DescriptionDeadline Date:Monday 28 July 2025
Requirement Title: Engineer (Kubernetes Orchestrator)
Location: Braine-lAlleud Belgium
Full time on-site: Yes
Total Scope of the request(hours): 836
Required Start Date: 8-SEP-2025
End Contract Date:31-DEC-2025
Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
Specific Working Conditions: Some work outside of normal working hours may be required; Up to 100 TDYs within Belgium per year
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.
RequirementsAt 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