Deadline Date: 10 December 2025
Requirement Title: DCIS Network Engineer Activation
Location: Brunssum, Netherlands
Full time on-site: Yes
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date: 26-JAN-2026
End Contract Date: 31-DEC-2026
Required Security Clearance: Cosmic Top Secret
Specific Working Conditions: Normal - some work outside of normal hours may be required - Up to 50 TDY within NL per year
Duties and Role
You will be under the administrative control of the Service Delivery Manager of INF023 (Contingency Network) within the Section of Innovation, Deployable and Engineering / Operation and Exercises (ID&E OPEX) and will perform the following duties:
- Design and document complex enterprise network infrastructures, ensuring alignment with organizational architecture standards and operational requirements.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive network design documentation, topology diagrams, and configuration baselines for all managed environments.
- Keep the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) accurate and up to date, reflecting all physical and logical network assets, configurations, and interdependencies.
- Collaborate with engineering, service delivery, and security teams to ensure that network documentation supports operational readiness, change management, and accreditation activities.
- Review and validate network configurations and design changes to ensure compliance with approved architectures, security policies, and performance standards.
- Implement and continuously improve network documentation practices, ensuring traceability, version control, and audit compliance.
- Provide expert input to change management and design review boards, ensuring technical integrity and consistency across the enterprise.
- Support automation and monitoring initiatives by integrating network configuration data with CMDB, orchestration, and asset management tools.
- Ensure the update of network configuration management databases in accordance with the service request requirements and internal policies/priorities
- Release the circuit and service orders and follow their implementation when required
- Interface to the CIS community for service configuration and request management issues
- Update existing, or create new, documentation for the maintained solutions, Standard Operating Procedures, User Guides
- Support the provision of network services to NATO deployable/mobile CIS infrastructure in accordance with NATO standards
- Provide internal/external training related to the Area of Responsibility when required
Requirements
- NATO Cosmic Top Secret security clearance
- Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 5 years post-related experience or a secondary educational qualification with 7 years post-related experience.
In addition to at least 5 years' post related experience you will demonstrate:
- At least five years' of extensive experience in network architecture and design, including development of detailed technical designs, implementation plans, and network documentation for complex, multi-site infrastructures.
- At least five years' operation and configuration experience of Network Automation or equivalent network automation and orchestration systems
- At least five years' developing the network documentation
- Proven record of accomplishment in maintaining and managing network configuration databases (CMDB) and related documentation repositories, ensuring full accuracy, version control, and compliance with organizational standards.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse, document, and update network topologies, configurations, and dependencies across physical and virtual environments.
- A minimum of three years' experience with the configuration and operation of Network Monitoring Systems (CA Spectrum) and Event Management systems
- Hands-on experience with configuration management tools and methodologies, ensuring alignment between as-built and as designed network states.
- Strong understanding of change management and lifecycle processes, ensuring traceability of configuration changes within secure networks.
- Experienced in developing and enforcing network documentation standards, templates, and naming conventions to ensure consistency, audit readiness, and interoperability across engineering teams and external stakeholders.
- Proficient in integrating network design and configuration data with automation, monitoring, and IT service management systems, enabling accurate asset visibility and efficient change control.
- Shall have general understanding of TCP/IP and routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP), transmission protocol MPLS-TE, collaboration services Voice/Video and network security concepts
- Experience in Service Management processes for Incident Management Change Management and Service Fulfilment
- Experience in customer support
- Experience of preparing Standard Operating Procedures
