#NC25ICT181545 - Systems Engineering Services - Closed
Deadline: September 1, 2025
Requester: NATO
Location: Offsite
Job type: Contractor
Start date: October, 2025
Security clearance: NATO RESTRICTED
SCOPE OF WORK / DUTIES / ROLES
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Support NCI Agency in the NATO Programmes of Work with ACT in the area of cloud automation technologies;
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Provide technical support to NATO exercises and associated events organized by NATO bodies and the Agency;
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Collaborate to the development of software automation code using Terraform, Ansible and/or Helm for the events;
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Perform cloud administration tasks on an AWS account based on GitOps, and on multiple Microsoft Azure tenants;
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Collaborate to the planning and organisational aspects for the upcoming experimentations;
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Participate to the bi-weekly project meetings held in the NCI Agency in The Hague either online or face to face. The Contractor will be part of a team and will provide the service using an Agile and iterative approach during multiple sprints. Each sprint is planned for a duration of 1 week. The content and scope of each sprint will be agreed during the sprint-planning meeting.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. At least 2 years of relevant professional experience;
- Deep knowledge and demonstrable experience in IT automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools in cloud environments, such as Ansible, Terraform, and Helm;
- Experience with containerization technologies and orchestrators, such as Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes/OpenShift;
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, tools and methodologies;
- Proven experience with Linux and Windows system administration;
- Strong knowledge of one or more cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI;
- Deep understanding of cloud architecture principles particularly in setting up landing zones and cloud network design;
- Excellent understanding of networking concepts and cloud networking technologies;
- Experience with cryptographic elements: Key management (PKI), encryption algorithms (AES) and encryption in transit (TLS) Documentation skills, with the ability to create detailed technical specifications and architecture diagrams;
- Extensive knowledge of AWS or Microsoft Azure. Related Professional Cloud Certifications are desirable;
- Working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Experience in Cloud FinOps and resource optimization;
- Experience in migrating workloads (and re-architecting for cloud);
- Configure and maintain network security controls, including firewalls, VPNs, and access control lists (ACLs);
- Implement and manage cryptographic elements like PKI, digital certificates, and encryption algorithms (AES);
- Experience in multi-cloud deployments and hybrid environments.
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