Senior Cloud and Systems Engineer for NATO with security...

Would you like to move a research organisation's infrastructure into the cloud, and own how it is done?

This role sits with an international scientific and technology centre on the Italian coast at La Spezia. The work is a genuine migration: assessing what runs on premises today, deciding what belongs in the cloud, then planning, building and running it. You would be shaping the approach rather than executing someone else's plan.

What you will be doing

• Working with the IT team to identify and implement the most suitable cloud based solutions
• Planning, designing and developing applications both on premises and in the cloud
• Managing the on premises infrastructure and the cloud environment in line with the organisation's security guidelines
• Leading and developing best practice for the cloud and systems engineering team
• Supervising standard system administration on premises and in the cloud: server installation, system and application installation, patch management, Windows and Linux problem determination and resolution, log analysis
• Orchestrating and automating on premises and cloud based platforms across the organisation
• Defining project plans and backlogs, monitoring execution and reporting
• Running the team day to day on Agile principles, including daily standups

What you will need

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering
• Four to eight years in a cloud engineer role or a closely related position
• Experience managing IT projects as project manager, ideally using Agile principles
• Active Directory Domain Services and Active Directory Federation Services, PKI, OU structures and group policies, DNS, DHCP
• VMware ESX and VCF
• Linux and UNIX, Docker and Microsoft Azure
• Working knowledge of web services, API, REST and RPC
• A strong grasp of networking and internet protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, and distributed networks

Why this one is worth a look

You get a migration to own end to end, a technical team to lead, and an organisation whose work has a purpose beyond a balance sheet. La Spezia is not a bad place to be based either.

Apply with your CV and we will come back to you quickly.