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Avanade Belgium is looking for an Azure System Engineer - are you looking to work with the latest Microsoft technology and want to make a difference to our clients from the enterprise market? Then this opportunity might just be what you’re looking for.

Introduction:

Avanade is the leading innovator in digital services, business solutions and design-led experiences, delivered through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Born 2000 as a joint venture between Accenture LLP and Microsoft to combine deep industry and business expertise with the best enterprise software solutions and platforms.

Avanade provides state-of-the-art solutions and applications based on Microsoft technology in the area of application & server infrastructure, cloud-based, desktop and workplace IT solutions, messaging, collaboration …

Come join us:

You will join a highly specialized team with a broad skillset that is passionate on bringing excellence to our customers, striving continuously to the ultimate client satisfaction. And helping them solve their most critical information and technology challenges trough innovation and creativity. Working from our office in Merelbeke, Brussels or client-site at our medium and large range clients. With a perfect balance between work, training and knowledge sharing we constantly bringing the team to new levels.

What you’ll do:

As a System Engineer, you will be part of our Infrastructure Managed Services Level 2 Engineers, candidate will play a pivotal role in maintaining and optimizing our backup and disaster recovery systems, ensuring data integrity, and supporting the overall IT infrastructure. In addition to Veeam Backup, strong knowledge of Windows Failover Clustering will be highly valued, enabling you to help improve the resilience and high availability of our server environments. You will have the possibility to:

· Design, configure, and maintain Veeam Backup & Catalyst Replication(HPE Storeonce) solutions for physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

· Perform regular backups, tests, and restores to ensure data integrity and availability.

· Monitor backup jobs and troubleshoot failures, ensuring timely resolution of issues.

· Develop and implement disaster recovery plans and ensure they are regularly tested.

· Manage and configure Windows Failover Clustering for high-availability solutions.

· Support clustered applications and services to ensure continuity and failover capabilities.

· Troubleshoot cluster-related issues and assist in performing regular cluster testing to ensure reliability.

· Install, configure, and manage VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter Server for virtualization environments.

· Monitor and manage virtual machine (VM) performance and resource allocation (CPU, memory, storage).

· Perform upgrades, patching, and maintenance of ESXi hosts and vCenter to ensure stability and security.

· Troubleshoot VMware-related issues, including VM failures, host performance degradation, and storage-related problems.

· Configure and manage storage solutions, ensuring they align with backup and clustering strategies.

· Monitor system performance, uptime, and capacity planning.

· Automate backup and failover processes, reporting, and monitoring using scripting tools and Veeam ONE.

· Provide level 2/3 support for Veeam, Windows Failover Clusters, and infrastructure-related issues.

Skills and experiences:

· You have a passion for Microsoft technology and a deep understanding of cloud computing technologies and emerging computing trends.

· You are an expert on Azure Cloud or want to develop into one in the coming years.

· You have experience with Microsoft technologies, including at least three years of working experience with Microsoft Azure, DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell, …).

· Beside these technical skills, you are fluent in Dutch and English.

About you

· 3-5+ years of experience as a System Engineer, Backup Engineer, or related role.

· Proven experience with Veeam Backup & Replication in both physical and virtual environments.

· Hands-on experience with VMware virtualization technologies.

· Familiarity with SAN/NAS storage solutions.

· Experience in configuring and managing Windows Failover Clustering environments.;

· You are looking for an organization where your development and well-being are central. You want to learn from our architect colleagues but also share your knowledge with more junior colleagues;

· You are proud of the results you achieve, and want to be the best at what we do together;

· You are in possession of a completed bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, or related field

· You have at least three years of working experience

· You have knowledge of Dutch and English language.

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade

· Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)

· Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

· Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth

· Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our [1] Inclusion & Diversity | Avanade page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking • Experimenting courageously • Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by

• Empowering every voice • Encouraging boldness • Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by

• Amazing the client • Prioritizing what matters • Acting as one

Learn more:

To learn more about the types of projects our Infrastructure team works on check out these case studies:

• [2] VentilatorChallengeUK manufactures 20 years’ worth of ventilators in 12 weeks to help save lives

• [3] Landmark Information Group finds a new home for its data in the cloud

Interested in knowing what’s going on inside Avanade? Check out our blogs:

• [4] Avanade Insights - exchange ideas that drive tomorrow’s innovation

• [5] Inside Avanade - explore what life is like working at Avanade

References

Visible links

1. https://www.avanade.com/en/about-avanade/inclusion-and-diversity

2. https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/clients/ventilator-challenge-uk

3. https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/clients/landmark-cloud-native

4. https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/avanade-insights

5. https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Avanade believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants, or job seekers because of their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protect group status as defined by law.