• Job Description

  Req#: 241840

  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. The Air Command and Control (AirC2) Business Area is tasked to build and support NATO’s AirC2 and BMD capabilities. This requires the support of a team of high performance technical experts to advise on and perform the required technical work to develop and maintain those capabilities.

  We are now recruiting for a Principal Solution Engineer to join The Engineering functional group of AIRC2. The (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.

  The team lead we are recruiting manages a team of solution engineers that are tasked with implementing and supporting the required systems and software development, as well as advising other teams on technical processes and approaches, your role will encompass:

  • Solution architecture
  • Requirements definition and management
  • Solution Implementation and deployment
  • Systems development management
  • Staff management
  • Technical coordination
  • Supporting acquisition and strategy decisions from a technical perspective
  • Supporting contract management

  For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCI Agency career site here:

  Principal Solution Engineer – AirC2

  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.
  • Proven experience in the leadership and management of a team of engineers;
  • Recent practical experience in managing system/software engineering activities on large mission critical software intensive systems;
  • Knowledge of system/software architectures, operating systems, deployment infrastructure and network concepts;
  • Knowledge of system/software engineering related methods, techniques, metrics and tools;
  • Knowledge of system/software development, maintenance, integration and deployment concepts;
  • Knowledge of database management systems and data management concepts

  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.

• About the company

  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries.

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