Digital Communication Services Engineer

This recruitment campaign will fill two Digital Communications Services Engineers posts, both based in Belgium  - Mons and Brain L' Alleud.

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 Brain L’ Alleud (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 the NATO Infrastructure Services Centre (NISC), which is accountable for planning and executing the full lifecycle management activities (design, transition and operations) for the identified area of responsibility. NISC provides generic, domain independent, technical functionality that enables and facilitates the operation and use of Information Technology resources.

We are looking for two driven and enthusiastic Digital Communications Services Engineers who will take on the following roles and responsibilities, amongst other:

Information security
•    Applies and maintains specific security controls as required by organisational policy and local risk assessments.
•    Communicates security risks and issues to business managers and others
Systems design
•    Designs system components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.
•    Identifies and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs.
Network design
•    Specifies the technical configurations and components required for a small network or a network segment in a more complex infrastructure.
•    Follows organisational architectures and standards.
Network support
•    Carries out agreed network maintenance tasks and specified operational configuration of network components.
•    Establish and diagnose network problems/faults using the required troubleshooting methodology and tools.
Systems installation and removal
•    Installs or removes hardware and/or software, using supplied installation instructions and tools, including handover to the client.
•    Uses standard procedures and diagnostic tools to test installations, correct problems, and document results.

For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCI Agency 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;
•    At least 2 years practical experience with the designing, implementing, and maintaining the core network architecture for large organizations.
•   Good practical experience configuring, troubleshooting and optimizing routers, switches, firewalls, and other hardware/software networking elements. 
•    Routing and Protocol Expertise;
•    SD-WAN and Network Virtualizatio hands-on experience;
•    Advanced Troubleshooting and Automation skills;
•    Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

What we offer:

•    Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history;
•    3 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 NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website.  

The NCI Agency 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 NCI Agency career site.