Talencia Consulting - DevOps NGINX Engineer

Talencia is looking for a DevOps NGINX Engineer for one of its clients.

Location: Brussels
Start date: ASAP
Duration: Long-term

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in Networking and Security environments.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Team-oriented and proactive mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• English is mandatory (written and spoken).
• French and/or Dutch is a plus.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies.

Technical requirements

• Operating systems & Security:
  • Strong experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Excellent knowledge of SELinux administration and troubleshooting
  • Experience with system hardening, patching, and performance tuning
• Automation & configuration management:
  • Strong expertise in Ansible
  • Ability to develop and maintain playbooks, roles, and inventories
  • Infrastructure automation and configuration management experience
• Web & Network services:
  • Expertise with NGINX / NGINX+ as Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer
  • Experience with F5 Approtect Web Application Firewall
  • Experience with Opswat MetaDefender AV/AM solutions
  • Solid understanding of HTTP/HTTPS protocols and web security concepts
  • Good knowledge of TCP/IP, TLS, and DNS
• DevOps & CI/CD:
  • Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps
  • Experience designing and implementing YAML-based CI/CD pipelines
  • Knowledge of Azure Repos, Artifacts, and deployment pipelines
• Version Control:
  • Advanced GIT knowledge:
    • Branching strategies
    • Rebasing and conflict resolution
    • Tagging and cherry-picking
    • Pull request workflows
• Scripting & programming:
  • Strong Bash scripting skills
  • Working knowledge of Python
  • Knowledge of Java is considered an asset