Monitoring Engineer Checkmk - Senior Consultant (f/m/d)

• Administer the Checkmk environment (Core or Enterprise), ensuring stability and performance
• Manage hosts, services, rules, folders, contact groups, and site configurations
• Deploy and maintain monitoring templates based on customer or internal standards
• Ensure full monitoring coverage across servers, network devices, applications, and probes (central & remote)
• Validate host/service discovery and ensure consistency of service checks
• Configure and optimize alert thresholds and notification rules aligned with SLAs and business criticality
• Reduce false positives through rule tuning, tagging, and continuous optimization
• Design and maintain dashboards, providing clear visibility into system health, availability, and critical alerts
• Monitor events daily, perform first-level investigation, and support basic troubleshooting
• Manage incident tickets and coordinate Checkmk upgrades, patches, and post-validation, including optional Linux OS maintenance

• Strong hands-on experience administering Checkmk (Core or Enterprise) in production environments
• Configuration of hosts, services, rules, folders, contact groups, and sites
• Understanding of distributed monitoring (central site and remote probes)
• Strong Linux administration skills (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
• Experience operating and troubleshooting Linux servers hosting Checkmk
• Proficiency in log analysis, service management, and disk, memory, and process troubleshooting
• Solid understanding of monitoring concepts, including availability, performance, thresholds, and SLAs
• Experience handling alerts and monitoring events in operational environments
• Ability to distinguish real incidents from false positives
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, ports, firewalls, proxies)
• Experience with network-based checks (HTTP/S, SNMP, ICMP)
• Ability to troubleshoot connectivity-related monitoring issues

Things to know before departure: 

• Start: by arrangement -  always on the 1st and 15th of the month
• Working hours: full-time (40h); 27 vacation days
• Employment contract: Unlimited
• Line of work: Consulting
• Language skills: Fluency in written and spoken English; German is a plus
• Flexibility & willingness to travel for on-site assignments
• Other: a valid work permit

ENABLING YOU TO SHAPE A BETTER TOMORROW

As a technology and business partner, MHP digitizes its customers' processes and products and supports them in their IT transformations along the entire value chain. As a digitization pioneer in mobility and manufacturing, MHP transfers its expertise to different industries and is the premium partner for thought leaders on their way to a Better Tomorrow.

MHP serves more than 300 customers worldwide: leading corporations and innovative medium-sized companies. MHP provides both operative and strategic consulting together with proven IT and technology expertise and specific industry knowledge. As OneTeam, MHP operates internationally, with headquarters in Germany and subsidiaries in the USA, UK, Romania, and China.

For 25 years, MHP has been shaping the future with its customers. More than 4.000 MHP employees share a commitment to excellence and sustainable success. This aspiration continues to drive MHP - today, tomorrow, and in the future.

MHP: DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE.

http://www.mhp.com/ 

At MHP, you will continuously grow with your projects and objectives in an innovative and supportive environment. That makes us the perfect sparring partner for your career, fueling your growth as an expert in your field while expanding your business network.

We value the authenticity that comes from bringing your individual strengths into the team. Diversity plays a key role in our culture, and it brings different visions & flavors into the mix.

• We all share a strong team spirit. Every win, big or small, belongs to all of us.
• We always welcome curiosity, creativity, and unconventional thinking patterns.
• We recognize the importance of healthy, tight-knit communities and sustainable environmental changes, and we strive to enact positive change in any form within our reach.
• We’re here to co-create your ideal career growth plan tailored to your professional aspirations.

The quickest way to apply is through our online JobLocator. It only takes a few clicks. 

You'll need to upload three documents: your CV, a cover letter, and your academic transcript or certificate. 

If you don’t have all of them right now, no worries - you can upload your CV multiple times in place of any missing document.

Once we receive your application, our recruiting team will review it across all departments to find the best match for you. Even if nothing in our current job postings is a perfect fit, we'll actively look for the right opportunity within MHP Romania. 

We’re excited to learn more about you! 

Do you still have questions? Then take a look at our FAQs on our careers page:  https://www.mhp.com/en/career 

If you have any further questions, please contact our recruiting team at recruiting-romania@mhp.com