C004550 Principal Solution Engineer (CTS) MON 5 Jan

Deadline Date: Monday 5 January 2026

Requirement: Principal Solution Engineer

Location: Braine-lAlleud BE

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 836

Required Start Date: 7 January 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET

Duties & Role:

Solution architecture

• Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with agreed requirements.
• Establishes policies principles and practices for the selection of solution architecture components.
• Manages trade-offs and balances functional service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation.
• Communicates proposed decisions to stakeholders.
• Coordinates and manages the target architecture across multiple projects or initiatives.
• Maintains a stable viable architecture and ensures consistency of design and adherence to appropriate standards across multiple projects or initiatives.

Requirements definition and management

• Plans and drives scoping requirements definition and prioritisation activities for large complex initiatives.
• Selects adopts and adapts appropriate requirements definition and management methods tools and techniques.
• Contributes to the development of organisational methods and standards for requirements management.
• Obtains input from and agreement to requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Negotiates with stakeholders to manage competing priorities and conflicts.
• Establishes requirements baselines.
• Ensures changes to requirements are investigated and managed.

Systems development management

• Sets policy and drives adherence to standards for systems development.
• Leads activities to make security and privacy integral to systems development.
• Identifies and manages the resources necessary for all stages of systems development projects.
• Ensures that technical financial and quality targets are met.

Network design

• Produces or approves network providers network architectures topologies and configuration databases for own area of responsibility.
• Specifies design parameters for network connectivity capacity speed interfacing security and access in line with business requirements.
• Assesses network-related risks and specifies recovery routines and contingency procedures.
• Creates multiple design views to address the different stakeholders concerns and to handle both functional and non-functional requirements.

Skill Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance
• A Masters degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience. Or a Bachelors degree with 8 years post related experience.
• Proven experience of managing teams of technical personnel;
• Knowledge of current and future Mobile Infrastructure (Deployable Dispersible Highly mobile CIS) technologies and trends;
• Experience with design and systems integration (e.g. AC Power distribution equipment emergency AC Power generation and associated fuel storage Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS));
• Good understanding of current and future Wireless technologies and trends (to include SATCOM);
• Experience with Architecture modelling language(s) (UML SysML ArchiMate etc.) preferably in the context of an Architecture Framework (NAFv4 TOGAF DODAF Zachman etc.) and Models Based Systems Engineering (MBSE);
• Experience in applying quality assurance practices;
• Sound experience in development implementation fielding testing and maintenance of modern communications equipment;

Training/Certifications:

• ITIL Foundation;
• PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent Project Management Framework (e.g. PMP) certification;

Experience and Training (Desirable):

• Knowledge and experience in applying the NATO Architecture Framework version 4;
• Knowledge and experience in the application of Federated Mission Networking (FMN) in service design;
• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization including ACO and ACT;
• PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent (e.g. PMP) certification;
• ArchiMate or TOGAF or equivalent certification;

Required Experience:

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