Job Description
Project – the aim you’ll have
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with strong VMware and NetApp expertise to join a Dutch engineering team delivering private cloud services to government and regulated-market customers in the Netherlands. The client is a managed services provider operating that platform.
You will work on a large production environment, covering both day-to-day operations and larger infrastructure projects, in close cooperation with the client’s engineers in the Netherlands. We are looking for someone who takes ownership naturally: able to pick up a bigger problem or project, propose how to approach it, and carry it through to the end.
Role – how you’ll contribute
- Administer, maintain and troubleshoot the VMware (vSphere / ESXi) environment – vCenter, clusters, HA/DRS, vMotion
- Manage and maintain NetApp storage – ONTAP administration, volume and LUN provisioning, NFS/iSCSI/CIFS, replication and snapshots
- Run larger infrastructure projects and resolve complex technical problems independently
- Handle day-to-day operational work: incidents, changes and service requests
- Own capacity, performance and lifecycle management of the virtualisation and storage platforms, including patching and firmware upgrades
- Run backup and restore operations, and verify that recovery actually works
- Produce and maintain technical documentation and runbooks
- Take part in the stand-by rota
- Work directly with the client’s engineers in the Netherlands, including knowledge sharing in both directions
Qualifications
Expectations – the experience you need
- 10+ years in IT infrastructure support and projects
- Strong hands-on experience with VMware (vSphere / ESXi) in production, including upgrades and lifecycle management
- Hands-on experience with NetApp ONTAP in production
- Ability to troubleshoot across the stack – compute, storage and network together – rather than within a single layer
- SAN and Fibre Channel
- Linux and Windows system administration
- Backup and restore in a production environment
- Scripting for automation (PowerShell or Python)
- Experience working with ticketing and change management tooling (ServiceNow or equivalent)
- Willingness to take part in a stand-by rota and to travel to the Netherlands for onboarding and knowledge sharing
- English at C1 – the working language with the client
How you work with others:
- Takes ownership: picks up a problem or project, decides how to approach it, and sees it through without needing to be chased for progress
- Keeps people informed: says where something stands, flags a delay early, and does not let a problem go quiet
- Builds working relationships at a distance – most contact with the Dutch team is remote, so trust comes from reliability and clear communication rather than corridor conversations
Additional skills – the edge you have
- OpenStack or Proxmox, or a genuine willingness to learn both
- VMware vSAN or Site Recovery Manager
- Backup tooling such as Veeam
- Infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform)
- VMware (VCP) or NetApp (NCDA) certification
- Any level of Dutch
Additional Information
What we offer:
- Flexible and remote cooperation options
- International projects with leading global clients
- Travels related to international projects
- Non-corporate atmosphere
- Access* to language classes
- Access* to knowledge-sharing initiatives
- Access* to private healthcare and life insurance
- Access* to multisport card
*The availability and terms of individual benefits may vary depending on the chosen form of cooperation.