Cyber Security 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.

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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.

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Role ID – C004997

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direction of C2SS, NCSC, the Cyber Security Engineer will perform the following activities:

Solution Architecture:

• Contributes to the development of security policy-compliant architectures in AirC2 and related mission-support areas.
• Determines and documents architecturally significant decisions.
• Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.
• Supports projects or change initiatives through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles.
• Aligns solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security).

Security Engineering:

• Supports the configuration, testing and trouble-shooting of security products and services within the C2SS supported products and services
• Integration of local security services with centralized security infrastructure.
• Where no integration with centralized security infrastructure is possible, ensure that local infrastructure is configured to provide an equivalent service.

Information security

• Applies and maintains specific security controls as required by organisational policy and local risk assessments.
• Communicates security risks and issues to business managers and others.
• Contributes to the identification of risks that arise from potential technical solution architectures.
• Suggests alternate solutions or countermeasures to mitigate risks.
• Defines secure systems configurations in compliance with intended architectures.
• Supports investigation of suspected attacks and security breaches.

Information assurance

• Follows standard approaches for the technical assessment of information systems against information assurance policies and business objectives.
• Supports routine accreditation advice.
• Recognises decisions that are beyond their scope and responsibility level and escalates accordingly.
• Reviews and performs risk assessments and risk treatment plans.
• Identifies typical risk indicators and explains prevention measures.
• Maintains integrity of records to support and justify decisions.

Requirements definition and management

• Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for small-scale changes and assists with more complex change initiatives.
• Follows agreed standards and applies appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements.
• Provides constructive challenge to stakeholders as required.
• Reviews requirements for errors and omissions.
• Prioritises requirements and documents traceability to source.
• Provides input to the requirements baseline.
• Investigates, manages and applies authorised requests for changes to baselined requirements, in line with change management policy.

General

• Works with stakeholders to prioritise requirements and resolve conflicts.
• Perform any other security-related duties as may be required.
• Primarily the duties will be carried out on-site but some remote work may be permitted (with the approval of the immediate supervisor and dependent upon the requirement to have access to physical facilities and communication via more sensitive networks)

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

Extensive knowledge and experience (at least 3 years) in the following areas:

• Security monitoring, PKI, vulnerability management, identity and access management.
• Researching and evaluating security products & technologies
• Knowledge in system and network administration of UNIX and Windows systems
• Technical knowledge in system and network security, with a particular focus on Zero-Trust and Data-Centric architectures.
• Ability to evaluate risks and formulate mitigation plans.
• Proven ability to write clear and structured technical reports (in English) including executive summary, technical findings and remediation plan for several different audiences.
• Proven ability to verbally brief other technical staff in English

Desirable Skills, Experience and Certifications

• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements.
• Knowledge of NATO organization, internal structure and resultant relationships.

Education

• The service contractor will be required to have a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognised/certified university in a technical subject with substantial Information Technology (IT) content and 3 years post-related experience. As an exception, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that are of interest to the NCI Agency; namely, at least 5 years of extensive and progressive experience in the duties related to the functions of this post

Working Location

• The Hague, Netherlands

Working Policy

• On-site

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance