Deadline Date: Wednesday 30 October 2024
Requirement: Senior Cloud Administrator (AWS)
Location: Braine L'Alleud, BE
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 300
Required Start Date: 16 December 2024
End Contract Date: 31 December 2024
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Duties and Role:
Under the overall direction of the Service Owner and Service Delivery Manager, the incumbent will perform duties such as the following:
- Administer, configure, and manage AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, and VPC.
- Provide Level 2/3 support for AWS-related issues, investigating and resolving operational problems in a timely manner.
- Provision and maintain virtual machines, storage, and databases on AWS, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Manage and optimize AWS networking components like VPCs, subnets, route tables, VPNs, and Direct Connect.
- Automate the deployment and management of AWS resources using AWS CloudFormation, 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
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- Have a graduate degree in Computer and Information Systems Technology or an equivalent level of qualification or professional accreditation by a related engineering Institute or professional body
- Be fluent English in both spoken and written.
- Experience with Amazon AWS cloud environment (IAM, EC2, ALB, Cloudfront, Cloudformation, WAF, Monitoring, Storage, Cognito)
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes clusters and Docker containers
- 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).
