Cloud Engineer

On site in NATO HQ Brussels and teleworking in Belgium Deadline: 13-11-2026 Posted: 02-11-2026 #17866

Main duties

  • Manage secure, reliable, scalable and cost-effective cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
  • Develop automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Manage containerized workloads, access controls, networking, monitoring, logging and alerts.
  • Support the transition from AWS to Azure.
  • Work with software engineers, data scientists and researchers to turn their needs into cloud functionality.
  • Maintain clear documentation, provide progress updates and validate deliverables with the NATO Project Manager.

Mandatory requirements

  • NATO SECRET security clearance.
  • A relevant quantitative university degree with substantial systems engineering content plus 2 years of relevant experience, or at least 4 years of similar experience plus relevant industry-recognized certifications.
  • Experience managing multi-account AWS environments, including Lambda, S3, CloudTrail, ECS and EC2, following AWS best practices.
  • Strong experience with Terraform, CI/CD, ECS container automation and conditional access.
  • Experience with CloudTrail/GuardDuty, IAM, SSO, VPC networking and least-privilege security.
  • Proficiency in Python and Bash, plus knowledge of Docker, Linux administration and Git.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, clear documentation and the ability to explain technical topics to non-specialists.
  • Meet the AAS framework’s general qualifications, including English proficiency.

Preferred

  • Experience in cybersecurity or intelligence.
  • Azure experience.

Key working terms

  • Location: NATO HQ, Brussels — 2 days on-site and 3 days remote within Belgium.
  • Workload: 38 hours/week for 42 weeks; 1,596 hours/year.

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