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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.
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: advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
•Command and Control Systems: systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
•Satellite Communications: satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
•Electronic Warfare: electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
•Information Management: management of 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.
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 a high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categories: NATO International Civilians (NIC), Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC). The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.
Role ID – C005486
Role Background: You will help plan, build, integrate and deploy secure CI/CD and automation capabilities in on-premises, mission-critical environments. You will work with project teams, architects and security stakeholders to deliver solutions that are secure, interoperable and fit for current and future operational needs.
Responsibilities
•Design, implement and maintain DevSecOps pipelines and automation frameworks in secure on-premises environments
•Develop technical designs and install, configure and integrate DevSecOps components
•Plan and run testing and acceptance activities, and support deployment and migration efforts
•Build security controls and compliance requirements into the software development lifecycle
•Implement SAST, DAST, SCA and vulnerability management processes
•Implement Infrastructure as Code, configuration management and automated deployment
•Deploy and support containerised and cloud-native workloads on-premises
•Produce technical documentation, deployment procedures, architecture diagrams, security artefacts and handover documentation
•Contribute to risk identification and mitigation, quality assurance and project governance
•Provide regular service reports covering progress, milestones, risks, issues, QA findings, planned activities and escalations
Requirements
•Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, Cybersecurity, Engineering or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and professional experience)
•5+ years in DevSecOps, DevOps, software engineering, platform engineering or infrastructure automation
•Experience supporting on-premises CIS environments, including enterprise data centres and mission-critical systems
•Hands-on experience with secure CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or equivalent)
•IaC and automation experience (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet or equivalent) and scripting in Python, Bash or PowerShell
•Docker and Kubernetes experience, including container security and image and lifecycle management
•Experience with secrets management, identity and access management and secure configuration
•Experience with Linux and Windows Server environments and virtualisation platforms
•Monitoring and observability experience (Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic or equivalent)
•At least one of: CKA, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, Docker Certified Associate, or an equivalent DevOps, platform engineering or automation certification
•At least one of: CompTIA Security+, GSEC, ISC2 CC, or an equivalent cybersecurity certification
•Fluent/professional English
•Experience in military, defence, government or other mission-critical environments
•Previous NATO / NCIA project experience
Working Conditions
•Working Location: Brunssum, Netherlands
•Working Policy: Full-time on-site
•Travel: Some travel to other NATO sites may be required
•Security Clearance: Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance
