Systems Engineer (Moodle)

We currently have a vacancy for a Systems Engineer (Moodle) fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert. The work will be carried out on site at customer premises and/or remotely. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team remotely.

Your tasks:

• Update Moodle core, plugins, and themes to ensure security, compatibility, and functionality, apply security patches promptly to both the Moodle platform and server components (OS, PHP, database);
• Monitor server performance (CPU, memory, disk space) and resolve any performance or uptime issues, propose optimizations for the Moodle environment on cloud provider, including managing VMs, databases, and storage;
• Tune Moodle settings (catching, PHP limits, web server configuration) to improve performance, manage cron jobs to avoid overloading the system and ensure they run efficiently;
• Install, configure, update third-party or custom plugins and ensure compatibility with the Moodle version and troubleshoot any plugin-related issues;
• Develop and maintain automation scripts (e.g., shell scripts, cron jobs) to streamline system tasks such as backups, log rotations, or routine maintenance and integrate API maintenance;
• Manage the release process for Moodle updates and plugin changes using version control, support and troubleshoot existing integrations with third-party tools (SSO, analytics systems/PBI);
• Document server configurations and backup processes on Linux systems and ensure accuracy by collaborating with IT and LMS teams.

• University degree, combined with professional IT experience of more than 10 years;
• Experience with Apache/Nginx, PHP, and MySQL including database performance tuning and maintenance;
• Experience with installing, updating, troubleshooting plugins, and ensuring compatibility with Moodle versions;
• Experience with Moodle API and third-party integrations;
• Experience with Linux server administration for maintaining the Moodle hosting environment;
• Experience with handling authentication and authorization, SSL certificates, firewalls, and system security audits;
• Experience with Moodle LMS maintenance, including upgrading, patching, and performance optimization;
• Experience with server administration, databases and Moodle system maintenance and administration;
• Experience with managing multi-tenant scalable Moodle architecture;
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, etc.) for managing virtual machines, web apps, scaling resources, and disaster recovery;
• Excellent command of the English language.

If you are seeking a career in an exciting and dynamic company, where you will offer your services as part of a team of a major European Institution, operating in an international, multilingual and multicultural environment where you can expect real chances to make a difference, please send us your detailed CV in English, quoting reference: (17987/12/24).

We offer a competitive remuneration (either on contract basis or remuneration with full benefits package), based on qualifications and experience. All applications will be treated as confidential.

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS (ED) () is a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operating internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). The company employs over 600 engineers, IT experts and consultants (around 3% PhD, 36% MSc and 53% BSc or equivalent). We design and develop software applications using state-of-the-art technology. The group generates annual revenues in the range of EURO 40 million, with an EBITDA in the range of 20%. The value of our contract portfolio exceeds EURO 250 million. EUROPEAN DYNAMICS is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, we are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.

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