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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 Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direction of the project Technical Lead, they will provide technical support to OA, in particular perform duties such as:

  • Update, refactor, and deploy existing solutions to end-users;
  • Build reusable components to share among projects;
  • Plan & execute greenfield projects;
  • Assist Operational Analysts & Data Scientists/Engineers with UX problems;
  • Implement web-based tools for ongoing projects and techniques to meet needs of the Agency and its customers;
  • Support development and maintenance of data pipelines for structured and unstructured data.

Essential Skills and Experience

Fullstack Developer, proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript (including React). The following are essential qualifications:

  • At least 2 years of experience designing and implementing UI components and logic for JavaScript- or TypeScript-based web applications and mobile applications, preferably using a React- based Framework.
  • Demonstrable experience using the following in a project-based professional environment:
  • React with back-end integration to Sql/NoSQL databases
  • At least one meta-Framework such as NextJS, Sveltekit, or similar.
  • Front-end design skills (with e.g. TailwindCSS or similar) development and deployment of end-user applications in an MS Azure environment, including containerization, orchestration, and deployment with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins.

Past Experience must include:

  • Working in a DevOps environment, and adhering to DevOps best practices and using versioning such as Git
  • Setting up unit & integration tests
  • Experience with Cloud Computing
  • Building reliable & scalable front-end applications
  • Back-end experience (any language)
  • Working in a multidisciplinary environment

Education

  • Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a relevant discipline

Working Location

  • The Hague, Netherlands

Working Policy

  • Hybrid (20% of time 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. 

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