Datacenter infra engineer (back-up & restore)

You will be responsible for creating a roadmap for timely replacement and expansion to stay ahead of increasing demand. You are able to look far ahead to properly incorporate developments in technology into our data center design. Together with your IT colleagues, you make a good plan for the selection of new hardware to be used that meets our requirements so that outdated hardware can be replaced in a timely manner.

As a backup & restore specialist, you are primarily responsible for securing, restoring and optimizing all business data within our enterprise environment. You manage a fully redundant backup platform based on VEEAM, spread over two private data centers. You ensure that our data is always available, protected and compliant, even in the most critical situations. You have a great sense of security, because our data must be protected to the maximum and must be recoverable even in the most extreme situations (hacking attacks, natural disasters, data center down).

You will work closely with users, Security and IT teams to ensure the continuity of our business processes. With your experience, you know how to identify risks at an early stage and implement improvements in processes, tooling and architecture.

You create IT infrastructure designs that allow the team to offer Infrastructure-as-a-Service to its users. You think about ways to automate the service provision and management where possible and you analyze existing vulnerabilities in order to solve them as quickly as possible where necessary. Together with our suppliers, you will look at which hardware we use and which firmware versions are needed to ensure mutual compatibility, stability and security. You are also adept at creating cases with our suppliers, you can quickly find and deliver the necessary information and you know how to put pressure where necessary. You give direction to our suppliers with your vision on the use of our infrastructure. The work is very diverse: both management and development and both tactical and operational.

Your team
We are the Multidisciplinary Team Datacenter Management & Storage Services. With 10 employees, we are responsible for setting up and managing our data centers, installing and managing rackmount servers, storage environments and managing the backup infrastructure.

As a team, we have a very wide range of responsibilities:

• regular management such as incident handling, troubleshooting, monitoring and maintenance;
• setting up, securing, patching, upgrading and migrating server and storage hardware;
• automating tasks and activities;
• continuously innovating the solutions offered;
• providing consultancy and advice.

You are an independent and inquisitive IT professional with experience in a complex enterprise environment. You are very meticulous, and you know the consequences of data and hardware availability. You are a real go-getter with a hands-on mentality, stress-resistant, strong communicative skills and closely follow developments in your field of work. You have a passion for IT that doesn't stop after working hours. In addition, you are analytically minded but also solution- and customer-oriented. You are enterprising and have the drive and organizational talent to get things done as a driving force. You are creative and always look for new solutions to make existing environments more effective and new functionalities possible. You also know how to enthuse others in this.

You also have:

• a HBO working and thinking level;
• knowledge and experience with VEEAM in an enterprise environment. Possess the relevant VEEAM certification or be willing to obtain it;
• experience in creating scripts in Powershell and Python;
• experience with Linux (Ubuntu / Rocky);
• experience in the field of server and storage products;
• knowledge of and experience with the use of IT hardware in your own data center;
• knowledge of network and SAN concepts;
• knowledge of data resiliency concepts and security guidelines;
• a good command of Dutch and English;
• skill in drafting and maintaining technical documentation.

You can see that there are plenty of challenges for you. These challenges can also be seen as development opportunities. So, if you do not yet have the track record required in the vacancy, but do have solid work experience and the right mindset, we would also like to invite you to apply.

You will work here
Our IT teams work according to agile principles. Collaboration, communication, transparency and continuous feedback are essential. The work mainly takes place during office hours and from a beautiful and modern working environment on our green and lively campus in Wageningen, but where necessary you will also be asked to participate in maintenance outside office hours (in the evening or at weekends). In addition, you and your colleagues are on standby 7x24 for security incidents according to an agreed schedule (maximum one week per month). In consultation, you can also work from home part of the time, for good focus and a healthy work-life balance.

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed year-end bonus of 8,3%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between € 3,399 and € 5,478 for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 10).

For this role, an appointment of 32 hours is negotiable. We offer you a one-year contract with the intention of converting it into a permanent contract. We are happy to help you if you have any questions about this.

Wageningen University & Research offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development, with a strong internal recruitment policy and excellent training programmes.

You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, in an international and open working environment. For 20 consecutive years, we have been voted the "best university" in the Netherlands! A place to be proud of.

The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch the video below to get an idea of our green campus!

We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.

Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.
Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. If you come with a partner, we offer a Dual Career group program organized by our Welcome Center. This program helps your partner to get familiar with the Dutch
culture, labour market and assists your partner to find a job. Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to
support international employees coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, our Welcome Center can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example housing, opening a bank account or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands.