DescriptionDeadline Date: Monday 21 April (was Thursday 17 April 2025
Requirement: Engineer (IdM/PKI)
Location: Mons BE
Full Time OnSite: Yes
Time OnSite: 100
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date: 26 May 2025
End Contract Date: 31 December 2025
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Duties and Role:
- Manage the NATO wide NPKI Registration Authorities;
- Manage PKI virtualize and hardware infrastructure;
- Manage and control of the lifecycle of end users and devices certificates for all NPKI CAs;
- Manage all NPKI Windows Servers RHEL and VMware environment including systems error log verification;
- Manage NPKI Hardware Security Module (HSMs);
- Manage Card Management System;
- Responsible for Entrust sub components connected to the NPKI CA especially in context of potential new services testing and integration;
- Responsible for the creation of NPKI related guidance and procedures (SOP);
- Responsible for the delivery of 2nd and 3rd level technical support of CIS services to the NPKI customers;
- Responsible for the NCIA ITSM ticketing system;
- Responsible for certificate creation and Smart Cards enrolment;
- Responsible for supporting all NATO exercises and missions;
- Supervises the daytoday operations / management / backup / restore of the PKI systems.
- Installation and maintenance of NPKI components;
- Certificate Authority components Log analysis (Trouble the system ALARM/ERRORS and monitor users and interfaces activity);
- Responsible for NPKI system documentation hardware inventory software configuration and inventory and regular systems and applications patching;
- Be flexible to work outside normal office hours in response to crises operational requirements;
- Performs other duties as may be required.
RequirementsSkill Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- A university degree in a relevant discipline and 3 years of specific experience
- Extensive knowledge of modern communication and Internet Protocol (IP) based networking technologies and systems including security aspects.
- 3 years extensive experience with PKI System development design management.
- Extensive knowledge of Information security and Cryptography (symmetric and asymmetric encryption public key infrastructure (PKI) encryption public key encryption hash functions digital signatures digital certificates).
- Practical experience in Windows Servers RHEL and VMware system administration.
- Knowledge of the principles of computer and communications security networking and vulnerabilities of modern operating systems and applications.
- Experience with SQL database administration.
- Extensive experience in operating systems backup and restore.
- Practical experience in scripting (Python Powershell).
- Practical experience in SSL TLS and OpenSSL.
- Extensive knowledge with Microsoft Excel.
Desirable Experience:
- VMware (VCA VCP) and Linux RHEL system administration
- CISCO CCNA
- Microsoft Certified Solution Associate (MCSA).
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE).
- Experience in development and implementation of computer security policies.