System Administration and Automation Engineer

• Function title: System Administration and Automation Engineer


• Reference: NOC-MA-2019-AST/107


• Location: Maastricht


• Nature of competition: Internal and external competition


• Applicable regulations: General conditions of employment


• Grades for publication: AST3-4-5


• Type of post: Assistant (AST1-AST9)


• Number of posts: 1


• Duration: 5 Year(s)


• Security clearance: Security vetting may be required in accordance with the relevant EUROCONTROL security provisions


• Directorate/Service: MAAS/ENG/ICS/SOV - Storage, Operation system & Virtualisation


• Competition publication date: 02/10/2019


• Competition closing date: 30/10/2019 (23:59 Brussels time)


• Reserve list: Applicable - See details in the "Useful information" section

Your team

Within the Directorate Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre, Engineering ensures at all times availability of the MUAC technical infrastructure and maintains this infrastructure whilst recognising the continuous need for cost effectiveness.

The SOV team translates the requirements of product teams and individual end users into modern technical solutions. These solutions are based on well-established commercial off-the-shelf products, which integrate into an innovative Information & Communication Technologies landscape for Maastricht UAC. SOV actively drives the innovation of the Maastricht ICT landscape towards modern concepts like Software Defined Data Centres, Agile and DevOps or Hybrid Cloud.

Your role

Your role will be to:

• contribute to projects and studies on a rationalised and modernised ICT architecture and infrastructure, using hybrid cloud concepts;


• support the establishment of DevOps practices at MUAC;


• perform corrective and preventive maintenance and system administration of the Linux environment and the Hyperconverged Platform (based on Nutanix and VMWware) and related technologies;


• perform lifecycle management of Virtual Machines, hosted on premise or in cloud;


• contribute to the development of tools and scripts for orchestration and automation;


• support the legacy (ClearCase) and new software development tools (Atlassian);


• perform standby duties (afternoon, night, week-end);


• perform any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.

Required qualifications, experience & competencies

• Post-secondary education attested by a diploma in ICT or related field. A Bachelor degree in a relevant field (e.g. Hardware Engineering, Computer Science, ICT, etc.) would be considered a strong asset.


• Internal candidates should check on the intranet to see what level of in-house experience is considered equivalent to educational qualifications where appropriate.


• Relevant professional training; further qualifications and/or certificates of an equivalent level will be considered as relevant education.


• In addition to the above, a minimum of 3 years’ relevant working experience.


• Experience in installing and configuring Linux based systems.


• Experience in application tool development, using programming or scripting languages.


• Experience in Virtualization, Agile Development tools and concepts would be considered as an advantage.


• Interest in the development and evolution of ICT architectures.


• Communication: Fosters two-way communication


• Teamwork: Fosters teamwork


• Planning and organisation: Displays an organised and methodical approach


• Customer focus: Responds effectively to customer enquiries


• Quality focus: Delivers consistent quality in work


• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.


• Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach.


• The working languages of the Agency are English and French. For this particular post, candidates must have a thorough knowledge of English (oral/written). Knowledge of Dutch would be considered an asset.

Useful information

• Applications will be accepted from nationals of EUROCONTROL Member States only. At the closing date of the notice of competition, internal candidates must have completed their probationary period.


• This is an appointment for a determined period of 5 Year(s). It could be extended up to a maximum of 9 years or converted into an undetermined contract. Before being established in the post, the external candidate will be requested to provide certified copies of his/her degrees and successfully serve a probationary period of 9 months.


• Internal candidates appointed to an established post or for an undetermined period: If successful, the staff member will be appointed under the conditions set out above, while maintaining the previous terms of employment regarding his/her appointment (whether for an undetermined period or to an established post). At the end of the period of  employment as mentioned above, if the assignment to this post is not extended or its duties do not become of a lasting nature, the staff member will, in accordance with the service regulations, be transferred to another post corresponding to his/her last type of post, grade and function group.


• Internal candidates appointed for determined period: If successful, the person will continue his/her current type of appointment if compliant with duration limits laid down in Annex Xb of the Staff Regulations/General Conditions of Employment.


• The successful candidate shall be appointed at the grade in the function group and to the type of post indicated in the vacancy notice, or, if a group of grades has been published, in principle at the basic grade.


• In case of reserve list: Suitable candidates, however not selected to fill the post, will be placed on a reserve list for similar functions. The period of validity of reserve list is 1 year from the approval of the selection board’s recommendations.


• Information on salary and benefits can be found on the web page: http://jobs.eurocontrol.int/what-we-offer


• EUROCONTROL is committed to non-discrimination and equal opportunities. In the event of equal merit, preference may be given to the applicant from to the under-represented diversity characteristics in order to complement diversity of teams and rebalance the workforce.


• Candidates should read the tips on how to apply. Item 1 includes information on the EUROCONTROL competency models (technical & behavioural) – Candidates should refer to the behavioural competency model to know the behaviours expected for the different levels.