Senior Contracting Assistant
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Job Summary
Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.
We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.
Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO UN EU and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services specialised aerospace and defence sales delivery and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.
Who we are supporting
The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATOs member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels Belgium.
The NCIA provides a wide range of services including:
- Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATOs communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
- Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATOs military commanders to plan and execute operations.
- Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
- Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATOs mission to detect deny and defeat threats to its communication networks.
- Information Management: The NCIA manages NATOs information technology infrastructure including its databases applications and servers.
Overall the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATOs communication and information technology capabilities.
The program
Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATOs principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV and when required stand together in the face of attack under Article V.
To provide these critical services in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorises: NATO International Civilians (NIC)s Military (Mil) and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.
Role ID NATOIS-0041
Role Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and configure GIS web applications using ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript and other modern web development frameworks.
- Manipulate and integrate spatial data coming from classified and unclassified sources into web-based systems.
- Perform data conversion and preprocessing using Python APIs and other spatial ETL tools.
- Configure and manage map services feature layers and tiled data for performant web delivery.
- Conduct performance tuning for backend queries and map rendering.
- Develop and maintain documentation for code service endpoints and system architecture.
Essential Skills Experience and Certifications
- At least 5 years of experience in web development using modern JavaScript/HTML frameworks (e.g React Angular).
- Practical experience with at least one major web mapping library or SDK (e.g. ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript) including layer management popups custom widgets and client-side spatial operations.
- Proficiency in using Python for geoprocessing automation ETL and analysis (e.g. ArcPy GeoPandas Shapely Rasterio GDAL/OGR).
- Ability to build and maintain backend services or processing pipelines that expose geospatial functionality.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team
- Familiarity with version control (Git) and Agile project management.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Education
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Geography Information Technology or related fields.
Language
- English: Advanced;
- French: Beginner
Working Location
- Brussels Belgium
Working Policy
- Onsite
Travel
- Some travel to other NATO sites may be required
Security Clearance
- Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance
We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isnt for you please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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About Company
En Spektrum, estamos formando un equipo global de personas increíbles que quieren cambiar el mercado de la defensa y el espacio. Si eres curioso, ambicioso y estás listo para el desafío, ¡nos encantaría saber de ti!
