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 – C004531/2

Role Background

• Spektrum Management Group is recruiting a Full Stack Software Engineer to join a NATO C2 Service Centre team in The Hague, working on the development, operation, and maintenance of mission-critical software applications within a SCRUM environment.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain full stack applications across Front-end (Angular) and Back-end (Spring/Java) with equal proficiency
• Write automated tests (unit, component, functional, integration)
• Work within a SCRUM team using Jira, Jenkins, Maven and standard IDE tooling
• Collaborate with Project Manager / Product Owner / Service Delivery Manager on delivery priorities
• Operate within a Linux server environment

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related engineering field
• 3+ years total software development experience
• 2+ years Front-end: Angular v10+, HTML5, CSS, TypeScript
• 2+ years Back-end: Spring v5+, Java 5+, Spring Boot
• Automated testing experience (JUnit or equivalent)
• Git, Maven, Jenkins, XML, JSON
• TCP/UDP/IP networking fundamentals, SSH/terminal proficiency
• SQL and NoSQL database experience
• Linux environment experience (RHEL/Oracle Linux)

Desirable:

• Web Sockets (STOMP)
• Near-real-time data visualisation
• Tactical Data Links
• RPM packaging

Working Location

• The Hague, Netherlands

Working Policy

• Hybrid (3 days minimum on-site)

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance