Senior Technical Application Manager

Job Characteristics

Location: Huis ter Heide (Ut) Contract duration: Temporary appointment with a view to a permanent position. Hours per week: 38 Monthly salary: €3,913.00 - €6,244.00 Salary scale: Burgerschaal IBBAD 10 - Burgerschaal IBBAD 10 Level: HBO Bachelor Field: ICT Vacancy number: 82025 Employment Type: Temporary appointment with a view to a permanent position Job group: Civilian

What you will do

Work at the Ministry of Defence but not as a military member?

If you choose a job at Defence, you choose socially relevant work. You genuinely contribute to a secure Netherlands.
In addition to approximately 54,000 professional soldiers and reservists, over 27,000 civilians also work at Defence. Do you want to contribute in your own field as a civilian to a professional defence organization and thus to peace and security at home and abroad?

As a Senior Technical Application Manager at NAFIN Management Tooling, you will ensure that the applications behind Defence's IT infrastructure remain reliably functional and are ready for the future. With your technical knowledge and experience, you will contribute to a network that Defence must be able to rely on worldwide.

As a Senior Technical Application Manager, you will ensure that the applications supporting the management and monitoring of the Defence network infrastructure function well and continue to develop. You maintain oversight, take initiative, and ensure that technical issues are resolved carefully.

Your tasks include:

• Manage and improve: install, manage, monitor, test, and adapt applications for the WAN and LAN infrastructure.
• Manage incidents: analyze complex malfunctions and deviations, coordinate the solution, and implement structural improvements where necessary.
• Coordinate installations and maintenance: prepare and execute software installations, changes, and maintenance work.
• Monitor quality and continuity: keep configuration data, authorizations, and technical documentation up-to-date and ensure a well-organized management process.
• Advise on technical issues: contribute to thinking about location-, client-, and configuration-specific situations and advise on suitable solutions.
• Look ahead and innovate: monitor the coherence between applications, identify improvement opportunities, and contribute to the further development of the management environment.
• Guide colleagues: act as a technical point of contact, share knowledge, and support colleagues with complex issues and their professional development.

You will work with, among others, Elastic, Grafana, InfluxDB, MariaDB, Telegraf, Patchmanager, Kapacitor, self-developed scripts, and Linux via the command line. You will use your knowledge to keep the existing environment reliable and to improve it further where necessary.

What we ask

You are an experienced IT professional who can independently understand and solve complex technical issues. You take responsibility for the quality of management, look ahead, and know how to transfer your knowledge to others.

This is what you bring:

• HBO (higher professional education) work and thinking level, preferably in the field of IT, computer science, or a comparable discipline.
• At least five years of demonstrable experience with IT management or application management in a complex environment.
• Thorough knowledge of Linux systems, preferably substantiated with LPIC-2 or comparable knowledge.
• Experience in independently managing, analyzing, and optimizing applications, preferably within open-source environments.
• The ability to analyze complex malfunctions, determine appropriate solutions, and implement improvements structurally.
• The skill to provide substantive guidance to colleagues, share knowledge, and communicate clearly with various stakeholders.
• A meticulous and proactive approach, where you independently take responsibility and seek collaboration.

This is a plus:

• Knowledge of network architectures and security principles.
• Experience with coordinating changes and guiding projects.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools, such as Elastic Stack, Grafana, InfluxDB, and Telegraf.
• Knowledge of installing, deploying, and integrating applications.
• Experience with writing and maintaining scripts in, for example, Python, Bash, or Shell.
• Knowledge of MariaDB/MySQL, including database optimization and troubleshooting performance issues.

What you get

Salary scale: Burgerschaal IBBAD 10 - Burgerschaal IBBAD 10 Salary description: The mentioned salary is based on a full workweek of 38 hours. Your placement will be based on your work experience and educational background. Monthly salary: €3,913.00 - €6,244.00 Employment Type: Temporary appointment with a view to a permanent position Contract duration: Temporary appointment with a view to a permanent position. Maximum hours per week: 38

What else we offer

• Defence strongly values personal growth and offers good study facilities, so you never stand still. You will have ample opportunity to develop yourself and advance.
• At Defence, you build up 16.33% of your gross salary each month in the Individual Choice Budget. You can use it to buy extra leave hours or for tax purposes.
• In addition to a pension scheme with ABP, you will receive a monthly contribution for commuting or you can opt for a public transport subscription with unlimited travel throughout the Netherlands under favorable conditions.

Special conditions

• This vacancy is open to both internal and external candidates. In case of suitability, internal candidates have preference.
• A security investigation is part of the selection procedure.
• A reference check and assessment may be part of the selection procedure.
• To be eligible for this position, you must be from a country within the European Economic Area. If this is not the case, you must possess a combined residence and work permit (GVVA).
• Acquisition is not appreciated. We kindly request that you do not send unsolicited offers, calls, or emails. Thank you for your understanding.

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More about the job group

Organization name

Ministry of Defence

Organization description

Defence is committed to the interests, prosperity, and freedom of the Netherlands. We are active daily at home and abroad. Our global deployment strengthens international cooperation and ensures that people can develop freely. Now and in the future.

Approximately 79,000 people work directly and indirectly for peace and security at the Ministry of Defence. The ministry consists of the Materiel & IT Command (COMMIT), the Staff Directorate (the department), the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, and the Defence Support Command (DOSCO).

Defence is one of the largest employers in the Netherlands and has similarities with a large corporation. The operational commands (sea, land, and air forces), the Marechaussee, DOSCO, and COMMIT resemble operating companies.

Organization URL

www.defensie.nl/organisatie/commit

Department name

Materiel and IT Command

Department description

• You will join COMMIT (Materiel & IT Command), part of the Ministry of Defence. COMMIT provides the best materiel and the best IT for the armed forces, together with international partners such as NATO and the EU. Within COMMIT, you will work in the IT Infrastructure department (IT-Infra) and more specifically within Defence Platform Services (PSD).
• Defence Platform Services (PSD) delivers Defence-specific generic IT infrastructure services related to security and connectivity. It also provides custom solutions where standard services do not suffice. PSD consists of three sections: Security, Connectivity, and Custom Solutions.
• Security is responsible for the functional management of digital identities, performs technical management of crypto systems, and is responsible for Defence Pass services. The Security section is responsible for the functional management of digital identities, manages the Crypto chain together with The Hague partners, and is responsible for Defence Pass services.
• Connectivity designs, implements, and manages the NAFIN, as well as the associated local, wired, and wireless networks at more than 300 fixed Defence locations and its chain partners. Datacenter connections with the NAFIN are also designed, implemented, and managed. Additionally, there are the NARFA (frequency management), Radio, and SatCom teams.
• Custom Solutions is responsible for realizing custom requests for IT infrastructure products and services – where possible based on PSD's standard product and service portfolio. Furthermore, Custom Solutions is responsible for the (further) development

Vision
The Materiel & IT Command (COMMIT) supports the transition to an information-driven and technologically advanced armed forces with the best materiel and IT. Our COMMITment is great to strengthen the crucial role as a strategic partner of the Commander of the Armed Forces, the operational units, and international partners. COMMIT increases the impact of support through an integral and innovative approach to materiel and IT projects, (weapon) system management, and chain logistics.

We invest in the quality of our people and the flexibility and diversity of the workforce. The most important capabilities of COMMIT are the knowledge and experience of our personnel. To provide the armed forces with materiel and IT faster, we focus on process and social innovation in project management, procurement, and disposal of defence materiel, and personnel and logistical support, in addition to technological innovation.

Executing innovative projects requires more collaboration with the business community, knowledge institutions, and other government organizations and societal bodies. Under the banner of C-COMMIT as National Armaments Director (NAD), we also develop and strengthen international cooperation in the field of materiel and IT (NATO, EU, multinational, and bilateral).

Mission
COMMIT provides the armed forces with the best materiel and the best IT.

Extra
COMMIT is for everyone and by everyone; we are convinced that with a diverse and inclusive organization, we can best perform our task of connecting the 'want' and the 'can' when our personnel is a reflection of society. We therefore invite you to apply for this position!

Department URL

www.defensie.nl/organisatie/COMMIT

Contact persons

For more information about this vacancy:

Frank Lokhorst, Senior IT Manager
[email protected]

For more information about the application procedure:

Mariette Wijnstra, Recruitment Advisor HR
[email protected]

Location: Huis ter Heide (Ut) Level: HBO Bachelor38 hours per week €3,900 ~ €6,250 salary ICT Senior Technical Application Manager