Freelance IT Engineer

at  Seafar NV

2000 Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium -

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Immediate19 Jan, 2025Not Specified21 Oct, 20243 year(s) or aboveSystem Administration,Software Development,English,Collaboration,Affinity,It,Ict,Devops,Microsoft AzureNoNo
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Description:

Hello! Are you the Freelance IT Engineer we are looking for?
At Seafar, you are solely responsible for all our internal and customer-facing IT. From establishing and executing internal IT policies, to implementing the technology behind us remotely and autonomously controlling ships/vessels - you will immediately add value and help an innovative scale-up company cement its place as market leader.
We’re looking for a highly motivated technical expert to join our equally energetic, driven and intelligent team and take us to the next level!

Main responsibilities

  • Accountable for IT surrounding the Remote Operating Centre (Stations remotely controlling ships and vessels) and Vessel Control System (Ships/vessels (other vehicles in progress) in need of integrating with to enable remote and autonomous control):
  • Procuring, installing, configuring and maintaining hardware (firewall, switches, joystick PLC, UPS, screens, cabling, 4G/5G/satellite, cameras…)
  • Installing/configuring software for new and existing vessels
  • Providing Remote Operating Centre application/services testing
  • Providing 2nd level IT support for the in-house operational team (captains/operators/traffic controller/…)
  • Providing 2nd level IT support for the systems onboard of our vessels
  • Cloud deployment/configuration support in Azure (IaaS & PaaS) for new or existing vessels
  • Create/maintain documentation for:
  • Station software usage by operators or traffic controllers
  • Vessel, Station & Cloud software deployment/configuration
  • IT environment
  • Responsible for internal IT infrastructure and policies:
  • Maintain and secure our server infrastructure.
  • General IT systems monitoring (Zabbix, PRTG, Azure monitoring)
  • General IT maintenance, support, and documentation
  • IT deployment/maintenance optimisation management
  • Helps CTO shape the future of the IT team

    Does this sounds like you?

Bachelor, Master or PhD Degree in IT or a Computer Science-related subject

  • Experience/knowledge of Windows (Server) administration with Intune

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE OF MONITORING TOOLS (E.G. SPECIFICALLY ZABBIX, AZURE MONITORING)

  • Experience/knowledge of Linux operating system
  • Experience with Cloud infrastructure, mainly Microsoft Azure
  • Cisco Certificatied Network Associate
  • 3+ years of experience in networking
  • 5+ years of experience in system administration and support or ICT infrastructure implementations
  • Affinity with software development and DevOps in a .NET & Azure environment
  • You like taking charge and have good communication and social skills
  • English should be perfect written and spoken, Dutch and French are an asset
  • Experience in setting-up or leading an IT team is a plus
    What’s our offer?

Seafar is the only technology and service company within the autonomous shipping sector that is commercially operating at scale. By joining Seafar you would:

  • Be accelerating your career at an innovative and unique maritime tech company in full growth mode, with lots of exciting challenges to crack
  • Work on building from the ground up the technology and service company transforming the shipping industry
  • Get offered a salary tailored to your needs
  • Making an impact in collaboration with a team of enthusiastic and determined colleagues just like you
  • Be celebrating many industry firsts – ever landed on the moon? That’s how it feels like when working at Seafar!

    Excited?
    Don’t hesitate to apply! Get on board because we need you over here

Responsibilities:

  • Accountable for IT surrounding the Remote Operating Centre (Stations remotely controlling ships and vessels) and Vessel Control System (Ships/vessels (other vehicles in progress) in need of integrating with to enable remote and autonomous control):
  • Procuring, installing, configuring and maintaining hardware (firewall, switches, joystick PLC, UPS, screens, cabling, 4G/5G/satellite, cameras…)
  • Installing/configuring software for new and existing vessels
  • Providing Remote Operating Centre application/services testing
  • Providing 2nd level IT support for the in-house operational team (captains/operators/traffic controller/…)
  • Providing 2nd level IT support for the systems onboard of our vessels
  • Cloud deployment/configuration support in Azure (IaaS & PaaS) for new or existing vessels
  • Create/maintain documentation for:
  • Station software usage by operators or traffic controllers
  • Vessel, Station & Cloud software deployment/configuration
  • IT environment
  • Responsible for internal IT infrastructure and policies:
  • Maintain and secure our server infrastructure.
  • General IT systems monitoring (Zabbix, PRTG, Azure monitoring)
  • General IT maintenance, support, and documentation
  • IT deployment/maintenance optimisation management
  • Helps CTO shape the future of the IT tea


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:3.0Max:5.0 year(s)

Information Technology/IT

IT Software - Other

Software Engineering

Graduate

Proficient

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2000 Antwerp, Belgium