C005507 Engineer (Cloud and Kubernetes) (NS) BELGIUM - 3 Nov

Deadline Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 
Requirement: Engineer (Cloud and Kubernetes)
 
Location: Braine-l'Alleud, BELGIUM
 
Full Time On-Site: Yes
 
Time On-Site: 100%
 
Not to Exceed Rate: 95 EUR
 
Total Scope of the request (hours): 350
 
Required Start Date: 14 December 2026
 
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
 
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
 
Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:

1. Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
2. Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
3. Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position

Any applications that do NOT meet all the above - and do not CLEARLY show these on the CV - will be deleted.
 
Duties & Role: 

• Administer, configure enterprise-wide cloud environments (MS Azure or AWS)
• Provide Level 2/3 support for cloud related issues, investigating and resolving operational problems in a timely manner.
• Provision and maintain virtual machines, storage, and databases on cloud, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Manage and optimize cloud networking components like VPCs, subnets, route tables, VPNs, and Direct Connect.
• Automate the deployment and management of AWS or Azure resources using Terraform, or similar tools.
• Develop scripts (Python, Bash, PowerShell) to automate routine tasks, such as instance management, backups, and scaling
• Perform other duties, as may be required.

Requirements
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• Sound experience with Amazon AWS cloud environment (IAM, EC2, ALB, CloudFront, CloudFormation, WAF, Monitoring, Storage, Cognito)
• Experience with operating enterprise Azure environments (IaaS and PaaS services).
• Experience with Azure VMs, storage accounts, virtual networks, Load Balancers and Azure monitor
• Strong and hands-on experience with Kubernetes clusters and Docker containers (on Cloud and on premisses)
• Experience with DevOps practices, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• Proficiency in managing and securing VPC networks, firewalls, and access control.
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Prometheus).
• Must have excellent spoken and written English communication and presentation skills, as demonstrated by recent experience (within the past 5 years);
• Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with users, team members and stakeholders
• Must demonstrate the ability and self-motivation to work on his/her own but must also work well within groups as part of a team;
• Must demonstrate an ability and keen sense for problem-solving.
• Motivated, good communication skills, team player.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision. Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization.