Senior Network Consultant

Hybrid

Brussels, Belgium

Freelance

18-03-2025

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Job Specifications

Job Title: Senior Network Consultant
Job Type: Contract
Job Location: Brussels – 2/3 days a week onsite
Contract Rate: Euro's 600 per day

CLIENT REQUIRES EU CITIZENS

Containerisation & Orchestration
Docker (or equivalent): Building/managing containers, images, and registries.
Kubernetes: Orchestration (ArgoCD deployments, scaling, monitoring)

Infrastructure Automation
Configuration Management: Ansible (Chef/Puppet).
Scripting: Bash, Python for automation.
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.

Linux Server Management
Administration: RHEL, CentOS
Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing.
Security: Hardening, patching, access control.

CI/CD Pipelines
Continuous Integration: GitHub CI, Atlassian, Jenkins.
Deployment: Automated releases to multiple environments.
Version Control: Git (branching strategies, pull requests).

Cloud Platforms
AWS, Azure: Compute, storage, networking, security.
Scalability & Resilience: High-availability design.

Nice to Have.

Deployment Automation & Orchestration
Tools: GitHub pipelines, Jenkins,ArgoCD, Bamboo.
Release Management: Rolling updates, blue-green, canary deployments.
Environment Consistency: Consistent dev/test/prod deployments.

Knowledge of Networks, Servers, and Software Tools
Continuous Learning: Staying updated with emerging DevOps practices.
Collaboration: Working closely with developers, QA, and operations teams.
Tool Familiarity: IDEs, build tools, test frameworks.

Software Development Fundamentals (Bonus)
Basic Coding: Python, Go, Java Spring boot, .NET Core.
Testing & Code Quality: Unit testing, integration testing, code reviews.
Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban.

About the Company

WDS Global works with local and global organisations, partnering together to achieve the shared goal of getting the right resources at the right time. WDS has a Global reach covering the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, North America and Latin America. The team at WDS have been developed and coached to act as an extension to a traditional in-house Talent Acquisition team, led by industry veterans. With a wealth of market and business intelligence and an established network, we help organisations to scale their ... Know more

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