Senior Data Analyst

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

Data management

• Devises and implements master data management processes.
• Derives data management structures and metadata to support consistency of information retrieval, combination, analysis, pattern recognition and interpretation, throughout the organisation.
• Plans effective data storage, sharing and publishing within the organisation.
• Independently validates external information from multiple sources.
• Assesses issues that might prevent the organisation from making maximum use of its information assets.
• Provides expert advice and guidance to enable the organization to get maximum value from its data assets.

Programming/software development

• Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors complex programs/scripts and integration software services.
• Contributes to the selection of the software development methods, tools and techniques.
• Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve well-engineered outcomes.

Data modelling and design

• Sets standards for data modelling and design tools and techniques, advises on their application and ensures compliance.
• Manages the investigation of enterprise data requirements based upon a detailed understanding of information requirements.
• Coordinates the application of analysis, design and modelling techniques to establish, modify or maintain data structures and their associated components.
• Manages the iteration, review and maintenance of data requirements and data models.

Data engineering

• Plans and drives the development of data engineering solutions ensuring that solutions balance functional and non-functional requirements.
• Monitors application of data standards and architectures including security and compliance.
• Contributes to organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for data engineering.

Data science

• Plans and drives all stages of the development of data science and analytics solutions.
• Provides expert advice to evaluate the problems to be solved and the need for data science solutions.
• Identifies what data sources to use or acquire.
• Specifies and applies appropriate data science techniques and specialised programming languages.
• Reviews the benefits and value of data science techniques and tools and recommends improvements.
• Contributes to developing policy, standards and guidelines for developing, evaluating, monitoring and deploying data science solutions.

Business intelligence

• Plans and manages business intelligence activities.
• Ensures that business intelligence processes are robust, efficient and fit for purpose, focusing on automation, key controls and data quality.
• Advises on the available standards, procedures, methods, tools and techniques.
• Manages reviews of the benefits and value of business intelligence techniques and tools and recommends improvements.

Data visualisation

• Leads exploration of new approaches for data visualisation.
• Establishes the purpose and parameters of the data visualisation.
• Provides overall control to ensure the appropriate use of data visualisation tools and techniques.
• Formats and communicates results using textual, numeric, graphical and other visualisation methods appropriate to the target audience.
• Advises on the appropriate use of data visualisation for different purposes and contexts to satisfy requirements.
• Develops plans showing how the identified user needs will be met.

User experience evaluation

• Selects appropriate tools and techniques to evaluate user experiences of systems, products, services or devices.
• Validates that security, usability and accessibility requirements have been met.
• Checks operational systems, products, services or devices for changes in usability and accessibility needs.
• Interprets and presents results of evaluations, prioritises issues and reports on remedial actions

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable experience as a Data Analyst, Data Scientist, or similar role, or experience performing these functions roles as part of another job.
• Demonstrable experience with at least one programming language, such as Python, R, or C#.
• Experience with commercially available or open source data visualization tools, such as Power BI, Grafana or R Shiny.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases, such as SQL Server.
• Experience with user experience KPIs and reporting.
• Experience managing small teams.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.

Training & Certifications

• ITIL Foundation, DevOps Foundation and certifications proving the competency level in programming/software development skills

Education

• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 4 years post-related experience, or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.

Working Location

• Braine l’Alleud, Belgium

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Cosmic Top Secret personal security clearance