Cloud Architect with security clearance

Brussels - Belgium

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Would you like to join the leading international intergovernmental organization

We are supporting a critical high-impact programme at the heart of NATOs digital transformation. IS-CDT is leading the development of a NATO-wide cloud strategy and architecture focusing on the procurement and installation of sovereign highly secure cloud environments. This is a unique chance to be a foundational architect of NATOs future cloud capability designing and implementing air-gapped distributed cloud solutions that will be deployed on-premise across NATO locations.

Responsibilities:

Contribute to the design and architecture of NATO-Restricted and NATO-Secret cloud environments.
Develop architectures for air-gapped distributed and on-premise cloud solutions ensuring resilience and sovereignty.
Support the development of NATOs overarching cloud strategy and technical reference architectures.
Collaborate on procurement activities providing expert technical input for RFPs and vendor evaluations.
Ensure all architectures meet stringent security accreditation and compliance requirements.
Work with cross-functional teams to translate strategic objectives into implementable secure cloud designs.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

Proven Experience: Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions within security-accredited cloud environments (e.g. government defence or highly regulated commercial sectors).
Specialised Architecture Expertise: Demonstrable experience with air-gapped cloud architectures and/or distributed/on-premise cloud solutions (e.g. based on OpenStack VMware or sovereign cloud stacks).
Certification: A relevant professional cloud certification (e.g. AWS/Azure/GCP Solutions Architect Professional OpenStack Certified Professional etc.).
Availability: Available to start on-site in Brussels in Jan/Feb 2026.
Right to Work: Must have the legal right to work in Belgium.

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Would you like to join the leading international intergovernmental organizationWe are supporting a critical high-impact programme at the heart of NATOs digital transformation. IS-CDT is leading the development of a NATO-wide cloud strategy and architecture focusing on the procurement and installatio...

Responsibilities:

Contribute to the design and architecture of NATO-Restricted and NATO-Secret cloud environments.
Develop architectures for air-gapped distributed and on-premise cloud solutions ensuring resilience and sovereignty.
Support the development of NATOs overarching cloud strategy and technical reference architectures.
Collaborate on procurement activities providing expert technical input for RFPs and vendor evaluations.
Ensure all architectures meet stringent security accreditation and compliance requirements.
Work with cross-functional teams to translate strategic objectives into implementable secure cloud designs.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

Proven Experience: Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions within security-accredited cloud environments (e.g. government defence or highly regulated commercial sectors).
Specialised Architecture Expertise: Demonstrable experience with air-gapped cloud architectures and/or distributed/on-premise cloud solutions (e.g. based on OpenStack VMware or sovereign cloud stacks).
Certification: A relevant professional cloud certification (e.g. AWS/Azure/GCP Solutions Architect Professional OpenStack Certified Professional etc.).
Availability: Available to start on-site in Brussels in Jan/Feb 2026.
Right to Work: Must have the legal right to work in Belgium.