Interoperability Engineer

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 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 AirC2 Centre that 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 looking for a driven and enthusiastic Interoperability Engineer who will take on the following roles and responsibilities, amongst others:

•    Consultancy - takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution;
•    Specialist advice - provides definitive and expert advice in their specialist area;
•   Methods and tools - provides advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards;
•    Data modelling and design - investigates enterprise data requirements where there is some complexity and ambiguity;
•    Other duties as directed by the Functional Group Lead Requirement or the Chief of the AirC2 Centre.

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 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;
•    Deep technical background in areas such as software development, networking, and system integration;
•    Proficient in programming languages, middleware technologies, and API design;
•    Analysis of military requirements/capabilities, including knowledge and recent expertise in military components/domains;
•    Ability to work and communicate effectively with military staff;
•    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.