Job title: Application Engineer 

Job type: Contract

Contract Length: 12 months plus extension 

Rate: €300 - €340

Role Location: Fully remote

The company: Government Administration

Role and Responsibilities:
 

• Application Management: Install, configure, and administer applications across production and non-production environments.

• Performance Optimization: Monitor applications, tune for performance, and drive continuous improvement of service efficiency and quality.

• Support & Maintenance: Handle incident resolution, change management, release deployment, and problem analysis.

• Documentation: Create, validate, and maintain procedure manuals, troubleshooting guides, and backup/restore plans.

• Automation: Automate recurring administrative tasks to improve operational efficiency and document technical support procedures.

• Knowledge Management: Contribute to the maintenance and growth of the technical knowledgebase supporting all ICT Operations activities.

• Reporting: Generate reports on application availability, performance metrics, capacity planning, and usage.

Job Requirements:

• University degree (4 years + 9 years’ experience or 3 years + 10 years’ experience).

• Minimum 6 years in mid-to-large scale IT infrastructure environments, covering deployment, support, and maintenance of applications.

• Minimum 5 years hands-on experience in application administration.

• Minimum 5 years working with enterprise-level Microsoft or Linux server solutions.

• Minimum 2 years experience with micro-services, container orchestration, and container-based stacks (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Minimum 2 years administering and supporting Elasticsearch.

Desirable:

• Experience with Public or Hybrid Cloud services (Azure or AWS).

Technical Knowledge (Mandatory):

• Deployment and administration of Elasticsearch clusters.

• Knowledge of micro-services architectures, Kubernetes, Helm charts, Docker, and Rancher.

• Experience with configuration management (Puppet, Ansible, Chocolatey).

• Scripting with Shell and/or PowerShell.

• Familiarity with ITIL processes, including incident, change, and release management.

Desirable Technical Knowledge:

• Understanding of DevOps principles and practices.

• Knowledge of relational databases (MS SQL, PostgreSQL) and their application integration.

• Experience with Kong API Gateway.

• Relevant certifications in the above technologies.

Language:

• Working knowledge of English (B2 level or higher) is required.

 

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