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This role focuses exclusively on the product control environment and does not cover corporate IT or site infrastructure.\nYou will help keep product systems stable, secure, and supportable throughout their lifecycle. The product control architecture includes Windows and Linux servers, virtual machines, data storage, control boxes, industrial switches, firewalls, sensors, and machine communication networks. These components run product software, connect subsystems, protect network boundaries, and store operational and diagnostic data.\nWe are looking for someone who understands how these components work together and can troubleshoot issues across software, operating systems, networking, virtualization, storage and machine communication layers.\nWhat you will do\nOperate and improve product control systems and infrastructure with a strong focus on uptime, security, recovery, and supportability\n\nTroubleshoot complex connectivity, communication, and performance issues across network, operating system, virtualization and storage layers\n\nDiagnose and resolve communication issues between servers, control boxes, sensors, machine controllers, and product subsystems\n\nAnalyze network traffic and communication protocols using tools such as Wireshark, tcpdump and packet captures\n\nSupport product issues by identifying root causes, separating infrastructure and software problems, and escalating with clear evidence\n\nManage networking components including subnets, routing, VLANs, DNS, gateways, NAT, VPNs, managed switches and firewall rules\n\nBuild and maintain site-to-site VPNs and remote access solutions\n\nAdminister Windows Server and Ubuntu/Linux systems used within the product environment\n\nConfigure, maintain, and troubleshoot virtualization platforms such as Hyper-V, QEMU, VMware, or equivalent technologies\n\nConfigure and troubleshoot RAID arrays, storage controllers, backup solutions, disaster recovery processes, and data recovery activities\n\nImplement and maintain Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Active Directory permissions, service accounts, and least-privilege access models\n\nStrengthen security through hardening, patching, access control, secure baselines, vulnerability remediation and structured change management\n\nPerform vulnerability assessments, security remediation, malware validation, antivirus validation and security compliance checks\n\nKeep documentation, monitoring, backup, and recovery processes up to date\n\nWork closely with Software, Production, Service, and IT teams when product issues require cross-functional troubleshooting\n\nParticipate in incident response and on-call support when needed\n\nRequirements\nWhat we are looking for\nMust-have\nAround 5 years of hands-on experience in systems administration, infrastructure engineering, OT, industrial automation, or product environments.\n\nStrong networking skills, including routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, gateways, VPNs, and firewalls.\n\nExperience with packet-level troubleshooting using Wireshark, tcpdump or similar tools.\n\nHands-on experience with Windows Server, including Active Directory, Group Policy, patching, permissions, and security hardening.\n\nHands-on experience with Ubuntu/Linux administration, including services, updates, permissions, networking, and logging.\n\nExperience troubleshooting communication between servers, controllers, control boxes, sensors and machine subsystems\n\nExperience with virtualization platforms such as Hyper-V, VMware, QEMU or equivalent\n\nHands-on experience with RAID configuration, storage management, backup, restore, and disaster recovery.\n\nExperience implementing and managing RBAC, access control, and least-privilege security models\n\nExperience performing vulnerability assessments and security remediation\n\nSecurity-oriented mindset with strong attention to hardening, system integrity and incident handling\n\nPreferably located in the Netherlands\n\nExperience performing vulnerability assessments and security remediation\n\nSecurity-oriented mindset with strong attention to hardening, system integrity and incident handling\n\nNice-to-have\nFamiliarity with OT, semiconductor, manufacturing, or industrial environments and their availability and change-control requirements\n\nExperience with industrial communication protocols and machine-control networks\n\nExperience with monitoring, logging, observability, incident management, and root-cause analysis.\n\nAutomation skills in PowerShell, Bash, or Python. 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