Application engineer

Role: Application Engineer/ Administrator Pay: euro;400 per day Location: The Hauge, South Holland Onsite requirements: Required for first 5 days for onboarding then 1 day every 2- 3 months Length of Contract: Initial 6 Months with a view to extend thereafter About the client: My client is one of Europe #39;s leading IT service providers. They predominately work with clients in the Government sector but also expend their services to e-business ect. They have offices all throughout Europe and have over 1000 Engineers employed currently but are currently on a rapid expansion journey. Description We currently have a vacancy for an Application Engineer/ Administrator fluent in English, to offer their services as an expert who will be based in The Hague, Netherlands. The work will be carried out either on the company rsquo;s premises or on-site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated with the team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client rsquo;s IT team on site. Your tasks * Application installation, configuration and administration in production and non-production environments as well as application monitoring, performance tuning and continuous improvement of the efficiency and quality of service; * Perform 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; * Automate administrative procedures for recurring system administration activities and provide installation and technical support documentation; * Contribute to the structuring, maintenance and development of the technical knowledgebase supporting the ICT infrastructure operations activities and report on application availability, performance, capacity and overall usage. Requirements * University degree in IT combined with up to 6 years of IT professional experience in large IT infrastructure environments, including deployment, support and maintenance of applications; * A minimum of 5 years of experience working as an IT professional in the area of application administration as well as working with Enterprise Microsoft or Linux server solutions; * A minimum of 3 years of experience with relational databases, especially from an application troubleshooting perspective, such as MS SQL and PostgreSQL; * A minimum of 2 years of experience with micro-services, container orchestration and container-based stacks such as Docker or Kubernetes combined with experience in installing and supporting Elasticsearch solutions; * Good knowledge of DevOps or automation scripting as well as Shell scripting (Linux or PowerShell), automation and deployment tools; * Good knowledge of incident, change and release management; * Excellent command of the English language. If you are seeking a career in an exciting and dynamic company, where you will offer your services as part of a team of a major European Institution, operating in an international, multilingual and multicultural environment where you can expect real chances to make a difference, please apply with your most recent CV (written in English)