Staff Officer (CIS Security)

Our Requirement:

Title: Staff Officer (Communications and Information Systems

(CIS) Security)

Grade: 15

Duty Location: Brunssum The Netherlands

Requirement filling date: as soon as possible

Closing date for applications: 10 May 2026

Our organisation

Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFCBS) provides a Joint headquarters to plan prepare and conduct operations to support NATOs core tasks at the Joint Operational level as directed by Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). The Operations Directorate is responsible for directing monitoring coordinating and assessing operational functions and advising the Chief of Staff (COS) regarding all regionally focused operational activities. The J2 Division provides Intelligence in support of the planning preparation conduct and assessment of NATO assigned operations. The Joint Intelligence Operations Branch provides intelligence support to the overall Joint Targeting effort in JFCBS and ensures intelligence contribution to situational awareness / understanding (SA/SU) feeding to the Allied Command Operations (ACO) wide database. The incumbent is responsible for CIS Security and Security issues and is a member of the Inspection team within the J2X Section of the J2/6X Intelligence Security Systems & Support Branch.

The main duties of Staff Officer (CIS Security) are to:

Develop implement and enforce CIS Security and Security policies directives and guidelines in peacetime and operations.

Contribute to the Coordination of all CIS requirements within JFCBS HQ.

Coordinate all CIS Security issues within the JFCBS HQ and with other national/NATO agencies commands and organisations.

Inspect subordinate Headquarters (HQs) and ensure compliance with NATO CIS and Security policies.

Undertake work as part of a project team or working group as directed or assigned.

Prepare/assist in the preparation of meetings agendas programs minutes.

Provide advice and guidance on security strategies to manage identified risks and ensure adoption and adherence to standards.

Obtain and act on vulnerability information and conduct security risk assessments business impact analysis and accreditation on complex information systems.

Investigate major breaches of CIS security and recommend appropriate control improvements. Contribute to development of information security policy standards and guidelines.

The incumbent may be required to undertake deployments in support of military operations and exercises and/or TDY assignments both within and without NATO boundaries. Such operational deployment may exceed 30 days duration up to 183 days in any period of 547 days and may be on short notice. For NATO International Civilian Staff acceptance of an employment contract linked to this post constitutes agreement to deploy in excess of 30 days if required.

Required Qualifications are:

Ø English good NATO Standard Language Proficiency 3333

(Listening Speaking Reading and Writing) in accordance with NATO standard agreement (STANAG) 6001.

NOTE: The work both oral and written in this post and in this Headquarters as a whole is conducted mainly in English.

Ø University Degree or equivalent in related field/discipline

(equivalentis Higher Secondary Education AND completed advanced vocational training in relevant field leading to a professional certification or accreditation).

ØProven knowledge of computer and security principles networking and operating system vulnerabilities and incident handling.

Ø Minimum 4 years professional experience with CIS/network security.

Ø Minimum 2 years experience applying Security policy preferably in CIS.

Ø Minimum 2 years experience in the selection design justification implementation and operation of Security controls and management strategies.

Desirable Qualifications are:

Ø Experience performing joint staff functions preferably in a NATO environment.

Ø Participation in National or NATO CIS and/or security related trainings and exercises.

Ø Experience in Information Technology (IT) - governance.

Ø Completion of relevant training/courses obtaining certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) International Organization for Standardization / International ElectrotechnicalCommission (ISO/IEC 27001)Global Information Assurance Certification(GIAC).

The successful candidate possesses following personal attributes:

ü Excellent communication skills both oral and written - able to communicate at all levels;

ü High level of interpersonal skills including tact and diplomacy;

ü Ability to take initiative;

ü Ability to work with external stakeholders.

Theselected candidate must be able to obtain andmaintaina security clearance andis required topass a medical examination before an employment contract offerwill be released. The medical examination will take place with our medical consultantit isrequiredtodetermineif the recommended candidate is fit to perform the duties and is deployable to NATOs areas of operation.

Due date for receipt of applications:Sunday 10 May 2026: 23:59.

Candidateshave toapply electronically in NATO Talent Acquisition Program:

be aware that a Selection Board willonlyassess the information provided in the job submission form including the answers to the pre-screening questions and description of your work experiences. Your answersmustbe comprehensive and stand alone; do not rely on attached documents foressential information(Attachments are supporting documents and should not be referred to in the job submission). For example if a pre-selection question asks you to justify how you meet the minimum experience requirement youmustexplicitly detail in the answer boxhowyour experience directly aligns with or exceeds the stated requirement. Simplystatingyou meet the requirement is insufficient; provide concrete examples and quantifiable details.These experiences should also be included in the description of your work experiences.

Only candidates meetingALLessential required qualifications will be considered and be assessed in competition with other candidates.

Please note that NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection prepared in whole or in part by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools including and without limitation to chatbots such as Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (Chat GPT) or other language generating tools. NATO reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such tools. All applications prepared in whole or in part by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at NATOs sole discretion and NATO reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate.