Cloud Specialist

А global digital transformation company with a team of more than 4,900 global players in 26 countries – in Europe, America and Asia, working together to put organizations at the forefront of innovation by bringing together talent, knowledge and technology.

Our approach is based on conscious technology, through which we create positive environments and meaningful opportunities, always in our own way, making the complex simple.

VASS BeNeLux, in partnership with the European Commission, is currently seeking an Expert Cloud Specialist (024731) to work from the European Commission.

The role:

DESCRIPTION OF THE TASKS

Following tasks will be performed by external service provider:

• Configure and administer cloud infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, hybrid hosting) supporting data and AI

analytics applications.

• Define and develop configuration management and deployment strategies for Cloud resources.

• Define and implement cloud migration strategies for existing applications.

• 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.

• Design and implement MLOps, DataOps and DevSecOps capabilities (e.g. observability, continuous

monitoring, traceability, CI/CD pipelines).

• 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.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, data engineers, and IT specialists, to

build robust, scalable, and secure AI systems.

• Manage day-to-day deployment and maintenance activities.

• Analyse and optimise information systems’ performances, scalability and costs.

• Security administration and monitoring, in adherence to the security rules imposed by the Commission’s

central security service (complemented by local rules where needed); under supervision of the LISO

(Local Information Security Officer).

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Following skills and knowledge are required for the performance of the above listed tasks:

• Good knowledge of virtualization technologies.

• Good knowledge in scripting languages for cloud infrastructure automation and infrastructure as code

(e.g. Terraform, Cloud Formation, ARM).

• Experience in administering systems in a virtualized Cloud environment

• Experience in API development and integration

• Good knowledge of containerisation and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker, Podman,

EKS, PKS)

• Strong understanding of security, risk and compliance frameworks, disaster recovery, high availability

architectures, operating systems and networking connectivity.

• Good Knowledge of Cloud infrastructure setups from vendors such as, but not limited to, Azure and

Amazon.

• Good Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g. Gitlab CI, Nexus, AWS CodePipeline, Ansible)

• Knowledge of messaging services and platforms (e.g. Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ).

• Knowledge of data security measures (knowledge of encryption mechanisms and ML security is

considered a plus).

• Knowledge of cloud architecture and infrastructure optimisation for machine learning applications.

• Knowledge of Python.

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g. ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry,

Cloudwatch)

• Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, ease of communication.

• Capability of integration in an international/multicultural environment, rapid self-starting capability and

experience in working in team.

• Ability to cope with the fast-changing technologies

• Ability to write clear and structured technical documentation

You have:

To have a bachelor of minimum 3 years

If you want to join a dynamic company where technological challenges will be found in your day to day we are waiting for you in the great VASS team.

And we encourage you to be the best version of yourself: Transformative, Creative, Honest, Vibrant!

At VASS we take action every day to achieve a favourable environment that facilitates and promotes equal opportunities, non-discrimination, diversity and inclusion of all people. We select our talent based on business needs, skills and merits. 🌟