Deadline Date:
Monday 28 July 2025
Requirement Title: Engineer (Kubernetes Orchestrator)
Location:
Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium
Full time on-site:
Yes
Not to Exceed:
79 EUR
Total Scope of the request (hours):
836
Required Start Date:
8 September 2025
Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
Specific Working Conditions:
Some work outside of normal working hours may be required; Up to 100 TDY's within Belgium per year
Please do NOT
apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
- Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
- Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
- Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Duties and Role
Under the direction of Service Delivery Manager of Service Oriented Architecture and Identity and Access Management (SOA & IdM), the engineer will perform duties such as the following:
- Design and deploy highly available, secure, and scalable Kubernetes clusters on-premises or in the cloud.
- Collaborate with development teams to containerize applications and deploy them on Kubernetes, optimizing for resource utilization and performance.
- Champion and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi to manage and automate Kubernetes deployments and configurations.
- Establish robust monitoring and logging solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack to ensure the health and performance of Kubernetes clusters and applications.
- Continuously analyze and optimize Kubernetes cluster performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and resource constraints.
- Implement security best practices and controls to safeguard Kubernetes clusters from threats and vulnerabilities.
- Diagnose and resolve complex issues related to Kubernetes and containerized applications, providing timely solutions to incidents and outages.
- Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to foster a collaborative environment and provide guidance on Kubernetes best practices.
At least 5 years' experience in Kubernetes Orchestrator service management including below:
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments, including designing, deploying, and managing large scale clusters.
- Deep understanding of containerization technologies like Docker, Podman and container orchestration principles.
- Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi.
- Familiarity with major providers Rancher, Openshift, Docker.
- Familiarity with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their Kubernetes offerings (EKS, AKS, GKE).
- Familiarity with major virtualization providers (VMware, Microsoft).
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK stack.
- Experience with service meshes like Istio or Linkerd.
- Experience with HELM and CI/CD (ArgoCD/ GitOps )
- Experience with Storage (Software Defined / Backend), S3 solutions, MinIO, Nooba etc.
- Proficient in scripting languages like Bash or Python for automation tasks.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Good understanding different agile delivery methodologies.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-moving environment, and to work in cross functional teams.
- NATO Secret security clearance