Infrastructure Engineer
Job Location:
The Hague - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
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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 Duties and Responsibilities
- Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost performance and scalability.
- Documents architecturally significant decisions.
- Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components tiers and interfaces for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.
- Supports projects or change initiatives through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles.
- Aligns solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security).
- Follows agreed standards and applies appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements.
- Reviews requirements for errors and omissions.
- Provides input to the requirements base-line.
- Ensures projects are carried out in accordance with agreed architectures standards methods and tools and addresses security and privacy requirements.
Essential Skills Experience and Certifications
The service contractor will be required to have experience in distributed technical environments and modern platform delivery practices notably:
- Cloud platforms and hybrid environments including Azure AWS Kubernetes and containerized deployment models
- Networking secure connectivity and infrastructure constraints relevant to NATO environments
- DevOps tooling CI/CD platforms such as GitLab and infrastructure automation
- Site and deployment engineering
- Lab and simulation environment support
- Tool administration and engineering support for MBSE and related engineering environments
- The service contractor will be required to have a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognised/certified university in a technical subject with substantial
- Information Technology (IT) content and 3 years post-related experience. As an exception the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidates particular abilities or experience that are of interest to the NCI Agency; namely at least 5 years of extensive and progressive experience in the duties related to the functions of this post.
Desirable
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements.
- Knowledge of NATO organization internal structure and resultant relationships.
Working Location
- The Hague Netherlands
Working Policy
- Onsite role
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:
IC
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!
