{"id":1145856,"url":"https://alion.io/job/spektrum-group-system-administrator","title":"System Administrator","company":{"id":183673,"name":"Spektrum Group","domain":"spektrum-group.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/spektrum-group","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":95,"open_postings":49,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":773,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["The Hague, Netherlands"],"countries":["NL"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":58000,"max_usd":113000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":13},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Active Directory","optional":false},{"name":"Ansible","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"Chef","optional":false},{"name":"Configuration Management","optional":false},{"name":"OpenStack","optional":false},{"name":"PowerShell","optional":false},{"name":"Puppet","optional":false},{"name":"Unix","optional":false},{"name":"VMWare","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false},{"name":"Windows Server","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T14:40:13Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T13:13:35Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"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.\nWho we are supporting \nThe 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.\nThe NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:\nCyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.\nCommand and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.\nSatellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.\nElectronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.\nInformation Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.\nOverall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.\nThe program\nAssistance and Advisory Service (AAS)\nThe 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.\nTo 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.\nRole ID - C004699/1 \nRole Duties and Responsibilities \nMaintain and operate all the environments part of the CRS Branch \nProvide service support to the CQO customers \nAct as subject matter expert for Microsoft OS and tools suite \nTroubleshoot Microsoft related issues and PowerShell based code \nProvide root cause analysis in case of system/service malfunction \nImplement and improve new services \nEssential Skills, Experience and Certifications \nFor technical engineering license degree (such as Electronics Engineering or Information Systems) a minimum of 3 years post-related experience needed as System Administrator \nFor secondary educational qualification, a minimum of 5 years post-related experience as System Administrator \nMandatory practical experience with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows Server, WSUS, MECM, Active Directory, ADFS, PowerShell \nDevelopment and maintenance of PowerShell scripts and of automatic configuration management tools for Microsoft Windows system elements like Ansible, Puppet and/or Chef \nHighly skilled in troubleshooting Microsoft Windows systems (server and end-user terminals) \nKnowledge of VMware stack or Openstack \nCapable of handling and maintaining CI|CD processes \nTeam player \nFluent in English: speaking, writing and reading \nDesired: \nExperience working with UNIX based operating systems like RHEL or Oracle \nExperience with container technologies \nWorking experience with public cloud technologies like Microsoft Azure and/or AWS \nService support experience for IaaS and PaaS \nWorking Location \nThe Hague \nWorking Policy \nOn-site \nTravel \nSome travel to other NATO sites may be required \nSecurity Clearance \nNATO Cosmic Top Secret personal security clearance","description_format":"text","description_chars":4215,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":true,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Information Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T15:07:18Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":773,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/spektrum-group-system-administrator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/spektrum-group-system-administrator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T13:54:14Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}