C001895 Principal Technician (LAN) (CTS) - THU 15 May

Deadline Date: Thursday 15 May 2025

Requirement: Principal Technician (LAN)

Location: Mons BE

Full Time OnSite: Yes

Time OnSite: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 1014

Required Start Date: 30 June 2025

End Contract Date: 31 December 2025

Required Security Clearance: NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET

Duties and Role:

• Direct 3rd level fault resolution on Local Area Network (LAN) Elements to sectors sites and the Service Area cells;
• Daytoday operation of local and remote network sites routing switching and wireless infrastructure including some tasks that require installation and troubleshoot of physical layer;
• Advises on fault diagnosis throughout North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sites utilizing a number of management platforms (e.g. HP Network Automation InterMapper Splunk);
• Ensure that on LAN elements remote routine maintenance throughout NATO sites is performed;
• Coordinate with sites to implement LAN elements centralization standardization and best practices
• Liaise and collaborate internally throughout the NCI Agency Service Line infrastructures and to external organizations for fault rectification activities;
• Being responsible for the maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures within the LAN Cell;
• Performing operation and maintenance activities for current NATO operations (e.g. KFOR OAE and RS);
• Operate provided management toolsets and capabilities;
• Ensure a common understanding of the available toolsets and method of utilization within the centralized and distributed user base;
• Investigating and proposing long term solutions to encountered equipment and configuration problems;
• Create and maintain network diagrams using various tools and applications such as Microsoft Visio;
• Be accountable for the hardware and software part of network equipment like switches routers servers network analysis devices (e.g. Fluke);
• When required coordinates onsite surveys validations and system acceptance testing into the Local Area Network and Wider CIS infrastructure.

Skill Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance
• University degree in a field related to the function of the post;
• Or exceptionally the lack of a university/college degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidates particular abilities or at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in the duties related to the function of the post;
• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities structure and organization including Allied Command Operations (ACO) and Allied Command Transformation (ACT);
• 3 years experience in all aspects of maintenance repair and operation of large complex multivendor IP communications networks and related equipment;
• Experience with Windows Server 2012 and linux operating systems;
• Experience with STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) FHRP (First Hop Redundancy Protocol) portsecurity TACACS (Terminal Access Controller AccessControl System) SNMP (Simple Network Management protocol) ACL (Access Control Lists) QoS (Quality of Service) IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) PIM (ProtocolIndependent Multicast) VRF (Virtual Route Forwarding) LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) LAG (Link Aggregation Group) IPV6 (Internet Protocol version 6) network technologies and concepts;
• Understanding of Firewall Intrusion Detection System IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) VPN (Virtual Private Network) technologies and concepts;
• Knowledge of Data Centre and virtualization technologies such as VMWare Nexus devices VSS (Virtual Switching System) vPC (Virtual Portchannel) MEC (Multichassis EtherChannel) etc.;
• Knowledge of shell scripting such as bash and Powershell;
• Knowledge of the principles of command and control systems;
• Familiarity with network monitoring tools (e.g. HP Network Automation InterMapper Splunk Spectrum);
• Shall have general understanding of MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) Video Voice and Wireless technologies and concepts;
• Familiarity with any ticketing system regarding networking issues;
• Level of knowledge shall be equal or higher than: CCNP: Cisco Certified Network Professional; CCDP: Cisco Certified Design Professional;
• It will be considered as asset if you hold the following certifications: Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation or Higher; VMWare certification; A Certification; Any other IT industry network certifications

Required Experience:

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