Senior Network Engineer

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.

We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting 

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role ID – C004638

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct 1st level fault resolution on Routing and Switching Elements to sectors, sites and the Service Area routing cells
• Advises on fault diagnosis throughout NATO sites utilizing a number of management platforms (e.g. HP Openview, Netscout, Cisco Works)
• Ensure that, on Routing and Switching elements, remote routine maintenance throughout NATO sites is performed
• Coordinate with sites for Routing and Switching elements centralisation, standardisation and best practices
• Liaise and collaborate internally throughout the NCI Agency Service Line infrastructures and to external organisations for fault rectification activities
• Being responsible for the creation and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures within the Routing and Switching Cell
• Coordination, and performance, of configuration, and evaluation, of test scenarios within the NGCS Reference Facility, pertinent to the area of Routing and network configuration problem resolution
• Coordinates and performs routing infrastructures design, configuration and maintenance activities for all appointed NATO exercise scenarios and Operations
• Performing the practical evaluation of management tools and capabilities
• Ensure a common understanding of the available toolsets and method of utilization within the centralised and distributed user base
• Investigating and proposing long term solutions to encountered equipment and configuration problems
• When required, coordinates on-site surveys, validations and system acceptance testing into the Routing infrastructure.

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

• Alternatively, exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate'