NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)
Cyber Security Engineer
NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)Belgium2 days ago
Full-timeInformation Technology
Primary Location

Belgium-Mons

NATO Body

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)

Schedule

Full-time

Application Deadline

11-Nov-2025, 11:59:00 PM

Salary (Pay Basis)

6,467.30

Grade

NATO Grade G15

Who we are:

For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliance for nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCIA, a team of 3000 civilian and military staff in 29 locations throughout Europe, North America and Asia.

Our technology and cyber experts allow NATO to conduct critical operations, protect NATO’s airspace, make data-driven decisions, defend against cyber-attacks, secure NATO networks and maintain superiority in space. This is all possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to keep this edge we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.

Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join the NCIA, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us keep our technological edge.

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. You will join NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which 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).

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Cyber Security Engineer who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

  • Optimize the integration of MISP with other NCIA and/or NATO systems and tools, with the aim to augment automation, and to speed up the execution of business processes, notably the detection of security incidents;
  • Operate, manage and maintain all MISP instances hosted by the NCSC as part of the service delivery managed by the service owner, in particular, ensure the level of service offered to the relevant governance bodies of the MISP instances;
  • Organize and steer MISP User Group (MUGs) whenever required but not less than twice per year;
  • Support the SDM in providing the metrics to be integrated into wider NCSC or NCIA products, delivering second and third line support for MISP users and supporting any Root Cause Analysis (RCA) as requested;
  • Take ownership of topics such as change management, service delivery improvement proposals and development of additional components extending system functionality.


For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCIA career site .

About you:

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:

  • Bachelor’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 years post-related experience. Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate’s particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCIA, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post;
  • Excellent experience and abilities in software development/programming and code review;
  • Excellent experience and abilities in writing and reviewing scripts, mostly in Python language;
  • 2 year’s demonstrable experience solely in web development in PHP and/or Python;
  • Very good technical understanding of the cyber threats to web-based products;
  • Demonstrated experience in using API for data ingestion and tools integration;
  • Demonstrated experience in Linux/UNIX Systems administration, preferably with RedHat;
  • Demonstrated experience in the management and administration of SQL databases;
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken.


What we offer:

  • Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history;
  • 5 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;
  • NATO Pension Scheme;
  • Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more.


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

The NCIA prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.

Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCIA career site.

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