C004140 Digital Communications Services Senior Engineer (CTS) - FRI 28 Mar

Deadline Date:  Friday 28 March 2025

Requirement Title: Digital Communications Services Senior Engineer

Location:  Mons, Belgium

Full time on-site:  Yes

Total Scope of the request (hours): 836

Required Start Date:  12-MAY-2025

End Contract Date: 31-DEC-2025          

Required Security Clearance:  NATO Cosmic Top Secret

Specific Working Conditions:  Up to 150 TDY within Belgium per year

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 nonfunctional 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 nonfunctional 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

• NATO Cosmic Top Secret security clearance

Experience:

• 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.

Training/ Certifications:

• 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.

Additional:

• 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.