Software Engineer

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 ID – C004531

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• The contractor will work on a full-time basis on the development, operation and maintenance of NATO software applications.
• The work will be carried using software development tools (e.g. IDE, Jira, Jenkins and Maven) and within a team that uses SCRUM as working methodology.
• The contractor is required to be working from the office at least three days per week (or more depending on special occasions or if it is requested by the Project Manager / Product Owner).

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

• Proven experience and proficiency in Front-end development with at least 2 years of relevant experience in development using Angular framework, version 10 or later. Excellent knowledge of related technologies such HTML5, CSS and Typescript;
• Proven experience and proficiency in Back-end development with at least 2 years of relevant experience in development using Spring framework, version 5 or later. Excellent knowledge of related technologies such as Java 5 or later and Spring Boot;
• Proven experience and proficiency in writing automated testing for software modules (JUnit/Component, Functional and Integration);
• Proven knowledge of XML, JSON, Git, Maven and Jenkins;
• Proven knowledge of TCP/UDP/IP protocols, networking concepts and ability to use networking tools (SSH, Terminal);
• Proven knowledge with SQL and NoSQL databases and DBMS;
• Proven experience of working within the Linux environment (such as RHEL, Oracle Linux);
• Proactive and positive work attitude in combination with a flexible and cooperative approach to fulfil the required tasks;
• Able to communicate and work within an international team;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify, address and solve technical challenges;
• Must be able to undertake both Front-end development tasks and Back-end development tasks with the same level of professionalism;
• Must be able to easily and clearly express in English since the work is entirely conducted in that language.
• The candidate is required to possess the nationality of one of the NATO nations.

Desired Skills, Experience and Certifications

• Desired experience developing web applications using Web Sockets (ideally with STOMP;
• Desired experience developing web applications with near real- time data visualisation requirements;
• Desired experience of working with Agile (SCRUM) methodology;
• Desired to have experience with Tactical Data Links;
• Desired to have experience with packaging applications (RPMs);

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a closely related engineering field and at least 3 years of relevant experience in software development;

Working Location

• The Hague, Netherlands

Working Policy

• Onsite

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance