Software Engineer

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 ID – OCIO-0062

Role Duties And Responsibilities

• Continued definition of user requirements and front-end development:
• Organise regular engagements with the various target users to discuss client requirements;
• Translate user requirements into functionalities and continue to develop the design, applications and user groups of the portal;
• Map existing portals and underlying infrastructure which could be federated with the NIE Portal;
• Continued back-end development of the NIE Portal:
• Develop advanced search and visualisation functions;
• Integrate and collate data from existing NATO Intelligence Enterprise databases into the portal, leaving room for the scalability of the portal and taking into consideration interaction with tools and databases that might be developed in the future;
• Administer content management, including version control and migrations between multiple environments;
• Administer, maintain, develop and implement use, policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the portal environment (Measurement: a document describing the Standard Operating Procedure);
• Document and keep records of every step in the portal design development process (Measurement: Technical document which will ensure business continuity in case of personnel changes);
• Performing trials, testing and quality checks to ensure strong functionality and optimisation.
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation for all developed solutions.
  
  

Essential Skills, Experience And Certifications

• Advanced level of knowledge and experience in the following areas:
• Experience across multiple areas, including software development and software engineering within SharePoint and SQL environments, such as Administration of SharePoint environments
• Administration of SQL Server clusters
• SharePoint development using the Server Side Object Model, Client Side Object Model and SharePoint Framework (SPFx);
• Strong experience with C# in the context of .NET 6 and above
• Software design, implementation and testing;
• Knowledge and experience in modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (React), Web Services, XML, JSON, ASP.NET;
• Developing tools, interfaces and dashboards.
• Experience in designing search methodologies and visualisation tools, including the design of the system architecture and integrated visualisation dashboards;
• Recent experience in software integration;
• Experience with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs);
• Proven ability to write user manuals and technical documents;
• Knowledge of commonly used standards and best practices for software engineering, including design patterns;
• Experience in using debugging software (such as Fiddler) and other debugging features, such as the browser’s default debugging functionalities that are essential for a stable deployment;
• Experience in stakeholder management, collecting user requirements, and proposing technical solutions based on user requirements.
  
  

Desirable Skills, Experience And Certifications

• Experience in security accreditation processes
• Experience developing multi-threaded applications using C#
• Experience using enterprise search applications such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Solr or Splunk
• Database knowledge – experience in securing a database and backup data to preserve a company’s information during unforeseen circumstances;
• Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Server family of operating systems;
• Knowledge and experience in Microsoft SQL Server installation, configuration, programming and troubleshooting;
• Previous experience in intelligence software development;
• Previous experience in cyber threat intelligence analysis;
• Understanding of NATO and its intelligence environment.
  
  

Working Location

• Brussels Belgium
  
  

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.