Principal Enterprise Architect (Interoperability)

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 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 the Chief Technology Office (CTO), which is the key enabler of NATO’s digital transformation. This office is a cornerstone for the NCI Agency’s work to advance NATO’s information communications technologies (ICT) that are critical to maintain NATO’s technological edge. With NCI Agency's scientists, architects and engineers, CTO is the hub for architecting and designing NATO’s ICT technical landscape while considering innovation, standardization, and coherence across the Alliance.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Principal Enterprise Architect (Interoperability) who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

• Support the NCI Agency FMN Coordinator by providing advice to Chief Architecting and Engineering, and other Senior Agency managers in the area of Federated Mission Networking.
• Act as principal advisor to the FMN Management Structure on federation architecture products, C3 Interoperability related issues and traceability of requirements;
• Lead the FMN Architecture Coordination Body, ensuring coherence in the architecture PoW of the FMN Working Groups and NATO Digital initiatives;
• Assess impact of the FMN Vision and Spiral Specification Roadmap on the architecture domains, including business, information, application and technology, and derive operational benefits of (planned) interoperability solutions.

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;
• Knowledge and experience with Enterprise Architecture and interoperability concepts, and its application to the federation of enterprises or business collaboration across multiple enterprises;
• Certification in The Open Group TOGAF and ArchiMate modelling language, or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of practical experience in the areas of architecting, planning, designing, requirements and system engineering for military CIS/C4ISR systems or similar complex IT systems;
• Experience of working with a diverse, multi-disciplinary team, and interacting with all levels of a military organization;
• Experience in Interoperability Standardization and design of interoperable solutions;
• 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.