# C004940 Engineer DCS (EES) (NS) - TUE 30 Jun

> EMW, Inc. · The Hague, Netherlands · Contract · Posted 2026-06-18

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** AAS

## Description

**Deadline Date:** Tuesday 30 June 2026

**Requirement:** Engineer DCS (EES)

**Location:** The Hague, NL

**Full Time On-Site:** Yes

**Time On-Site:** 100%

**Total Scope of the request (hours):** 832

**Required Start Date:** 3 August 2026

**End Contract Date:** 31 December 2026

**Required Security Clearance:** NATO SECRET

**Duties & Role:**  

-   Design, implement, and maintain enterprise virtualization and server infrastructure across data centers, office locations, and hybrid cloud environments.
-   Configure, optimize, and troubleshoot VMware vSphere environments including ESXi hosts, vCenter, clusters, HA, DRS, vMotion, and storage integrations.
-   Administer and maintain Windows Server and Linux systems, including patching, hardening, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
-   Manage enterprise storage, backup, and disaster recovery solutions to ensure data protection, resilience, and business continuity.
-   Support identity and access management services including Active Directory, Group Policy, MFA, RBAC, and privileged access controls.
-   Monitor infrastructure health using Splunk and other monitoring platforms; create dashboards, alerts, and operational reports.
-   Analyze logs and telemetry data to proactively identify risks, incidents, capacity constraints, and performance issues.
-   Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or PowerCLI to streamline provisioning, patching, compliance, configuration management, and operational tasks.
-   Utilize monitoring tools to track server health, virtualization performance, storage utilization, backup status, and service availability.
-   Lead incident response for critical infrastructure outages and restore services within SLA targets.
-   Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures to reduce recurring incidents and improve platform stability.
-   Serve as senior escalation point for complex infrastructure issues and strategic engineering initiatives.
-   Mentor junior engineers and share best practices in systems administration, virtualization, automation, and operational excellence.
-   Lead infrastructure projects such as datacenter migrations, VMware upgrades, server refreshes, cloud integrations, and platform modernization initiatives.
-   Maintain accurate documentation, standards, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures for the infrastructure environment.
-   Collaborate with networking, security, cloud, and application teams to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable enterprise services.
-   Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, standardization, security, and operational efficiency within the Engineering Team.

## Requirements

**Skills, Knowledge & Experience:**

-   The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
-   7+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise systems administration and operations.
-   Strong expertise in VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi host management, vCenter administration, HA, DRS, vMotion, clustering, and lifecycle management.
-   Advanced knowledge of enterprise virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere, VMware NSX, VMware vSAN, Nutanix, or Hyper-V.
-   Strong expertise in Windows Server and Linux administration, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, identity integration, patching, and system hardening.
-   Experience with storage and backup technologies, including SAN/NAS administration, datastores, replication, snapshots, and backup solutions such as Veeam, Commvault, or Rubrik.
-   Strong expertise in automation and infrastructure as code, using PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or VMware PowerCLI.
-   Experience with monitoring and logging platforms for infrastructure health, performance, and troubleshooting, such as Splunk, vRealize Operations, Icinga/Nagios, Zabbix, PRTG, or Grafana.
-   Hands-on knowledge of system security, access control, and compliance, including MFA, PAM, endpoint hardening, vulnerability remediation, and RBAC administration.
-   Experience managing hybrid infrastructure environments, including on-premises virtualization and cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or VMware Cloud.
-   Strong understanding of networking fundamentals in virtualized environments, including VLANs, virtual switching, load balancing, DNS, and firewall integration.
-   Experience with incident management, root cause analysis, disaster recovery, and major outage resolution in enterprise environments.
-   Experience mentoring engineers, leading infrastructure projects, and acting as a senior escalation point.
-   Experience with automation-driven operational improvements, including scripting, orchestration, self-service provisioning, and configuration management.
-   Knowledge of containerization and modern infrastructure platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift is a plus.

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