C004153 Engineer (kubernetes Orchestrator) (NS) - MON 29 Sep Relaunch

Engineer (Kubernetes Orchestrator)

Deadline Date: Monday 29 September 2025

Location: Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium

Full time on-site: Yes

Total Scope of the request (hours): 836

Required Start Date: 3 November 2025

End Contract Date: 31 December 2025

Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret

Specific Working Conditions: Some work outside of normal working hours may be required; Up to 100 TDY's 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.