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

·       Pension Scheme

About the job

Based in Mons, Belgium you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour.

The NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is responsible for planning and executing all lifecycle management activities for cyber security. In executing this responsibility, NCSC provides specialist cyber security-related services covering the spectrum of scientific, technical, acquisition, operations, maintenance, and sustainment support, throughout the lifecycle of NATO Communications and Information Systems (CIS).

The Cyber Security Operations Branch mission is to monitor, detect, analyze and respond to cyber incidents and cyber threat activity. It acts as the NATO Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) for NATO with a NATO-wide mandate. It is responsible for sharing information related to cyber security incidents with NATO, Allies, NCIA industry partners and other stakeholders.

The OPCEN and Crypto Services Support Cell (OCSSC) is responsible for 24/7 monitoring of crypto devices, NATO Internet-facing websites and Internet email traffic to detect and troubleshoot any crypto failures and to detect and report any security incidents

You will perform Information Assurance incident management, 24/7 helpdesk service management, management of Secure Management Centre’s and of NATO Wide PKI user profiles, CA certificates, End-User certificates, other root CA domains certificates, CRLs and ARLs. You will also be responsible for the receipt, storage and accounting of Crypto material issued for the operation of the Secure Management Centre, for Cyber Security 24/7 watch-keeping duties and to offer support to incident response as the entry point for the reporting of cyber security incidents.

For a full list of duties, please review the job description here.

About you

We are looking for a talented and knowledgeable Principal Technician (Cyber Security Operations) with a Higher Vocational training in a relevant discipline and 3 years of post-related experience.

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

You should also have:

·       A good knowledge of Computer Security principles and procedures. Proficiency with Cryptography Technology. Knowledge of Internet Protocol based networks and components (routers and switches)

·       Sound Telecommunications background with a minimum of three years’ experience in the management or installation of data communications equipment

·       A good knowledge of public key infrastructure technology

·       Working knowledge of Crypto systems and techniques

·       Working knowledge of Router configuration

·       Familiarity or proficiency with NATO/National Crypto security policies and procedures

·       Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of computer and communications security, networking, and the vulnerabilities of modern operating systems and applications

·       Extensive experience in the analysis of risk and in the implementation and integration of Information Security protective measures

·       A high level of knowledge of network, system and application level troubleshooting techniques

·       Ability to use office automation tools to an advanced standard (MS Office Professional)

·       A good familiarity and understanding of military communication systems and networks

·       A good knowledge of Microsoft Windows Administration techniques

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

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

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) will not accept applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools, including and without limitation to chatbots, such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chat GPT), or other language generating tools. All applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at the sole discretion of the NCI Agency.

Please note that ALL SELECTED CANDIDATES, with the exception of currently employed NATO International Civilians (NIC’s) will be appointed at the first Increment of the indicated NATO Grade, i.e. NATO Grade X, Increment 1.This is the salary referred to in this vacancy notice. Extra increments can only be considered for candidates from another Co-Ordinated Organisation.

Selected candidates who are not nationals of the host country and who have not been continuously resident in the host country for at least one year may be eligible for an expatriate allowance. For the purposes of determining continuous residence, NATO considers mainly the work location at the time recruitment started, independent of whether various ties were kept with the home country. For more information on our allowances click here.

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.