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 Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is leading NATO’s Digital Endeavour.

Who we are:

NCIA acquire, deploy and defend communications systems for NATO’s political decision-makers and Commands; the agency is on the frontlines against cyber-attacks, working closely with governments and industry to prevent future debilitating attacks.

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 Scheme

About the job

Based in Kester, Belgium, you will join the NATO Integrated Mobile Service Centre (NIMSC). NIMCS provides NATO and its Partners 24/7 with scalable, protected, secure, reliable, and integrated Wireless Communication-based Services with a focus on NATO Operations, Crisis Response, Missions, Exercises and Business Continuity.

The SATCOM Services Branch is accountable and responsible to the customer for planning and executing all lifecycle management activities for the SATCOM Elements within the Network services and IT Infrastructure services in the assigned C3 technical service areas.

The Satellite Anchor Component (SAC) S01 is responsible for providing strategic communication capabilities to deployed assets in theatre to the Operational, Static and Exercise communities, through a multi-headed SAC.

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

About you

We are looking for a talented and knowledgeable SATCOM Technician (Electronics Maintenance) with ideally a Vocational training at a higher level in a relevant discipline or, a combination of equivalent qualifications with at least 5 years of relevant experience.

In addition to at least 5 years’ relevant experience, you will need to prove:

·      Extensive experience in the operation or maintenance of satellite ground terminals/stations, or related systems such as radars or Line-Of-Sight;

·       Relevant experience of:

o   Antenna sub-system including; radome, feed horn, reflector, pedestal, waveguides, tracking receiver, servo and drive equipment, including fault diagnosis and repair;

o   Transmit and receive chains, including; up and down converters, Low Noise Amplifiers and High Power Amplifiers;

o   MODEMs, cryptographic equipment, routers and switches;

o   Computer-assisted Monitor and Control System (M&CS) for system supervision;

o   GPS-disciplined Frequency Reference Standards and associated distribution systems;

o   Fibre Optical cables and other tails systems;

o   In-depth knowledge of digital techniques;

o   Desirable TCP/IP fundamentals, video transmission principles and telecommunications quality assurance practices;

o   Testing and maintenance of modern communications systems;

·       Proven ability to communicate effectively orally, using tact and diplomacy, with good briefing skills.

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

Competencies

The NCI Agency is looking for individuals who have tangible experience and knowledge in the following areas:

• • Adhering to Principles and Values
  • Delivering Results and Meeting Customer
  • Relating and Networking
  • Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives

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.