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 Brunssum, The 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 CSU Brunssum, located in Brunssum (NLD) enables end-to-end CIS services as it installs, operates, maintains and supports the full range of CIS capabilities during peacetime, crisis and war throughout its allocated Area of Responsibility (AOR) and as otherwise directed.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Engineer (Digital Infrastructure), who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

  • Provides guidance on the application and operation of elementary physical, procedural and technical security controls.

  • Explains the purpose of security controls and performs security risk and business impact analysis for medium complexity information systems.

  • Designs system components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.

  • Identifies and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs.

  • Provides technical expertise to enable the configuration of system components and equipment for systems testing.

  • Collaborates with technical teams to develop and agree system integration plans and report on progress.

  • Provisions/installs, configures and maintains infrastructure services and components.

  • Monitors, measures and reports on infrastructure load, performance and security events.

  • Monitors operational systems for resource usage and failure rates, to inform and facilitate system software tuning.

  • Applies system software parameters to maximise throughput and efficiency.

  • Prepares and maintains operational procedures for storage management.

  • Monitors capacity, performance, availability and other operational metrics.

  • Periodically provides on demand support outside of business hours that could require working on site.

  • Deputizes for head IIS section, if required.

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 minimum requirement of a Bachelor’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 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 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.

  • At least 2 years practical experience in the designing, implementing, and managing the underlying technology, software and hardware components that ensure the smooth functioning of servers, storage systems, data centers, and cloud services.

  • Practical experience troubleshooting infrastructure related issues, perform regular maintenance.

  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Good analytical skills and solution-oriented attitude. 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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