Systems Engineer - Hybrid/Freelance

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 clients 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

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.

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.

Lia Giarleli

We have a HYBRID opening in Valletta, Malta for which you may find more info in the link below:

https://apply.workable.com/european-dynamics/j/4BCB6E0D79/

Details:

- Position: Systems Engineer (Moodle)

- Deadline: 08/01/2025

- Rate : Onsite: 540 max daily eur/day (including your rate)

Offsite: 440 max daily eur/day (including your rate)

-Client: EUAA

-Duration: 120 days with 90% offsite and 10% onsite.Please note that the consultant would need to start the engagement with on-site presence of at least five (5) consecutive working days.

Please keep in mind that for the specific opportunity we can consider only EU candidates due to security clearance and ability to get registered as freelancers.