DevSecOps Maintenance & Linux Engineer

• Function title: DevSecOps Maintenance & Linux Engineer
• Reference: NOC-MA-2022-AST/412
• Location: Maastricht - Information about living in Maastricht
• Nature of competition: Internal and external competition
• Applicable regulations: General conditions of employment governing servants at the EUROCONTROL Maastricht Centre
• Grades for publication: AST3-4-5 - Check salary simulations for the basic grade
• Type of post: Assistant (AST1-AST9 )
• Number of posts: 1
• Duration of appointment: 5 Year (s)
• Security clearance: EU/NATO SECRET
• Directorate/Service: MAAS/ATM/TS - Technical Systems
• Competition publication date: 17/02/2022
• Competition closing date: 17/03/2022 (23:59 Brussels time)
• Reserve list: Applicable - See details in the "Useful information" section

Your team

Within the Directorate Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre , the "Technical Systems" service is responsible for the maintenance, development and improvement of software products which support MUAC in achieving its safety and capacity targets and sustain the growing air traffic demand. It provides also resources to various projects in its area of expertise and maintains technical hardware. 

Engineering the future of air traffic control

Your role

Your role will be to:

• Collaborate with MUAC developers and apply the tools, technologies and processes for the DevSecOps implementation in the organisation.
• Implement and configurate DevSecOps tools.
• Provide maintenance support to DevSecOps pipelines for IT infrastructure automation and software development stacks, and make suggestions for further improvements of the corresponding technologies, documentation, etc.
• Plan and perform lifecycle and security updates for the tooling used in DevSecOps pipelines and coordinate the planning for updates with users.
• Identify DevSecOps implementation improvements and discuss with management and users.
• Liaise with colleagues in the MUAC IT security cell to find a common solution for (cyber) security issues and cyber security design.
• Support colleagues in performing corrective and preventive maintenance of systems hosted on Linux and in maintaining the IT infrastructure, server environment, virtualisation and related technologies.
• Contribute to further automation of system administration tasks by applying administration and orchestration tooling.
• Contribute to DevSecOps projects and studies, keep product documentation up to date and carry out any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.

Required qualifications, experience & competencies

• Post-secondary education in a relevant area (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.). A relevant Bachelor’s degree would be an asset.
• Ideally, a minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience focussing on automation.
• Internal candidates should check on the intranet to see what level of in-house experience is considered equivalent to educational qualifications where appropriate.
• Experience in Linux administration and Virtualisation.
• Experience in writing Linux scripts (Bash, Perl or Python).
• Knowledge about declarative languages, like Ansible, for automation.
• Knowledge how modern software is developed, this to assess what impact tooling updates trigger.
• Motivation and commitment to keep updated in the area of expertise.
• The following would be an advantage:
  • Knowledge of HCI and Enterprise Architecture.
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD concepts and its tooling around it.
  • Knowledge of Cyber Security.
  • Knowledge of Agile planning tools (e.g. Atlassian).
• Technical writing skills in English.
• Communication: Fosters two-way communication.
• Analytical Thinking: Analyses information and Identifies relationships.
• Teamwork: Fosters teamwork. 
• Problem Solving: Anticipates and solves business issues. 
• Quality Focus: Sets and fosters high quality standards. 
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.
• Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach.
• The working languages of the Agency are English and French. For this particular job, candidates must be proficient users of English at level C1/C2.
  The levels relate to the Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR).

Useful information

• Applications will be accepted from nationals of EUROCONTROL Member States only.
• Duration of appointment: This is an appointment for a determined period of 5 Year (s). It could be extended up to a maximum of 9 years or converted into an undetermined contract.
• Internal candidates
  If selected, the person will keep their current type of appointment duration (undetermined or determined).
  The internal staff member with a determined contract will be offered, in principle, an appointment for 5 Year (s) with a maximum total duration of 9 years.
• The successful candidate shall be appointed at the grade in the function group and to the type of post indicated in the vacancy notice, or, if a group of grades has been published, in principle at the basic grade.
• In case of reserve list: Suitable candidates, however not selected to fill the post, will be placed on a reserve list for similar functions. The period of validity of reserve list is 1 year from the closing date of applications .
• Information on salary and benefits can be found on the web page: http://jobs.eurocontrol.int/what-we-offer
• EUROCONTROL is committed to non-discrimination and equal opportunities. In the event of equal merit, preference may be given to the applicant from the under-represented diversity characteristics in order to complement diversity of teams and rebalance the workforce.
• Candidates should read the tips on how to apply. Item 1 includes information on the EUROCONTROL competency models (technical & behavioural) – Candidates should refer to the behavioural competency model to know the behaviours expected for the different levels.