Freelance Linux Infrastructure Engineer

Freelance Linux Infrastructure Engineer – Streaming & Data Centre

📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands

💼 Contractor / ZZP

An established games studio is looking for a freelance Linux engineer with a data centre background and experience supporting streaming infrastructure .

You’ll maintain and improve the environment, troubleshoot performance issues and automate operational tasks.

What you’ll be doing

• Maintain and troubleshoot Linux servers and services.
• Resolve streaming performance issues across networks, servers and storage.
• Support physical and virtualised data centre infrastructure.
• Automate provisioning, configuration and maintenance.
• Improve monitoring, alerting and incident response.
• Collaborate with technical teams and maintain clear documentation.

What we’re looking for

• Strong production Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in data centres , managed hosting , ISPs or similar environments.
• Practical experience supporting streaming infrastructure .
• Good knowledge of networking , virtualisation and storage .
• Bash and/or Python scripting skills.
• Experience with Ansible , Puppet , SaltStack or similar tools.
• An independent approach to troubleshooting and clear communication.

Useful extras

• CDN, caching and edge infrastructure.
• Ceph or ZFS; VMware, KVM or Proxmox.
• Monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Icinga or Zabbix.
• Experience supporting gaming or media environments.

Interested? Share your CV, availability, hourly rate and a brief example of your Linux, streaming and data centre experience.