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https://nato.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=190245

 
Primary Location Netherlands-The Hague
NATO Body NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)
Schedule Full-time
Salary (Pay Basis) : 7,132.26Euro (EUR) Monthly
Grade A.3
 
 
Description
:  
This is a position within the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency), an organization of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
 
The NCI Agency is made up of teams of dedicated people from 29 different nations who are technology experts in their chosen fields. Our collective role is to help protect the lives of 1 billion people and contribute to maintaining world peace.
 
The NCI Agency is looking for a talented System Engineer
 
The Directorate of Air and Missile Defence C2 (AMDC2), as part of the NCI Agency, ensures the harmonised planning, implementation, deployment, evolution and support of the Air Command and Control System (ACCS) and other AirC2 assigned programmes, in a way that satisfies the operational requirements and minimizes the military risk, taking into account the NATO political, economic and schedule requirements and using the most suitable industrial and technological solutions. The Directorate is the procurement and implementation body of the NCI Agency, charged with the effective planning, execution, delivery into service, evolution and through-life logistic support of NATO’s and assigned national AirC2 systems.
The Engineering Branch (ENB) manages, controls, guides and orchestrates all technical aspects of all AirC2-related internal and contracted projects throughout their lifecycle. It provides estimation of the required effort for each project/task and staffs, plans, allocates and manages engineering resources according to agreed priorities. ENB executes overall design responsibility to ensure and harmonize the integrity, technical coherence and interoperability across all AirC2-related based projects throughout product lifecycles (requirements, design, implementation, test support and site support) and across assigned projects. ENB also maintains close coordination with Service Strategy and other key stakeholders across the Agency for technical roadmaps and engineering matters.
 
Role Responsibilities
 
Under the direction of the Head SYS-ISS (H-SYS ISS), you will perform duties as follows:
  • Guides and orchestrates all system engineering activities related to the in-service support of allocated systems and ensures that maintenance and organic evolution of those systems is defined and executed according to agreed-upon standards and consistent with contractual commitments and roadmaps
  • Maintain an in-depth knowledge at system level of the systems / products maintained by the Directorate, focussing on system requirements, architecture, integration, build and test
  • Helps maintain architecture and design documentation of systems and products maintained by the Directorate
  • Evaluate user change requests, formulated through Engineering Change Proposals or other relevant documents, at system requirement level
  • Perform feasibility studies for major system changes and create the appropriate reports
  • Translate user level requirements formulated by the Operational Analysis Section into functional and non -functional system requirements and ensure that the requirements are feasible, clear, complete, comprehensive, unambiguous, measurable and testable
  • Define functional / non – functional requirement to a level of detail sufficient for system architecture and design
  • Analyse new or changed requirements for systems to assess their impact on the overall performance, quality, safety, security and integrity of the products, while considering hardware, software, firmware, off-the-shelf item(s), interface, simulation, methodology and life cycle aspects
  • Seek expert advice and support for system performance and interoperability aspects from the appropriate System Engineers
  • Document the analysis results, maintain and update the system requirement specifications / baselines and related traceability matrices and seek approval for these items
  • Support the project teams during planning and execution of system update projects
  • Participate in project milestone and artefact reviews to ensure appropriate consideration of the integration aspects
  • Perform on-site-support (e.g. installation of new releases and data, problem resolution etc.) as directed
  • Liaise with the Customer Service Desk for problem resolution and provide second-line support as required
  • Maintain a high level of expertise in the technical areas above and stays abreast of software engineering best practices
  • Deputize for higher grade staff, if required
  • Performs other duties as may be required
Person Specification
 
We are looking for candidates with A Master of Science (MSc) degree or a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in a technical subject with substantial Information Technology (IT) or related discipline, or exceptionally, the lack of a degree may be compensated by a lower academic qualification combined with the demonstration of particular abilities or experience of relevance to this post, or with military experience in the Air C2 specific communications and 10 years post related experience.
 
Experience Required
 
In addition to 5 experience (Master’s Degree), or 7 years experience (Bachelor’s Degree) in the duties related to the function of the post, we also require the following:
  • Extensive relevant experience, with at least 3 years spent in systems engineering of large-scale distributed software;
  • Recent experience in system engineering of large-scale distributed software-intensive transaction processing or management support systems (like management information-, decision support systems, etc.);
  • General up-to-date knowledge of computer system architectures, client/server, LAN/WAN and network concepts, programming techniques, Data Base Management Systems (DBMS) and data management concepts;
  • Experience in the architectural design of large-scale distributed software intensive transaction processing or management support systems (like management information-, decision support systems etc.);
  • Practical experience in management functions as project or team leader
The following will be considered as an advantage
  • Experience in system performance and safety engineering;
  • Experience in the operational use or maintenance of at least one current air operations, command and control or air traffic control system;
  • Experience in automated tools supporting system engineering activities;
  • Knowledge of software life cycle management and quality management;
  • Vocational training in system administration, network and / or the management of testing; 
  • Prior experience of working with military and civilian elements preferably in an international environment;
  • Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including Allied Command Operations and Allied Command Transformation;
  • Knowledge of NATO or national governmental acquisition policy and procurement procedures;
  • Experience of working in international environments comprising both military and civilian elements
Competencies Required
 
We are looking for a person who demonstrates the following behavioural competencies:
Persuading and Influencing - Gains clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating; makes effective use of political processes to influence and persuade others; promotes ideas on behalf of oneself or others; makes a strong personal impact on others; takes care to manage one’s impression on others.
Presenting and Communicating Information - Speaks fluently; expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly; makes presentations and undertakes public speaking with skill and confidence; responds quickly to the needs of an audience and to their reactions and feedback; projects credibility.
Writing and Reporting - Writes convincingly; clearly, succinctly and correctly; avoids the unnecessary use of jargon or complicated language; writes in a well-structured and logical way; structures information to meet the needs and understanding of the intended audience.
Applying Expertise and Technology - Applies specialist and detailed technical expertise; uses technology to achieve work objectives; develops job knowledge and expertise (theoretical and practical) through continual professional development; demonstrates an understanding of different organisational departments and functions.
Analysing - Analyses numerical data and all other sources of information, to break them into component parts, patterns and relationships; probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem; makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis; demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system.
Planning and Organising - Sets clearly defined objectives; plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances; identifies and organises resources needed to accomplish tasks; manages time effectively; monitors performance against deadlines and milestones.
 
Travel
 
Business travel to NATO and national (NATO and non-NATO) facilities as well as frequent travel between the NCIA offices;
May be required to undertake duty travel to operational theatres inside and outside NATO boundaries.
 
Language Skills
 
A thorough knowledge of one of the two NATO languages, both written and spoken, is essential and some knowledge of the other is desirable.
NOTE:  Most of the work of the NCI Agency is conducted in the English language.
 
Contract
 
NCI Agency normally offers contracts of employment of a definite duration, not exceeding three years. Contracts may be for less than three years as required to support short-term projects, meet uncertainty with respect to the business outlook, staff performance and other factors.
 
Definite duration contracts may be extended for further periods. When extending contracts, the following is taken into consideration:
  • Renewal is in the interest of the Agency.
  • Staff member's desire to remain with the Agency.
  • The financial situation provides sufficient funding for the post held.
  • The skills, competencies and behaviours, potential and work experience of the staff, versus the requirements of the Agency's work and/or availability of funding.
  • Staff member has served the Agency with performance to the required standard as defined by the Agency,
  • Staff member's deployability to operational theatre.
Serving civilian members of NATO will be offered a contract in accordance with the NATO Civilian Personnel Regulations.
 
The first six months of definite duration contracts are a probationary period. During this period the staff member's work is assessed to ensure that he/she has the ability to carry out the duties of the post. At or before the end of the probationary period, the staff member will be notified in writing that the appointment is confirmed or terminated or, in exceptional cases, that the probationary period is extended.
 
What do we offer?
 
Excellent tax-free salary, including (where eligible) expatriation household and children's allowances and additional privileges for expatriate staff.
  • Education allowance for children (where appropriate) and an excellent private health insurance scheme;
  • Generous annual leave and home leave (if eligible).
  • Retirement Pension Plan.
To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website.
 
Please note: Due to the Agency’s transition into a new structure in the near future, this post may be subject to transfer to one of our other locations, as well as to a change of reporting lines. The final decision will be made at the time of a firm offer.
 
The Agency’s recruitment team advises you that due to the large volume of applications it receives the screening process may take up to 2 months. 

 

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