Senior Data 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senior Assurance Engineer     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. In order 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 categorises: 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 – C005017   Role Background * The section where the duties will be performed is within the Chief Quality Office, Independent Assurance Branch, Product and Service Assurance Team. The Product and Service Assurance Team is responsible for the independent verification and validation of all Agency delivered projects, systems, services, processes and programmes, including independent status reporting at executive level. This includes in-service projects, systems, services, processe and programmes, which are supported by the Branch through the Agency enterprise change management processes. The role is to be a part of a team that deals with planning, execution and reporting on multiple different projects. The person will be integrated in a multinational team of assurance engineers with the knowledge of the specific domain(s) as requested for the profile.   Role Duties and Responsibilities * Plans, organizes and conducts formal reviews and assessments of complex domains areas, cross-functional areas, and across the supply chain. * Evaluates, appraises and identifies non-compliances with organizational standards and determines the underlying reasons for non-compliance; * Produces test documentation such as (Event) Test Plans, Test cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, test reports, etc. * Provides assurance to test artefacts such as the Requirements Traceability Matrix; * Manages the design, planning and execution of the V&V events and its reporting; * Provides support to projects where the execution is performed by an external contractor * Provides support to the operational community in operational acceptance activities   Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications * At least 5 years recent experience in planning and execution of test, verification and validation activities in large complex projects * At least 5 years recent experience with functional, non-functional and interoperability testing of systems and products * Proven experience with managing external stakeholders and coworkers during the execution of large complex projects * Ability to understand and reason about hardware and software system architectures typically found in system design Skill, Knowledge & Experience: documentation * Ability to communicate with clarity, coherence, conciseness and engagement, both orally and in writing * Experience in the management of a team of testers, quality or development engineers; * Experience using, and testing in virtualized and cloud environments * Familiar with main test tools for test management, defect management and requirements management * Experience dealing with independent testing when the testing is conducted by an external party. * Desired: * Advanced certification in the area of testing and testing management; * Experience testing NATO/military business domain; * Experience with assurance tools and processes; * Experience as an interoperability tester within NATO context;   Working Location * The Hague, NL   Working Policy * Full time on-site: No * Time on-site: 75 % * The work location is the NCIA premises in The Hague, Netherlands. There is flexibility for working from home when it is needed.   Travel * Some travel to other NATO sites may be required   Security Clearance * Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn't for you, please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.

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 – C005006 Role Duties and Responsibilities * Contributes to the development of domain architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas. * Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products. * Supports projects through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles. * Aligns solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security). * Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for small-scale changes and assists with more complex change initiatives. * Follows agreed standards and applies appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements. * Reviews requirements for errors and omissions. * Prioritises requirements and documents traceability to source. * Provides input to the requirements baseline. * Investigates, manages and applies authorised requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy. * Plans and drives systems development projects which support the organisation's objectives and plans. * Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate systems development methods, tools and techniques. * Ensures that stakeholders are aware of required resources and that they are made available. * Facilitates availability and optimum utilisation of resources. * Monitors and reports on the progress of development projects. * Ensures projects are carried out in accordance with agreed architectures, standards, methods and tools and addresses security and privacy requirements. * Develops road maps to communicate future development activity. Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications The service will be required to have system engineering, domain, and user-oriented capabilities. The following skills are considered particularly important: * System-of-systems engineering and lifecycle management * Requirements engineering and traceability, including use of structured tooling such as DOORS or equivalent * Technical baseline and interface management * Integration planning and verification strategy development * Operational domain knowledge, particularly in AirC2, federated mission operations and NATO operational constructs * Human factors, usability analysis and user journey assessment Desirable Skills, Experience and Certifications * Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements. * Knowledge of NATO organization, internal structure and resultant relationships Education * They will be required to have a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognised/certified university in a technical subject with substantial Information Technology (IT) content and 3 years post-related experience. As an exception, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that are of interest to the NCI Agency; namely, at least 5 years of extensive and progressive experience in the duties related to the functions of this post. Working Location * The Hague, Netherlands Working Policy * On-site Travel * Some travel to other NATO sites may be required Security Clearance * Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn't for you, please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.