Linux System Administrator - High Performance Clusters (m/f/x)

In a team of system administrators, you will be responsible for the development and management of the Linux environment, including High Performance clusters. This infrastructure is required for the execution of daily operations by NLR colleagues. You will contribute to the architecture, design, implementation, and management of NLR systems. You will provide project-based management for new development trajectories, from the analysis phase and design to implementation and commissioning. You will ensure the functionality, currency, security, and effectiveness of the Linux environment in the NLR datacenter. An interesting position with a combination of tasks, where no two workdays are the same. You will work from our location in Amsterdam with the possibility of working partially from home.

• HBO level of professional and intellectual competence, preferably a completed ICT education

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience with Linux

• Interest in new ICT technologies, which you can translate into practical and effective solutions

• Analytical ability, persuasiveness, vision, and the ability to rise above the subject matter

• You stand firm in your shoes based on professional expertise

• Excellent communication skills in Dutch and English

Working at NLR means working in a national and international high-tech environment. Collaboration and commitment are highly valued by us. By giving you freedom and personal responsibility, you are best able to achieve groundbreaking innovations. Do you want to develop yourself professionally as well as personally, or perhaps pursue a PhD? That is also possible at NLR as a learning organization, supplemented by a training budget, a mentor, internal coaches, and good contacts with vocational, higher professional, and universities.

In addition to all this, we offer you;

• A suitable salary

• No fewer than 45 days of leave (based on full-time employment) so that, alongside your challenging job, you can also fully enjoy your free time

• A fixed year-end bonus of 8%

• An allowance for your healthcare costs

• Extra paid parental leave

• Depending on your position, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home

Your new working environment?
The NLR ICT department develops and manages the NLR Information and Communication infrastructure, which consists of laptops, central servers, storage systems, backup systems, a connecting data communication network, security systems, and application software. The department is further responsible for the development of applications that support NLR processes.

What does working at NLR mean?
Royal NLR has been a knowledge organization for over 100 years with the will and ambition to innovate. Driven by that motivation, we make the world of aviation and aerospace safer, more sustainable, more efficient, and more effective, and stand for groundbreaking innovations.

More than 900 driven professionals work with us, from aeronautical engineers to psychologists and from mathematicians to application experts. NLR stands for an inclusive and diverse organization where everyone feels welcome, safe, valued, and respected.

Do you want to know more?
Then please contact Christel (Recruiter) via christel.bouwers@nlr.nl.

Our colleagues would love to tell you what it is like to work at NLR. By the way, do not forget to take a look at our renewed website and our socials such as our LinkedIn channel.

For this position, obtaining a Certificate of No Objection at level A (VGB-A) is a condition for employment. Read more about the required security screening at Security screening | AIVD.

Acquisition? We are less enthusiastic about that.