Who we are:

For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliance for nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCI Agency, 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 NCI Agency, 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 The Hague, Netherlands 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 The Air Command and Control (AirC2) Business Area. The AirC2 Centre delivers planning, development, procurement, implementation and In-Service Support of NATO authorised AirC2 capabilities across the Alliance and bilaterally in the European Nations of the Alliance, satisfying the operational requirements, assuring the coherence, integrity and interoperability of the involved NATO and national systems and sub-systems.In doing so, the AirC2 Centre contributes to NATO's Integrated Air and Missile Defence operations and continuously evolves NATO authorised systems and services to empower seamless, resilient and adaptable NATO operations in a multi domain environment.

We are now recruiting for a Principal Capability Engineer. You will bring your skills and expertise to The Engineering functional group (FG) ensures that Air C2 capabilities and services are developed and delivered in line with agreed-upon process descriptions, tools, technical strategies, NATO policies, directives, architectures, standards and system engineering best practices and using common assets.

It exercises the role of AirC2 Technical Design Authority, accountable for delivering coherent, interoperable, secure and supportable technical solutions and as the local profession representation of technical professions in the AirC2 Centre.

You will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

  • Strategy and planning

  • Requirements definition and management

  • Systems development management

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:

Education:

  • A Master’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience. Or a Bachelor’s degree with 8 years post related experience.

Experience:

  • Have a minimum of 5 years of recent experience in the development of complex software-intensive AirC2 and/or Ballistic Missile Defence Systems to include planning, management, analysis, design, implementation, test and installation aspects;

  • Proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, with excellent briefing skills and the ability to produce clear and concise reports.

  • 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 site.

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