mesh, GitHub, Helm, GitOps,
- Ansible Automation Platform, Kafka;
- Knowledge to support mail servers and mail relays (postfx), antivirus and anti-spam;
- Basic knowledge on DB systems, MS SQL, Oracle and Elastic search;
- Knowledge and experience with monitoring and observability systems (confguration, customisation, further development),
- Prometheus, Grafana, ElasticSearch, Fluentd, Kibana, Jaeger, NAGIOS and Splunk;
- Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills;
- Experience in managing highly available environments and multiple site support;
- Familiar with ITIL/ITIL V3 processes, in particular incident, change, capacity and confguration management.
- •Strong profciency in JavaScript and ServiceNow APIs (GlideRecord, GlideAjax, etc.).
- Proven experience with REST/SOAP integrations, authentication methods (OAuth, Basic Auth), and data transformation.
- Familiarity with ServiceNow modules such as ITSM, ITOM, ITAM, CMDB, and Flow Designer, including implementations of change velocity and external tools integrations.
- Experience with on-prem implementations a true advantage.
- ServiceNow Administrator/Implementer/Developer certifcations are a plus.