Senior Full Stack Developer

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 Duties And Responsibilities

Finalize the development of a complete XML based validated and verified Link 16 Standard modelling of all Link 16 transactions as they are contained in STANAG 5516 Ed 6 Improve the generated diagrams (orchestration and processing flow) HTML representation generated from XML instance documents:

• Enhance the HTML version regarding hyperlinking
  
  

Documentation and material to support Verification and Validation (V&V):

• Contribute to and produce material to support V&V demonstrate how the achievements for this generic approach for Link 16 would also be applicable for other Tactical Data Link Documents (i.e. ATDLP-5.11, -5.16, -5.18, -5.22 and also 5.01)
  
  

For these tasks, substantial work has been done at NCI Agency that shall be used for further-on work.

The list of activities will not be limited to the above-mentioned tasks and may expand as requirements emerge and qualification of the candidate allows.

The contractor shall analyse the related available documents (e.g. STANAGs, MIL-STDs, SIDs, ICDs) to support the design and to implement the required new functionalities. This shall be done in co-ordination with the project manager and with the direct supervision of the Lead Engineer.

The consultant(s) shall test the implemented functionality and document the results according to any required standards.

Essential Skills And Experience

• A minimum of five years' experience in software development.
• Working knowledge of Oracle Solaris, Linux and MicrosoftWindows platforms (sufficient to perform the programming tasks on that platform), and their security policies
• Java and JavaScript development at an advanced level
• Experience with Linux / Unix operating systems
• Preferably knowledge and experience in Military communication protocols (like L16, JREAP, SIMPLE, L22, OTHG, FFT-IP1/IP2)
• Knowledge and experience with CI/CD pipelines and related tools and agile development process.
• Knowledge and working experience with the following tools and technologies:
• Karaf / OSGI
• Docker
• RHEL
• Vanilla Javascript
• Vue(JS)
• OIDC
• HTML
• REST
• XML/XSD/XSLT
• CSS
• Jira
• JUnit
• Jenkins
• Maven
• GIT
• Infrastructure as code (Ansible/terraform)
• Sound understanding and solid working experience in Agile environments, with strong knowledge of software engineering practices and techniques in general
• Advanced knowledge of cyber security concepts
• Experience working in a secure environment
• Skills in technical writing
  

Education

• Master's Degree in computer science or a closely related engineering field.
  
  

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
  
  

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.