Cloud Engineer

Main duties

• Manage secure, reliable, scalable and cost-effective cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Develop automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration and CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage containerized workloads, access controls, networking, monitoring, logging and alerts.
• Support the transition from AWS to Azure.
• Work with software engineers, data scientists and researchers to turn their needs into cloud functionality.
• Maintain clear documentation, provide progress updates and validate deliverables with the NATO Project Manager.

Mandatory requirements

• NATO SECRET security clearance.
• A relevant quantitative university degree with substantial systems engineering content plus 2 years of relevant experience, or at least 4 years of similar experience plus relevant industry-recognized certifications.
• Experience managing multi-account AWS environments, including Lambda, S3, CloudTrail, ECS and EC2, following AWS best practices.
• Strong experience with Terraform, CI/CD, ECS container automation and conditional access.
• Experience with CloudTrail/GuardDuty, IAM, SSO, VPC networking and least-privilege security.
• Proficiency in Python and Bash, plus knowledge of Docker, Linux administration and Git.
• Strong written and verbal communication, clear documentation and the ability to explain technical topics to non-specialists.
• Meet the AAS framework’s general qualifications, including English proficiency.

Preferred

• Experience in cybersecurity or intelligence.
• Azure experience.

Key working terms

• Location: NATO HQ, Brussels — 2 days on-site and 3 days remote within Belgium.
• Workload: 38 hours/week for 42 weeks; 1,596 hours/year.