C004737 Engineer (IdMPKI) (NS) FRI 3 Apr

Deadline Date: Friday 3 April 2026

Requirement: Engineer (IdM/PKI)

Location: Mons BE

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 418

Required Start Date: 11 May 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Duties & 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 day-to-day operations / management / backup / restore of the PKI systems.
• Installation and maintenance of NPKI components;
• Certificate Authority components Log analysis (Trouble shoot 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

Skill 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.

Required Experience:

IC