Full Stack Software Developer - (.NET/C#, Angular)

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.

We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.

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 Background

The NATO Information and Communication Agency (NCI Agency) is currently involved in the development of new capabilities for NATO as well as in the support of existing capabilities. In the light of these activities, the C2 Centre is looking for software development service, more specifically in delivery of front-end and back-end coding, testing and documenting.

Role Duties And Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Service Delivery Manager and in close collaboration with the service support team, software development service will cover delivery of prioritized backlog items relevant for application maintenance, which include but are not limited to:

• Analysing bugs and user stories and subsequently designing bug fixes and features,
• Writing the new and making changes to the existing code,
• Testing the bugs fixes and new features,
• Updating relevant documentation.
  
  

Essential Skills And Experience

They must be able to analyse, design, implement and test across the full stack of the application consisting:

• A .NET back-end, written in C#, consisting of:
• A data model which leverages Entity Framework,
• An API,
• Specialized components such as an identity/authentication component (Identity4) and a messaging component (RabbitMQ),
• An Angular front-end, entailing the templates, components, services, modules, et cetera that make up the UI.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with full stack software development including all software development lifecycle phases,
• Proven ability to work in a scrum team and as per Agile software development values and principles,
• Experience with using Microsoft Azure DevOps platform,
• Solid experience with writing .NET applications using the C# language,
• Experience with Entity Framework and REST APIs,
• Solid experience with writing Angular applications using HTML, TypeScript and CSS or one of its pre-processors,
• Experience with using Visual Studio and/or Visual Studio Code, or similar IDEs,
• Experience with using PostgreSQL,
• Experience with IdentityServer4/Duende IdentityServer and RabbitMQ.
  

Working Location

• Remote
  
  

Working Policy

• Off-Site
  
  

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required
  
  

Security Clearance

• No Clearance required
  
  

We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn't for you please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.