NATO offers you more than a job. It gives you a mission: building peace and security for one billion people in Europe and North America. The NATO Communications & Information Agency is leading NATO’s Digital Endeavour.

We are NATO’s technology and cyber leaders, helping NATO Nations to communicate and work together in smarter ways. Our work is challenging and meaningful, and you will develop and apply your expertise as part of a dynamic international team of civilian and military professionals.

What do we offer?

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history.
• 3 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances
• Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave
• Excellent private health insurance scheme
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays
• Retirement Pension Plan

About the job

Based in Sigonella, Italy you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will play a core role in the day to day system administration of the hardware and software of the currently fielded version of MS Windows Server. This includes managing Active Directory Services (Domain Controller, Group and Security Policies, DNS, Trust Relationships, etc.) as well as the DNS and DHCP servers. For a full list of duties, please review the job description here.

About you

We’re looking for a talented and knowledgeable IT System Administrator with ideally higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 3 years post-related experience, or a secondary educational qualification with at least 5 years post-related experience.

A different qualification coupled with particularly relevant experience may also be considered.

Experience in System Administration, in particular with respect to Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory is required.

Knowledge of English, both written and spoken, is essential.

Competencies

The NCI Agency is looking for individuals having tangible experience and knowledge in following areas:

• Relating and Networking
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Adapting and Responding to Change
• Deciding and Initiating Action

To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website.

*For information about the NATO Single Salary Scale (Grading, Allowances, etc.) please visit our website. Detailed data is available under the Salary and Benefits tab.

All selected candidates are required to complete a Security Clearance, Medical Clearance and Pre-employment Screening process before joining the NCI Agency. This process will require time, so please keep in mind that you will not be able to start working with us right away