Senior DevSecOps & Cloud Infrastructure Expert (EU Institutions)

Randstad Digital Belgium; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The European Commission is seeking a Senior DevSecOps & Cloud Infrastructure Expert to design, secure, and scale enterprise IT environments. You will drive IaC, CI/CD, database migrations, and cost-aware observability across complex European systems.

Candidates should have 15+ years in IT, deep Linux administration, and strong experience with cloud platforms, DevSecOps practices, and multilingual collaboration.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (EQF Level 7) and 15+ years IT experience.
• 15+ years Linux/Unix administration and management.
• 15+ years databases & ETL experience (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL).
• 7+ years monitoring/log management (Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus).
• 5+ years containerization (Docker/Podman).
• Fluent English and French (B2+).
• DevSecOps with Git workflows, Atlassian tools, REST/SOAP, and Kafka.

Responsabilités

• Lead IaC and cloud infrastructure scaling and policy enforcement.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines with security gates and GitOps.
• Manage and upgrade databases and ETL processes for BI use.
• Implement observability and FinOps with cost optimization.

Formation

Master’s degree (EQF Level 7)

Outils

Docker

Podman

Splunk

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MS SQL Server

Git workflows

Bitbucket

Bamboo

RESTful APIs

SOAP

Apache Kafka

Terraform

AWS

Azure

Description du poste

Are you a senior IT specialist skilled at building, securing, and scaling enterprise-level infrastructures? On behalf of our client, the European Commission, we are looking for a highly experienced DevSecOps & Cloud Infrastructure Expert with at least 15 years of IT experience.

In this role, you will combine Cloud Infrastructure, DevSecOps, Database Management, and Level 3 Support within one of Europe’s most dynamic and complex organizational environments.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Service Provider, you will take the lead in managing, automating, and securing the IT infrastructure across the following areas:

• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) & Cloud: Manage and scale infrastructure using IaC best practices, drift detection, policy-as-code enforcement, and tested disaster recovery runbooks (RTO/RPO).
• DevSecOps & CI/CD Pipelines: Build and configure automated pipelines with integrated quality gates (linting, testing, security scanning, SBOMs, secrets management). Implement progressive delivery (Canary, Blue/Green), feature flags, and GitOps.
• Databases & Data Warehousing: Manage and upgrade SG system databases, drive engine migrations (e.g., Oracle to PostgreSQL), and develop ETL processes to support BI systems.
• Observability & FinOps: Deploy monitoring solutions (metrics, logs, traces) aligned with SLOs. Analyze and optimize cloud costs using budgeting, forecasting, rightsizing, and showback/chargeback models.
• Internal Developer Platforms: Design and maintain internal platforms with reusable "golden paths", templates, and policy-based guardrails for self-service infrastructure.
• L3 Support & Incident Management: Coordinate incident response via on-call rotations and blameless post-incident reviews. Perform L3 troubleshooting in production environments (log analysis, server infrastructure, database checks).

Minimum Requirements (Mandatory Criteria)

• Education & Experience: Master’s degree (EQF Level 7) and a minimum of 15 years of professional IT experience.
• Linux/Unix Systems: 15+ years of experience in administration and management (RedHat Enterprise, CentOS, Rocky, Ubuntu, Debian, etc.).
• Databases & ETL: 15+ years of experience managing and building ETL processes for relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL Server).
• Monitoring & Observability: 7+ years of experience with monitoring and log management tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, etc.).
• Containerization: 5+ years of experience with Docker and/or Podman.
• Languages: Working knowledge of both English AND French (minimum B2 level according to CEFR).
• DevSecOps & Interoperability: Experience with Git workflows, Atlassian tools (Bitbucket, Bamboo), RESTful APIs, SOAP, and Apache Kafka.
• Certifications (Optional): AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, CKA/CKAD, Docker Certified Associate, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, or DSOE.

Soft Skills

• Strong self-starting ability with a track record in multicultural team environments.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for multi-lingual meetings.
• Results-oriented mindset with a strong focus on security and cloud best practices.