C005069 DevOps Engineer (PaaS) (NS) BELGIUM - 18 Aug

Deadline Date: Tuesday 18 August 2026



Requirement:   DevOps Engineer (PaaS)



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): 700



Required Start Date: 21 September 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:



Under the direction of Service Delivery Manager of Service Oriented Architecture and Identity and Access Management (SOA & IdM), the DevOps Engineer will focus on streamlining application delivery and bridging the gap between development and infrastructure:

• Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to fully automate application testing, integration, and delivery.
• Provision and manage hybrid infrastructure across on-premises environments and the cloud utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Administer container orchestration platforms and collaborate directly with development teams to seamlessly onboard applications into production environments.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure platform reliability and performance.
• Embed security best practices and compliance controls directly into the deployment pipelines and infrastructure configurations.
• Troubleshoot complex integration and deployment issues, acting as a technical bridge across agile delivery teams

Requirements

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• At least 3-5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps or automated platform management, including:
• Strong proficiency in CI/CD, GitOps, pipeline automation, and version control using enterprise tools like GitLab, ArgoCD or Jenkins.
• Solid experience deploying and administering container workloads and orchestration platforms, including Kubernetes, Rancher, RKE2 and Docker.
• Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, provisioning hybrid resources with Terraform, and automating system configurations with Ansible.
• Practical knowledge of managing hybrid infrastructure across enterprise virtualization environments (VMware) and major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash or Python for automating routine operational tasks and tool integrations.
• Experience deploying and utilizing observability and industry-standard monitoring stacks like Prometheus, Grafana and ELK.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving capabilities with a strong track record of delivering cross-functional work in fast-moving Agile environments.