DevOps Automation Engineer (Ansible, Docker, Python) for NATO with security clearance

Wlgroup; Brunssum; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup, a multinational defence organisation in Brunssum, is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to design and run the pipelines, automation and platforms behind secure, on-premises systems.

You will design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with security testing, develop infrastructure as code, and manage containerised services on Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring secure by default and robust observability.

Qualifications

• Degree in computing, software engineering or cybersecurity, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years in DevSecOps, DevOps, platform engineering or infrastructure automation.
• Experience with GitLab, Jenkins or Azure DevOps, plus Terraform/Ansible or Puppet and Python, Bash or PowerShell.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, container security and image management.
• Experience with Linux and Windows Server, virtualization, and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana or Elastic.
• At least one of CKA, Terraform Associate or DCA, and one security certification such as Security+, GSEC or ISC2 CC

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with security testing built in.
• Develop infrastructure as code and automate provisioning, config and deployment.
• Deploy and support containerised services on Docker and Kubernetes.
• Run SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, secrets management and vulnerability management.
• Set up monitoring, logging and observability.
• Write deployment procedures, architecture diagrams and security artefacts and handover documentation

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Security testing

Infrastructure as Code

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform/Ansible

Scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell)

Linux

Windows Server

Monitoring/Observability

Education

Degree in computing, software engineering or cybersecurity

Tools

GitLab/Jenkins/Azure DevOps

Terraform/Ansible/Puppet

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus/Grafana/Elastic

Job description

Security built into the pipeline, not bolted on at the end.

A multinational defence organisation in Brunssum is delivering new communication and information systems and needs a senior DevSecOps engineer to design and run the pipelines, automation and platforms behind them, all on-premises and all secure by default.

What you would be doing

• Designing, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with security testing built in
• Developing Infrastructure as Code and automating provisioning, configuration and deployment
• Deploying and supporting containerised services on Docker and Kubernetes
• Running SAST, DAST and dependency scanning, secrets management and vulnerability management
• Setting up monitoring, logging and observability
• Writing deployment procedures, architecture diagrams, security artefacts and handover documentation

What you would bring

• A degree in computing, software engineering or cybersecurity, or equivalent experience
• 5 years in DevSecOps, DevOps, platform engineering or infrastructure automation
• GitLab, Jenkins or Azure DevOps, plus Terraform, Ansible or Puppet and Python, Bash or PowerShell
• Docker and Kubernetes, container security and image management
• Linux and Windows Server, virtualisation, and tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or Elastic
• At least one of CKA, Terraform Associate or DCA, and one security certification such as Security+, GSEC or ISC2 CC

Why this one is worth a look

Modern engineering in a secure on-premises setting, where good automation makes a visible difference from day one.