Deadline Date: Tuesday 1 April 2025
Requirement: Digital Communications Services Senior Engineer
Location: Mons, BE
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date: 12 May 2025
End Contract Date: 31 December 2025
Required Security Clearance: NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET
Duties and Role:
Systems design
* Designs large or complex systems and undertakes impact analysis on major design options and trade-offs.
* Ensures that the system design balances functional and non- functional requirements.
* Reviews systems designs and ensures that appropriate methods, tools and techniques are applied effectively.
* Makes recommendations and assesses and manages associated risks.
* Adopts and adapts system design methods, tools and techniques.
* Contributes to development of system design policies, standards and selection of architecture components.
Network design
* Produces, or approves network providers', network architectures, topologies and configuration databases for own area of responsibility.
* Specifies design parameters for network connectivity, capacity, speed, interfacing, security and access, in line with business requirements.
* Assesses network-related risks and specifies recovery routines and contingency procedures.
* Creates multiple design views to address the different stakeholders' concerns and to handle both functional and non- functional requirements.
Systems integration and build
* Plans and drives activities to develop organisational systems integration and build capabilities including automation and continuous integration.
* Identifies, evaluates and manages the adoption of tools, techniques and processes to create a robust integration framework.
* Provides authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of systems integration.
* Leads integration work in line with the agreed system and service design.
* Assesses risks and takes preventative action.
* Measures and monitors applications of standards.
* Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for systems integration.
Network support
* Drafts and maintains procedures and documentation for network support and operation.
* Makes a significant contribution to the investigation, diagnosis and resolution of network problems.
* Ensures that all requests for support are dealt with according to set standards and procedures
Requirements
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
* The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance
* At least 3 years practical experience with the designing, implementing, and maintaining the core network architecture for large organizations.
* Relevant practical experience configuring, troubleshooting and optimizing routers, switches, firewalls, and other hardware/software networking elements.
* Ability to stay updated with emerging technologies.
* Very good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Strong analytical skills and problem-solving attitude.
* Experience in leading small teams.
* Services and Technology Professional Certification (e.g. ITIL, CCIE, SRA, JNCIE, or Devnet Professional or equivalent experience )
* Experience in planning, design, system and services engineering and implementation of communication aspects of C4ISR
* Modern digital communication networking techniques, protocols and standards; communication
* Networks specification, design and testing, with an emphasis on IP networks, including IPv6, QoS, MPLS, MP-BGP.
* Communications infrastructure and network service management and control.
* Familiarity with related international / commercial / industrial standards.
* Proven ability to communicate effectively orally, using tact and diplomacy, and in writing with good skills.
* Producing high quality, clear and precise technical and policy papers and reports.
* Proven technical project management/lead experience with supported HLD, LLD, POCT, SAT, etc. Documents.
* Experience working in an SLA / SOP driven IT organisation.
* Intermediate knowledge in authentication technologies.
* Proven experience with regards to design and implementation in large scale networks, across vendors and technologies
* A working knowledge of Python3, Git, Ansible, Terraform and/or scripting.
* Minimum 3 years' experience of operational and technical leading of an engineering team.
* Knowledge and experience of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)/Software Defined (SDx) (e.g. SDN, SD-WAN, SDDC or SASE);
* Knowledge and experience in deploying and managing Segment-Routing (SR) and SRv6 based networks.
* CI/CD pipeline, IaC and NetDevOps experience. Demonstrable evidence in maintaining knowledge of advances in Information Technology
* Knowledge and experience in applying ITIL, COBIT and eTOM principles and methodologies applied to effective Service Management and Control;
* Experience with centralised management systems, e.g., DX NetOps Spectrum, Catalyst Center, Splunk and/or CISCO ISE;
* Public cloud experience and CSP certifications from Azure, AWS or GCP.
* An understanding of IP packet encryption, Firewall and Intrusion Detection System Technologies
* Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements
* Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.