DevSecOps Engineer - deadline 26/10/2026

The tasks that service provider will be expected to perform include any or all of the following. · Develop, configure, and monitor DevSecOps pipelines using pipelines-as-code with integrated quality gates (linting, testing, security scanning, environment promotion), ensuring efficient and reliable CI/CD processes. · Automate deployments with progressive delivery strategies (e.g., canary, blue/green) and feature flagging, incorporating automated rollback mechanisms to ensure reliable and repeatable releases. · Manage deployment and setup of services and applications, ensuring they are configured correctly and optimized for the production environment. · Manage infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and availability using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices, with drift detection, policy-as-code enforcement, and tested disaster recovery runbooks (RTO/RPO). · Implement monitoring and observability solutions (metrics, logs, traces) aligned with service level objectives (SLOs), ensuring application and infrastructure performance and health are tracked effectively. · Coordinate incident management through on-call rotations, incident playbooks/runbooks, and blameless post-incident reviews, ensuring production issues are resolved swiftly with lessons learned embedded. · Perform performance tuning of both applications and infrastructure to ensure optimal usage of resources and user experience. · Integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines, including software supply-chain security (SBOMs, provenance checks), secrets management, and least-privilege access, to maintain secure system configurations. · Design and maintain internal developer platforms with golden paths, reusable templates, and policy-based guardrails, enabling teams to securely and consistently self-serve infrastructure and application environments. · Plan and implement upgrades and migrations of software stack. · Monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud costs by applying FinOps practices such as budgeting, forecasting, rightsizing, and implementing show back/chargeback models to maximize cost efficiency. · Document pipelines, processes, and infrastructure for reusability and knowledge transfer. · Establish artifact repositories and image signing; enforce software supply-chain policies and integrity checks. · Design and implement cloud solutions that meet business objectives, with defined operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for availability, reliability, and performance, and clear ownership boundaries. · Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure and operations against defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for cost, performance, and availability, adhering to operational excellence best practices. · Conduct cost analysis and monitor cloud expenses using Financial Operations (FinOps) practices, including budgeting, forecasting, rightsizing, and implementing showback/chargeback models. · Ensure security, compliance, and data protection through the implementation of the shared responsibility model, zero-trust principles, encryption, and adherence to relevant compliance frameworks (e.g., General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)). · Automate cloud processes and workflows using scripting and tools. · Troubleshoot and resolve cloud-related issues to maintain service levels and meet defined operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for availability and reliability. · Collaborate with development teams to support cloud-based applications. · Evaluate and recommend new cloud services and technologies to enhance capabilities, improve efficiency, and reduce costs while aligning with architectural standards. · Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for cloud systems, architectures, and operational processes to ensure knowledge sharing and operational continuity. · Manage the end-to-end cloud architecture, development, and migration lifecycle, including strategy definition, landing zone design, networking, data migration planning, and execution via detailed runbooks. · Provide cloud expertise and support to stakeholders and teams. · Establish cloud landing zones with governance guardrails (e.g., policies, tagging, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)) and a well-defined environment hierarchy to ensure security and compliance. · Implement comprehensive observability (monitoring, logging, tracing), incident response processes, and disaster recovery/business continuity plans (DR/BCP) with defined Recovery Time and Point Objectives (RTO/RPO). Minimum level of qualification University degree corresponding to Level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework (which typically corresponds to a master’s level or 5 years of higher education), and minimum 15 years of IT professional experience. or University degree corresponding to Level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework (which typically corresponds to a bachelor’s level or 3 years of higher education) and minimum 17 years of IT professional experience. Language knowledge: Very good knowledge of English language, both spoken and written, corresponding to Level B2 or higher of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Specific expertise · 10 years of professional experience in an International Organization · 5 years of professional experience with a combination of Docker, AWS CDK, ECS, ECR · 7 years of experience with AWS networking: VPC, VPC peering, Direct connect, Security group, Shield advanced, WAF · 7 years of experience with AWS security: AWS config, Security Lake, Control tower, IAM role, Cognito, Shield advanced, Security Group · 3 years of professional experience with monitoring tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, Cloudwatch etc.). · 1 year of professional experience with static code analysis with CDK_NAG. · 17 years of professional experience with development languages (incl. Python, Yaml, Bash, Java, Typescript). · 7 years acting as lead architect and specialist for cloud platforms AWS. · 5 years of professional experience to implement Single Sign On on AWS console. · 7 years of professional experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (CloudFormation, CDK) · 2 years deep understanding of Amazon Q / AWS Kiro · 4 years of professional experience with Weblogic and Oracle DB · 2 years of professional experience with Wildfly and PostgreSQL Additional requirements: SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGIES: The proposed candidate shall demonstrate experience in the following fields: • Proven experience with DevSecOps lifecycle tools (GitLab, Atlassian, Github). • Proven experience with System Design and Architecture. • Experience with large, enterprise-level multi-user Information Systems. • Good knowledge in establishing and managing deployment pipeline and release management. • Good knowledge in conducting DevSecOps in an agile work environment. • Experience in estimating and proposing cost reduction in the cloud (FinOps) • Good knowledge in cloud security architecture and security requirements. • Basic knowledge with secret management tools (Hashicorp AWS Secret Manager). • Good knowledge of network fundamentals (DNS, Load Balancing, Firewalls, VPNs, basic network troubleshooting, etc.). • Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, AWS CodeCommit, Azure DevOps) to integrate cloud with delivery processes. • Knowledge of solution and systems architecture principles, with experience in designing scalable, secure, and interoperable digital solutions. • Understanding of software development methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall. SKILLS : • Knowledge of French is an advantage • Skill in evaluating trade-offs and making timely decisions. • Competence in defining a solution strategy and roadmap. • Talent for explaining complex technology in accessible terms. • Ability to build productive relationships with diverse stakeholders. • Capacity to adjust plans in response to evolving needs. • Ability to understand, speak and write English • Talent for building relationships and adapting communication to the audience. • Results-oriented mindset, focused on delivering. • Ability to onboard quickly, understand context, and contribute with minimal supervision. • Results-oriented mindset, focused on delivering. • Ability to work in a hybrid (remote /onsite) team as well as autonomously