EU Institutions: System Administrator (DevOps)
Etinars
- Bruxelles
- CDI
- Temps-plein
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Our approach ensures a swift journey, leading you hand in hand towards signing your next career step. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOREU Institutions: System Administrator (DevOps)We're seeking a System Administrator and DevOps Engineer to join our client’s team at European Institutions.DIGIT A, in partnership with Commission services and other stakeholders, provides high quality corporate Business Solutions (Information Systems), common frameworks and interoperable, reusable components enabling the successful implementation of the Commission's Digital Transformation and EU policies.
DIGIT.A.4 builds, operates and supports re-usable solutions, promoting their use in information systems both in DIGIT and in the rest of the Commission. The reusable solutions are either developed internally or based on open source software, tailored to the needs of the European Commission.One of the main programs is Compass Corporate - Commission wide workflow eco-system developed in close cooperation with RTD, AGRI, REGIO and EMPL. The target of Compass Corporate eco-system is to facilitate the reuse of IT components, building blocks, corporate interfaces and business processes. This brings the focus on reusability, efficiency, interoperability and on the corporate dimension.The future Reusable Solutions Platform, i.e. the RSP+, is expected to be an integrated hybrid (on premises/cloud) that would provide seamless interoperability between reusable solutions developed in-house and solutions sourced from COTS (e.g. SAP, MS Power Platform, ServiceNow, UiPath, etc.). Such solutions will complement and sometimes replace the current RSP solutions.YOUR TASKS
Operating the various components part of the “Compass Corporate” environments.
Improve the reliability and availability of the platform.
Monitor and proactively address the potential issues of the platform.
Provision of expert advice and assistance on the installation, configuration and tuning of tools and platforms required for the "Compass Corporate" microservices based infrastructure. These include: Oracle, Elastic Search, Apache, Redis, Rundeck , Ansible, Vault.
Configuration of automated deployment of new versions of applications. This could be to microservice-based platforms running on the “on-prem cloud” using PKS containers or on AWS EKS service.
Configuration of automation and configuration management tools such as Rundeck and Ansible.
Linux systems administration tasks and scripting.
Monitor system performance and availability, identify and resolve issues that may cause service disruptions, and proactively prevent potential incidents
Manage backups and disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity in the event of a system failure or other major disruption.
Identify potential security vulnerabilities or compliance issues and implement measures to mitigate those risks.
Responde to and resolve technology-related incidents and service requests, including troubleshooting issues and escalate problems as necessary.
Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, such as data privacy regulations, cybersecurity frameworks, and ITIL best practices
Apply best practices of distributed architecture to solve complex integration problems between information systems and K8s microservices.
Configure the lifecycle of the microservices in a container-based infrastructure.
Define and configure monitoring dashboards.
Define and configure the alerting policies for the operation team.
Collaborate with team members for operations support
Maintain performance of applications and databases
Document and provide training on the procedures in place.
Enhance automation level. YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCEMandatory:
A very good expertise in Linux system administration
A very good understanding of automation, Infra as code : Shell script Terraform, Rundeck, Python, Ansible,
A very good expertise in database management (Oracle, Elastic Search,Redis)
A good understanding of container platforms such as PKS/Kubernetes.
A good understanding of microservice and Springboot type infrastructure.
Experience with middleware integration platforms (Apache)
Experience of application architecture, in particular cloud-based and related concepts
Experience in some of the following:
Storage: Oracle, Redis, Elasticsearch, AWS S3, AWS RDS,
Monitoring: Dynatrace, Grafana, ELK (Kibana), Splunk, Prometheus
Experience in software development and Information System integration architecture design and patterns, in multi-platform and multi-architectural context
Experience with Confluence, JIRA, Agile methodologies
Expertise in IT integration projects defining business and system integration requirements
Experience with micro-services and event-management based architectures
Enterprise Architecture and modelling tools and standards
Experience in monitoring and coordinating a portfolio of SW reusable components and support teams. Expertise in designing, implementing and monitoring service KPIs and SLAs Required skills:
Rapid self-starting capability. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Familiarity with microservices and architecture in the cloud.
Good knowledge of applications design. Good knowledge of architecture best practices and patterns. Knowledge of interoperability technology (web services, message-oriented middleware, event architecture), applications design and Relational DBMS.
Good understanding of relevant technologies in development, integration, deployment, and operation of Information Systems
Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application architecture, design and cloud integration.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, ease of communication.
Ability to give technical presentations.
Ability to apply high quality standards.
Capability of integration in an international/multi-cultural environment.
Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture tools and standards The following certificates will be considered an asset:
Linux
Database Administration
AWS RDS Due to the particular nature of a large international organisation such as the European Commission, candidates should also have the following non-technical skills:
Capability of integration in an international/multicultural environment, rapid self-starting capability and experience in working in team;
Ability to participate in multilingual meetings;
Ability to work in multi-cultural environment, on multiple large projects;
Excellent Team Player
Ability to understand, speak and write English (C1/C2), French B2 will be an advantage.
High degree of discretion and integrity is required as the applications managed and maintained in DG DIGIT contain personal and confidential data EXTRA INFORMATION
Work is in remote mode (work from home) but from a location allowing to reach the Commission premises in Brussels within 2 hours drive/train.
Both Freelance and Permanent competitive contracts
Laptop provided
The competence level will be tested during interview. In case the information about the competence level filled in the CV are not true, this may lead to refusal of candidate. Please note that, due to the sensitive nature of the data involved, this position is currently available only to individuals who meet the following criteria:
EU Citizens
Non-EU Citizens already based in EU with a valid work permit Once we receive your CV, we will take time to evaluate it carefully. Should there be a match for this or any other position at Etinars, we will be in touch with you. In case there is no match now don’t worry, we will make sure to keep your CV in consideration for future vacancies!In Etinars we are committed to supporting Diversity and Inclusion Community. If you identify as part of it and you meet the minimum criteria for the job, you will be given the opportunity to demonstrate your abilities at an interview.