System Administrator

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 - C004699/1  

Role Duties and Responsibilities   

• Maintain and operate all the environments part of the CRS Branch 

• Provide service support to the CQO customers 

• Act as subject matter expert for Microsoft OS and tools suite 

• Troubleshoot Microsoft related issues and PowerShell based code 

• Provide root cause analysis in case of system/service malfunction 
• Implement and improve new services 

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications  

• For technical engineering license degree (such as Electronics Engineering or Information Systems) a minimum of 3 years post-related experience needed as System Administrator 

• For secondary educational qualification, a minimum of 5 years post-related experience as System Administrator 

• Mandatory practical experience with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows Server, WSUS, MECM, Active Directory, ADFS, PowerShell 

• Development and maintenance of PowerShell scripts and of automatic configuration management tools for Microsoft Windows system elements like Ansible, Puppet and/or Chef 

• Highly skilled in troubleshooting Microsoft Windows systems (server and end-user terminals) 

• Knowledge of VMware stack or Openstack 

• Capable of handling and maintaining CI|CD processes 

• Team player 

• Fluent in English: speaking, writing and reading 

• Desired: 

• Experience working with UNIX based operating systems like RHEL or Oracle 

• Experience with container technologies 

• Working experience with public cloud technologies like Microsoft Azure and/or AWS 
• Service support experience for IaaS and PaaS 

Working Location  

• The Hague  

Working Policy  

• On-site 

Travel  

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required 

Security Clearance  

• NATO Cosmic Top Secret personal security clearance