C004549 Principal Solution Engineer (CTS) THU 15 Jan

Deadline Date: Thursday 15 January 2026

Requirement Title: Principal Solution Engineer

Location: Braine-lAlleud Belgium

Full time on-site: Yes

Total Scope of the request(hours): 836

Required Start Date: 2-FEB-2026

End Contract Date:30-DEC-2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO Cosmic Top Secret

Specific Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Possible TDY to other NATO sites within Belgium up to 1 - 2 times per month

Duties and 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 on functional requirements.

• COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance

Education Experience and Training (essential):

Education:

• 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.

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):

Experience:

• 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;

Training/Certifications:

• PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent (e.g. PMP) certification;
• ArchiMate or TOGAF or equivalent certification;

Required Experience:

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