Expert - Cloud Solutions

Expert - Cloud Solutions **??\ Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark** New ???????About an hour agoPost Date?????EEA/CA/2026/11Requisition # Apply for JobShare this Job VACANCY NOTICE FOR POSITIONS OF Expert - Cloud Solutions - Contract Agent (FGIV) Reference no. EEA/CA/2026/11 Please send us your application by no later than 26 October 2026 at midnight (Copenhagen time), following the instructions in theANNEX. The European Environment Agency (EEA) is organising an open competition with a view to establishing a reserve list of experts to work in the field of cloud solutions. THE AGENCY: The EEA is an Agency of the European Union (EU) and one of the decentralised Union bodies. The EEA aims to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe’s environment, through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy-making agents and the public. THE DIGITAL DEPARTMENT: The Digital Department at the EEA leads on technology, data, and Earth observation services. It drives digitalisation across the EEA and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet), maximising the potential of digitalisation to achieve environmental, climate and sustainability goals. The department ensures reliable, effective, and secure technology services for partners and stakeholders, adapting software and information platforms to meet evolving needs. It manages data acquisition, integration, analysis, and dissemination infrastructure, delivering user-friendly services for diverse users and stakeholders. Additionally, the department oversees the aspects of the Copernicus Earth Observation programme entrusted to the EEA and enhancing its policy relevance and uptake. It further develops the EEA’s digitalisation and innovation capabilities in support of the EEA-Eionet Strategy and leads on the European Topic Centre for Data Integration and Digitalisation (ETC DI). JOB DESCRIPTION: Under the responsibility of the Head of Unit ‘Digital Transformation and Technology Services’, reporting to the Head of Department ‘Digital’ (see the EEA’sorganisational chart), the Expert shall be responsible for supporting the cloud infrastructure, hybrid environment operations, security, resilience and ongoing digital transformation priorities. The successful candidate shall be responsible for designing, implementing, operating and continuously improving the Agency’s cloud and hybrid infrastructure services. The role focusses on ensuring security, resilience, compliance, performance, cost efficiency and alignment with enterprise standards and digital transformation priorities. The Expert shall work closely with architecture, security, DevOps, and application teams to ensure cloud solutions align with enterprise standards, governance, and best practices. The role places strong emphasis on team-based delivery, clear documentation, knowledge sharing and constructive technical guidance, including supporting colleagues and project teams in adopting reliable, secure and sustainable cloud practices. The EEA supports inclusive working practices, knowledge sharing and professional development in a collaborative environment. The position will entail the following tasks: Cloud Platform Engineering - Designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC); - Implementing and managing cloud services across compute, storage, networking, and platform services; - Ensuring high availability, resiliency, and scalability of cloud environments. Operations & Reliability - Monitoring cloud platforms, proactively identify issues, and resolve incidents; - Optimising performance, availability, and operational stability; - Supporting backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity designs. Security & Compliance - Implementing cloud security controls, including identity, access management, networking, and encryption; - Applying security and compliance requirements in line with organisational policies; - Collaborating with security teams on vulnerability management and remediation. Automation & DevOps - Automating provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes; - Supporting Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and DevOps ways of working; - Reducing manual operational tasks through scripting and tooling. Cost & Optimisation - Monitoring and optimise cloud costs and resource utilisation; - Providing recommendations for cost efficiency and capacity planning; - Supporting FinOps processes and reporting where required. Collaboration & Documentation - Working closely with Cloud and/or Solution Architects and Technology Governance to align with standards. - Documenting cloud designs, configurations, and operational procedures. - Providing technical input and guidance to project and product teams. Project management - Planning, coordinating and managing IT infrastructure projects in line with the Agency’s project management methodology, including scope, milestones, dependencies, budget, risks, issues, quality criteria and reporting. - Translating technical objectives into realistic delivery plans, including requirements gathering, solution design inputs, implementation planning, testing, migration, cutover, stabilisation and operational handover. - Managing stakeholder communication and change management. - Overseeing delivery by suppliers and consultants. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Candidates applying must satisfy the following eligibility criteria on the closing date for the submission of applications: 1) a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma, OR where justified in the interest of the service, professional training of an equivalent level; 2) a minimum of 1 year of relevant professional experience after achieving the qualification set out above. In addition, to be eligible a candidate must: - Be a national of one of the member countries of the EEA (Member States of the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Türkiye); - Enjoy full rights as a citizen; - Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by law concerning military service; - Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the EEA member countries and a satisfactory knowledge of another of these languages (corresponding to level B.2 of theCommon European Framework of Reference for languages CEFR); - Meet the character requirements for the duties involved; - Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post. Candidates should assess carefully and check before submitting their application whether they fulfil all the conditions for admission laid down in the vacancy notice, particularly in terms of qualifications and relevant professional experience. SELECTION CRITERIA: (In your application, please provide examples from current or past work experience where these competencies have been applied) Essential: - Proven professional experience in ICT, with a focus on cloud, hybrid, or infrastructure and security engineering roles, including design, implementation or operation of cloud infrastructure services; - Proven professional experience implementing and administering zero trust environments, landing zones and secure Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions (e.g. Entra ID suite, Windows ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services), Azure/AWS landing zones, Conditional Access, JEA/JIT (Just-Enough/Just-In-Time) access, SSO (Single Sign On), secrets management, etc.), virtualization solutions; - Proven professional experience contributing to IT service management processes, including incident, problem, and change management and the production of technical documentation, operational procedures and knowledge transfer materials in cross team environments; - Excellent command of written and spoken English language, at least at level C1 in all categories according to theC