Cloud Operations Consultant ( AWS )
International organisation based in Brussels is seeking a Cloud Operations Specialist to join the team on a contract assignment. The work is to be performed on-site in Brussels. Applicants should be EU citizens.
Tasks and Responsibilities
* Configure and administer cloud infrastructure and applications.
* Define configuration management and deployment strategies for Cloud resources.
* Ensure availability and stability of cloud production environments.
* Develop, and design software automation and scripts to orchestrate cloud and virtualization technologies with defined scope, schedule and expectations with a focus on Operations.
* Provides subject matter expert technical support to customers using Cloud Platform products, solutions and APIs with a focus on Operations.
* Design and implement DevSecOps capabilities (e.g. observability, continuous monitoring, tractability).
* Work with the development teams in resolving software and other related problems associated with the cloud deployment infrastructure and the code deployed onto platforms such as Database and/or Middleware.
* Manage day-to-day deployment and maintenance activities.
* Analyze and tune information systems performances.
* Security administration and monitoring, in adherence to the security rules.
What skills and experience will you bring to the team ?
* Bachelor’s degree with at least 16 years of IT experience, or Master’s degree with a minimum of 12 years of experience.
* AWS Associate-level certification required (minimum: Developer or Solutions Architect).
* 4+ years of operational expertise with AWS (knowledge of Microsoft Azure is an asset), including provisioning, operation, and monitoring.
* At least 4 years of experience with cloud services such as compute, storage, networking, and managed services.
* Minimum 4 years of experience in IT infrastructure administration and configuration (Windows, Linux, network, security, storage).
* 4+ years of experience building and supporting SaaS cloud services.
* No less than 4 years of experience with automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, and deployment scripting using CLI.
* Strong developer background, using technologies: Java, JEE, TypeScript, Git, Terraform, etc.
* Good knowledge of virtualization technologies.
* Proficiency in scripting languages for cloud infrastructure automation.
* Experience administering systems in virtualized cloud environments.
* Strong understanding of security, risk, and compliance frameworks, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures.
* Good knowledge of hardware, operating systems (incl. Linux) and networking.
* Familiarity with cloud infrastructure setups from vendors such as AWS, Azure, and others.
* Skilled in RDBMS.
* Knowledge of middleware systems, messaging services and platforms..
* Proficiency in English language at a C1 level.