Who we are:

For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliancefor nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCIA, a team of 3000 civilian and military staff in 29 locations throughout Europe, North America and Asia.

Our technology and cyber experts allow NATO to conduct critical operations, protect NATO’s airspace, make data-driven decisions, defend against cyber-attacks, secure NATO networks and maintain superiority in space. This is all possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to keep this edge we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.

Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join the NCIA, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us keep our technological edge.

About the job:

Based in Mons, Belgium, you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is responsible for planning and executing all lifecycle management activities for cyber security. In executing this responsibility, NCSC provides specialist cyber security-related services covering the spectrum of scientific, technical, acquisition, operations, maintenance, and sustainment support, throughout the lifecycle of NATO Communications and Information Systems (CIS).

The NCSC is part of the nucleus of the NATO Integrated Cyber Defence Centre (NICC).

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Senior Cyber Security Infrastructure Specialist who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

  • Design, deploy and maintain covert, scalable and resilient red-team infrastructure (cloud, on-prem, hybrid);

  • Build and manage C2 frameworks, redirectors, payload delivery systems;

  • Develop automation for rapid infrastructure deployment (Infra as code);

  • Ensure operational security (OPSEC);

  • Create hardened, disposable environments for phishing, initial access, lateral movement and persistence operations;

  • Maintain documentation and secure configurations for repeatable operations.

For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCIA career site.

About you:

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:

  • A Bachelor’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years post-related experience. Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate’s particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCIA, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post;

  • Infrastructure relevant certification such as: AWS Certified Solutions architect, Azure administrator/solutions architect expert, Google professional cloud architect, Cisco CCNA/CCNP, hashicorp terraform associate, Linux certified administrator;

  • At least 3 years practical experience designing, implementing, and maintaining security infrastructure, in Cybersecurity field;

  • Linux Systems administration (Install/configure/maintain Linux based servers, apply system updates/ patches, monitor system performance/ logs, manage users/permissions/ settings of the platform);

  • Docker management (maintain Docker containers, troubleshoot Docker based applications and volumes);

  • Deep experience with Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform;

  • Configuration management expertise with Ansible / Salt for repeatable environment builds;

  • Experience in CI/CD integration for infrastructure-as-code;

  • Strong understanding of security best practices;

  • IP switching and routing, experience in network troubleshooting;

  • Virtual Infrastructure understanding based on VMWare technologies;

  • Good engineering skills including programming and/or scripting knowledge (python, shell scripting, PowerShell);

  • Demonstrable experience of analysing and interpreting logs in order to diagnose faults and spot abnormal behaviours;

  • Experience in Proxy management (Configure/maintain proxy, implement routing rules/access control);

  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

What we offer:

  • Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history;

  • 5 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances;

  • Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave;

  • Excellent private health insurance scheme;

  • Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays;

  • NATO Pension Scheme;

  • Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more.

To learn more about NCIA and our work, please visit our website.

The NCIA prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.

Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCIA career site.

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