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 Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is a key agency within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focused on providing comprehensive logistics, procurement, and support services to NATO member countries, partners, and other customers. The NSPA facilitates the collective acquisition and management of goods and services, ranging from military equipment to general supplies, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of NATO operations. 

The agency's responsibilities include: 

• Procurement: managing the acquisition of a wide range of goods and services, including military equipment, supplies, and support services. 
• Logistics: offering logistics support such as transportation, warehousing, and distribution to ensure that NATO forces have the necessary resources when and where they are needed. 
• Maintenance: providing maintenance and repair services for military equipment, ensuring operational readiness and extending the lifespan of assets. 
• Project Management: overseeing and implementing various projects, including infrastructure development and other support activities. 

The NSPA operates under the direction of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization (NSPO), which sets the strategic goals and policies for the agency. By centralizing and standardizing procurement and logistics services, the NSPA helps NATO members achieve cost savings, improved interoperability, and enhanced operational capability. 

The program

The NSPA Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services are relying on three underlying infrastructures:

Network

• Local Area Networks (LANs) to allow NSPA users to reachback ICT systems located in the NSPA datacenters.
• Wide Area Networks (WANs) to allow NSPA remote offices and mobile users to securely reach back the NSPA datacenters located in Luxembourg
• Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) to securely interconnect NSPA datacenters and Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) located in Luxemourg.

Unified Communication (UC)

• Video Teleconferencing (VTC) systems,
• Telephony systems composed of PBX, voice gateways, deskphones, softphones, mobile phones and smartphones.
• Interfaces with other communication services such as voice mail, instant messaging, collaboration (e.g. MS SKYPE).
• Federation with other NATO voice and video services.
• Public Announcement Systems (PAS) and Massive SMS notification systems alarms

Datacenters (DC)

• 2 Tier 4 datacenters externalized in Betzdorf and Bettembourg (LUX)
• 1 datacenter in Capellen (LUX)
• Smaller datacenters in Papa (HUN), Taranto (SOC) and Eindhoven (NL)
• Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) in Capellen

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Day-to-day Operation and Maintenance (O&M) type of consultancy services for network, Unified Communication (UC) and datacenter (DC) and support for projects related to specific network, UC and DC related projects.

Essential Skills and Experience 

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of various networking environment operating systems
• Knowledge of Microsoft UC technologies such as Skype and MS Teams
• Able to coordinate third-party maintenance for Unified Communications equipment
• Experience with troubleshooting Unified Communications, Network and application performance with performance monitoring tools

Product Qualifications

• Cisco Communications Manager
• Cisco Unity
• Cisco VCS
• Cisco TMS
• Cisco Expressway
• Cisco ISDN Gateway
• Cisco Presence
• Cisco Webex cloud
• Informacast Public Announcement Systems
• Cisco/Tandberg Video endpoints
• Cisco codecs
• Cisco MCU
• Microsoft Skype

Competencies

• Superior written and oral communication skills
• Superior client facing skills
• Ability to work on a flexible basis
• Ability to perform some travel across European NATO sites

Experience

• 5 years’ experience in Unified Communications (voice and videoconferencing) specifically operational support is mandatory.
• 3 years’ experience with Daily Unified Communications, network and systems operational and support activities
• 2 years' years’ experience in an Senior Unified Communications Engineer role, implementing and supporting Unified Communications infrastructures
• 2 years’ experience with Cisco Unified Communications design.

NATO Experience

• 2 years minimum experience with NATO organization, NATO IT infrastructure's (network, unified communication and security) and NATO IT related policies is desirable.

Professional Certifications

Any of the following certifications:

• CCT Routing and Switching
• CCNA Routing and Switching
• CCNA Wireless
• DEVNET
• CCNP ENCOR
• 300-620 DCACI
• SD WAN
• CCNP Routing and Switching
• CCNP Voice
• CLCOR 350-801
• CCIE Routing and Switching
• CCIE Service Provider
• 1 Mobile Iron (Support Specialist Fundamental 8.5 + Intermediate 7.5 + Design and Deployment 7.5 + Core Deployment & Admin Fundamentals 9.1)
• MS AZ900
• F5 L101
• F5 L201, L303, L304
• INFOBLOX CDAT

Languages

• Proficiency in English (oral and written), equivalent to CEFR B2 or higher, is mandatory
• Proficiency in French is (oral) is desirable

Education

• A university degree or equivalent professional experience

Working Location

• Capellen, Luxembourg

Working Hours and Policy

• On-Site, according to NSPA flexible working hours: Monday to Thursday (07:00 – 19:00) and Friday (07:00 – 14:00)
• Public Holidays of Luxembourg will be applicable

Travel

• Travel to other NATO sites may be required occasionally: Versailles (FRA), Papa (HUN), Taranto (ITA), Eindhoven (NL) and Cologne (GE).

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance

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 Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is a key agency within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focused on providing comprehensive logistics, procurement, and support services to NATO member countries, partners, and other customers. The NSPA facilitates the collective acquisition and management of goods and services, ranging from military equipment to general supplies, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of NATO operations. 

The agency's responsibilities include: 

• Procurement: managing the acquisition of a wide range of goods and services, including military equipment, supplies, and support services. 
• Logistics: offering logistics support such as transportation, warehousing, and distribution to ensure that NATO forces have the necessary resources when and where they are needed. 
• Maintenance: providing maintenance and repair services for military equipment, ensuring operational readiness and extending the lifespan of assets. 
• Project Management: overseeing and implementing various projects, including infrastructure development and other support activities. 

 The NSPA operates under the direction of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization (NSPO), which sets the strategic goals and policies for the agency. By centralizing and standardizing procurement and logistics services, the NSPA helps NATO members achieve cost savings, improved interoperability, and enhanced operational capability. 

The program

The NSPA Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services are relying on three underlying infrastructures:

Network

• Local Area Networks (LANs) to allow NSPA users to reachback ICT systems located in the NSPA datacenters.
• Wide Area Networks (WANs) to allow NSPA remote offices and mobile users to securely reach back the NSPA datacenters located in Luxembourg
• Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) to securely interconnect NSPA datacenters and Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) located in Luxemourg.

Unified Communication (UC)

• Video Teleconferencing (VTC) systems,
• Telephony systems composed of PBX, voice gateways, deskphones, softphones, mobile phones and smartphones.
• Interfaces with other communication services such as voice mail, instant messaging, collaboration (e.g. MS SKYPE).
• Federation with other NATO voice and video services.
• Public Announcement Systems (PAS) and Massive SMS notification systems alarms

Datacenters (DC)

• 2 Tier 4 datacenters externalized in Betzdorf and Bettembourg (LUX)
• 1 datacenter in Capellen (LUX)
• Smaller datacenters in Papa (HUN), Taranto (SOC) and Eindhoven (NL)
• Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) in Capellen

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Day-to-day Operation and Maintenance (O&M) type of consultancy services for network, Unified Communication (UC) and datacenter (DC) and support for projects related to specific network, UC and DC related projects.

Essential Skills and Experience 

Knowledge and Skills.

Must have a thorough understanding of these technologies, the ability to configure them, and have a significant deployment experience:

• LAN features such as RSTP (and its optimisations), 802.1Q and PVLANs, VDC
• IP features such as PAT, DHCP, HSRP and OSPF
• Qos features such as classification, marking, congestion management, shaping and policing
• IPSec, and the ability to configure it in IOS (for both LAN to LAN and Easy VPN connections), GRE tunnels
• IOS security features, such as reflexive access lists, and firewall
• Application Centric Infra (ACI) and VRFs
• Cisco ASA series and Cisco Anyconnect clients
• Network Management tools such as ORION, Cisco prime infrastructure, ZABIX and Fluke Trueview
• Wireless technologies - Cisco Access Points and remote terminals such as bar code readers for inventory management
• ATMedia Ethernet encryptors 1G and 10G design and setup
• Ucopia captive portal infrastructure design and setup
• Security management platform Cisco ISE

Product Qualifications

• Cisco 800, 2800, 2900, 3800, 3900 router series
• Cisco 3750, 3850, 3560, 2940, 6500 and Nexus 7K and 9K series switches
• Cisco’s NAM (Network Analysis Module) and NAMNX1
• Fluke Trueview and VPM appliances
• Infoblox DNS-DHCP management tools
• Network analysers and sniffers for troubleshooting or network capacity planning

Competencies

• Good communications skills. Excellent English report writing skills.
• Solid understanding of the requirements of an overall network management strategy
• Strong task and time management skills

Experience

• At least 10 years’ experience in a technical networking or telecoms role, implementing and supporting LAN and WAN networking infrastructures
• LAN and WAN network design experience
• Extensive experience with high-availability and load-balancing solutions for network architectures
• Experience of firewall solutions and understanding of how they are implemented
• Extensive experience in managing all aspects of network projects for internal customers
• Experience with ITIL concepts

NATO Experience

• 2 years minimum experience with NATO organization, NATO IT infrastructure's (network, unified communication and security) and NATO IT related policies is desirable.

Professional Certifications

Any of the following certifications:

• CCT Routing and Switching
• CCNA Routing and Switching
• CCNA Wireless
• DEVNET
• CCNP ENCOR
• 300-620 DCACI
• SD WAN
• CCNP Routing and Switching
• CCNP Voice
• CLCOR 350-801
• CCIE Routing and Switching
• CCIE Service Provider
• 1 Mobile Iron (Support Specialist Fundamental 8.5 + Intermediate 7.5 + Design and Deployment 7.5 + Core Deployment & Admin Fundamentals 9.1)
• MS AZ900
• F5 L101
• F5 L201, L303, L304
• INFOBLOX CDAT

Languages

• Proficiency in English (oral and written), equivalent to CEFR B2 or higher, is mandatory
• Proficiency in French (oral) is desirable

Education

• A university degree or equivalent professional experience

Working Location

• Capellen, Luxembourg

Working Hours and Policy

• On-Site, according to NSPA flexible working hours: Monday to Thursday (07:00 – 19:00) and Friday (07:00 – 14:00).
• Public Holidays of Luxembourg will be applicable

Travel

• Travel to other NATO sites may be required occasionally: Versailles (FRA), Papa (HUN), Taranto (ITA), Eindhoven (NL) and Cologne (GE).

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance

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 Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is a key agency within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focused on providing comprehensive logistics, procurement, and support services to NATO member countries, partners, and other customers. The NSPA facilitates the collective acquisition and management of goods and services, ranging from military equipment to general supplies, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of NATO operations. 

The agency's responsibilities include: 

• Procurement: managing the acquisition of a wide range of goods and services, including military equipment, supplies, and support services. 
• Logistics: offering logistics support such as transportation, warehousing, and distribution to ensure that NATO forces have the necessary resources when and where they are needed. 
• Maintenance: providing maintenance and repair services for military equipment, ensuring operational readiness and extending the lifespan of assets. 
• Project Management: overseeing and implementing various projects, including infrastructure development and other support activities. 

The NSPA operates under the direction of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization (NSPO), which sets the strategic goals and policies for the agency. By centralizing and standardizing procurement and logistics services, the NSPA helps NATO members achieve cost savings, improved interoperability, and enhanced operational capability. 

The program

The NSPA Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services are relying on three underlying infrastructures:

Network

• Local Area Networks (LANs) to allow NSPA users to reachback ICT systems located in the NSPA datacenters.
• Wide Area Networks (WANs) to allow NSPA remote offices and mobile users to securely reach back the NSPA datacenters located in Luxembourg
• Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) to securely interconnect NSPA datacenters and Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) located in Luxemourg.

Unified Communication (UC)

• Video Teleconferencing (VTC) systems,
• Telephony systems composed of PBX, voice gateways, deskphones, softphones, mobile phones and smartphones.
• Interfaces with other communication services such as voice mail, instant messaging, collaboration (e.g. MS SKYPE).
• Federation with other NATO voice and video services.
• Public Announcement Systems (PAS) and Massive SMS notification systems alarms

Datacenters (DC)

• 2 Tier 4 datacenters externalized in Betzdorf and Bettembourg (LUX)
• 1 datacenter in Capellen (LUX)
• Smaller datacenters in Papa (HUN), Taranto (SOC) and Eindhoven (NL)
• Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) in Capellen

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Day-to-day Operation and Maintenance (O&M) type of consultancy services for network, Unified Communication (UC) and datacenter (DC) and support for projects related to specific network, UC and DC related projects.

Essential Skills and Experience 

Knowledge and Skills. Must have an understanding of these technologies and the ability to configure them:

• Big scale high availability Data Center operations, management, deployments and decommissions
• Networking Administration (up to CCNA)
• Structured cabling (Fiber and copper)
• Project management (e.g. PRINCE II)
• Asset Management
• Change management skills
• Cooling/ Power/ UPS/ Generator skills
• Cisco Prime Infrastructure
• SolarWinds Orion

Competencies

• Good communication skills

Experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in a technical DC role, operating and maintaining datacenters and proven skills to manage DC projects.

NATO Experience

• 2 years minimum experience with NATO organization, NATO IT infrastructure's (network, unified communication and security) and NATO IT related policies is desirable.

Professional Certifications

• Systimax Imvision
• Other relevant certifications

Languages

• Proficiency in English (oral and written), equivalent to CEFR B2 or higher, is mandatory
• Proficiency in French is (oral) is desirable

Education

• A university degree or equivalent professional experience

Working Location

• Capellen, Luxembourg

Working Hours and Policy

• On-Site, according to NSPA flexible working hours: Monday to Thursday (07:00 – 19:00) and Friday (07:00 – 14:00)
• Public Holidays of Luxembourg will be applicable

Travel

• Travel to other NATO sites may be required occasionally: Versailles (FRA), Papa (HUN), Taranto (ITA), Eindhoven (NL) and Cologne (GE).

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance

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 Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is a key agency within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focused on providing comprehensive logistics, procurement, and support services to NATO member countries, partners, and other customers. The NSPA facilitates the collective acquisition and management of goods and services, ranging from military equipment to general supplies, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of NATO operations. 

The agency's responsibilities include: 

• Procurement: managing the acquisition of a wide range of goods and services, including military equipment, supplies, and support services. 
• Logistics: offering logistics support such as transportation, warehousing, and distribution to ensure that NATO forces have the necessary resources when and where they are needed. 
• Maintenance: providing maintenance and repair services for military equipment, ensuring operational readiness and extending the lifespan of assets. 
• Project Management: overseeing and implementing various projects, including infrastructure development and other support activities. 

The NSPA operates under the direction of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization (NSPO), which sets the strategic goals and policies for the agency. By centralizing and standardizing procurement and logistics services, the NSPA helps NATO members achieve cost savings, improved interoperability, and enhanced operational capability. 

The program

The NSPA Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services are relying on three underlying infrastructures:

Network

• Local Area Networks (LANs) to allow NSPA users to reachback ICT systems located in the NSPA datacenters.
• Wide Area Networks (WANs) to allow NSPA remote offices and mobile users to securely reach back the NSPA datacenters located in Luxembourg
• Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) to securely interconnect NSPA datacenters and Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) located in Luxemourg.

Unified Communication (UC)

• Video Teleconferencing (VTC) systems,
• Telephony systems composed of PBX, voice gateways, deskphones, softphones, mobile phones and smartphones.
• Interfaces with other communication services such as voice mail, instant messaging, collaboration (e.g. MS SKYPE).
• Federation with other NATO voice and video services.
• Public Announcement Systems (PAS) and Massive SMS notification systems alarms

Datacenters (DC)

• 2 Tier 4 datacenters externalized in Betzdorf and Bettembourg (LUX)
• 1 datacenter in Capellen (LUX)
• Smaller datacenters in Papa (HUN), Taranto (SOC) and Eindhoven (NL)
• Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) in Capellen

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Day-to-day Operation and Maintenance (O&M) type of consultancy services for network, Unified Communication (UC) and datacenter (DC) and support for projects related to specific network, UC and DC related projects.

Essential Skills and Experience 

Knowledge and Skills

Must have an understanding of these technologies and the ability to configure them:

• LAN features such as RSTP (and its optimisations), 802.1Q
• IP features such as PAT, DHCP, HSRP and OSPF
• IOS security features, such as the IOS firewall

Product Qualifications

• Cisco 800, 2800, 2900, 3800, 3900 and 7200 router series
• Cisco 3750, 3850, 3560, 2940, 6500 and 9300 Catalyst series switches. NX7k and NX9k
• Fluke Trueview and VPM appliances
• Network analysers and sniffers for troubleshooting or network capacity planning
• Cisco Prime Infrastructure
• Security management platform Cisco ISE
• Solarwinds Orion
• Opsview
• ZABIX, Smokeping
• Linux environment: Redhat, Debian
• ATMedia Ethernet encryptors 1G and 10G design and setup
• Ucopia captive portal infrastructure design and setup

Competencies

• Good communications skills.

Experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in a technical networking or telecoms role, implementing and supporting LAN and WAN networking infrastructures

NATO Experience

• 2 years minimum experience with NATO organization, NATO IT infrastructure's (network, unified communication and security) and NATO IT related policies is desirable.

Professional Certifications

Any of the following certifications:

• CCT Routing and Switching
• CCNA Routing and Switching
• CCNA Wireless
• DEVNET
• CCNP ENCOR
• 300-620 DCACI
• SD WAN
• CCNP Routing and Switching
• CCNP Voice
• CLCOR 350-801
• CCIE Routing and Switching
• CCIE Service Provider
• 1 Mobile Iron (Support Specialist Fundamental 8.5 + Intermediate 7.5 + Design and Deployment 7.5 + Core Deployment & Admin Fundamentals 9.1)
• MS AZ900
• F5 L101
• F5 L201, L303, L304
• INFOBLOX CDAT

Languages

• Proficiency in English (oral and written), equivalent to CEFR B2 or higher, is mandatory
• Proficiency in French is (oral) is desirable

Education

• A university degree or equivalent professional experience

Working Location

• Capellen, Luxembourg

Working Hours and Policy

• On-Site, according to NSPA flexible working hours: Monday to Thursday (07:00 – 19:00) and Friday (07:00 – 14:00)
• Public Holidays of Luxembourg will be applicable

Travel

• Travel to other NATO sites may be required occasionally: Versailles (FRA), Papa (HUN), Taranto (ITA), Eindhoven (NL) and Cologne (GE).

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance

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 seek personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Introduction

The Automated Integrated Product Support (IPS) Programme Office (LN) of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is responsible to provide responsive, effective and cost-efficient electronic, automated and integrated logistic support on behalf of NATO or NATO Member Nations.

NDSS is an automated and integrated logistics software support tool designed, developed and supported by NSPA. It covers the main logistic functionalities such as item management, stock management, requisitioning, procurement, fleet management, transport request, maintenance and repair, property accounting and property disposal.

The modules of the application software are written in PowerBuilder and Microsoft .Net, and are implemented in a client/server environment. Web front-end of NDSS is implemented using 3-tier Architecture.

NDSS is active in 31 user organizations across NATO and areas of NATO operations.

NSPA is involved in different development projects regarding the functional evolution of NDSS and its maintenance and is also involved in the support of other integrated logistics tools.

The contracted staff shall assist NDSS team in developing and implementing different projects based on PowerBuilder and .Net technologies.

Role Responsibilities

The IT System Engineer shall work within the platform team dedicated to the infrastructure support and maintenance. He / she shall be in charge of the infrastructure and shall have the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Management and support of the entire IT infrastructure (day to day management + problem solving)
• Management of backups of files, exchange, SQL Database, virtual machines
• Administration and management of the virtual IT infrastructure based on fully redundant and highly available VMware Vsphere and HyperV (for VDI solution) clusters
• Management of Microsoft failover cluster
• Management of Security and Anti-virus protection
• Management of Exchange infrastructure and servers
• Management of Active Directory, Group Policy, Domain Name Server (DNS), Remote Desktop Services (RDP)
• Management of products updates via WSUS (Microsoft and VMWare)
• Maintenance of the Local Area Network (LAN) components
• Migration of existing Virtual Machines (VMs) and physical servers
• Analysis and proposal of IT solutions to fulfil customer needs

Required Skills and Experience

• 7 years of IT experience and 5 years information systems (IS) experience particularly in the design and management of complex IT infrastructures including network and security.
• Knowledge of IS hardware and software and be able to be familiar with / not reluctant to perform a hardware mechanical assembly.

Professional experience with minimum 5 years:

• • Microsoft Operating System (both server and workstation versions)
  • Active Directory Multi-site Management (including DNS, DHCP, GPO)
  • Remote Desktop Services 2016 / 2019, RDS farm (terminal server)
  • VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure)
  • Virtualization concepts, VMWARE vSphere (version 6 or later) multi-site cluster provisioning and management
  • Multi-site datacenters, full redundancy, vMotion, High Availability (HA), Data Release Sequence number (DRS), synchronous replication
  • Storage Area Network (SAN), multi-site cluster (load balancing), Internet Small Computer System Interface (ISCSI) with replication capability
  • Backup software (Arcserve, VEEAM or equivalent tools)
  • Mcafee client protection (or equivalent)
  • Mcafee ePO central console (or equivalent)
  • Analysis and design of complex IT infrastructures
  • Analysis of problems/troubleshoot as well as root causes to coordinate solutions

Professional experience with minimum 3 years:

• • VMware Center Operations (VCOPS)
  • Hyper-V (2012 based or later) multi-site cluster
  • TCP / IP Routing, VLAN
  • Security update (via WSUS or equivalent tool)
  • Network Attached Storage (NAS) technology
  • Failover cluster
  • Microsoft Network Load Balancing
  • Microsoft Exchange Version 2019
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016
  • Installation, use and maintenance of LAN based personal computer installations

Soft Skills:

• • Communication
  • Team Player
  • Autonomy
  • Responsiveness
  • Adaptability
  • Good interpersonal skills 

Preferred Skills and Experience  

• Windows server 2016 certification
• Microsoft Exchange certification

Security Clearance

• National Secret or NATO Secret Clearance

Language Requirements

• Mandatory English – STANAG 6001 SLP 3333
• French desirable

Work Arrangement

• Onsite - Capellen, Luxembourg.
• 215 working days per year
• 40 working hours per week, Monday to Friday.

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 Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is a key agency within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focused on providing comprehensive logistics, procurement, and support services to NATO member countries, partners, and other customers. The NSPA facilitates the collective acquisition and management of goods and services, ranging from military equipment to general supplies, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of NATO operations.

The agency's responsibilities include:

• Procurement
  • Managing the acquisition of a wide range of goods and services, including military equipment, supplies, and support services.
• Logistics
  • Offering logistics support such as transportation, warehousing, and distribution to ensure that NATO forces have the necessary resources when and where they are needed.
• Maintenance
  • Providing maintenance and repair services for military equipment, ensuring operational readiness, and extending the lifespan of assets.
• Project Management
  • Overseeing and implementing various projects, including infrastructure development and other support activities.

The NSPA operates under the direction of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization (NSPO), which sets the strategic goals and policies for the agency. By centralizing and standardizing procurement and logistics services, the NSPA helps NATO members achieve cost savings, improved interoperability, and enhanced operational capability.

The program

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) requires Project Support and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) consultancy services for implementing, operating and maintaining complex eBusiness solutions integrated in the NSPA environment, using the latest web technologies, Relational and non-Relational Databases, integration techniques and standards (synchronous and asynchrounous interfaces), cyber security layers and concepts.

Role Background

The scope of the role involves implementation, operations and maintenance of complex e-Business solutions based on Microsoft .NET technologies, relational and non-relational databases and the latest development frameworks and libraries available for web-based solutions.

 Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement and automate CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient software delivery.
• Conduct automated code inspections and security reviews using tools like SonarQube and Dependency Tracker.
• Manage and optimize on-premises Microsoft Azure DevOps Server for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
• Automate security practices in web-based solutions using CI/CD pipelines and ensure integration with Microsoft development tools, .NET frameworks, and C#.

 Essential Skills and Experience

• Proven experience of at least 3 years in managing Software Development Lifecycle, automation tools for implementing CI/ CD pipelines, automated code inspection and security review (such as SonarQube and Dependency Tracker).
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps Server (on-premises).
• Having a strong technical background on the implementation of web-based solutions:
  • Microsoft development tools, .NET frameworks, C#
  • Database design and concepts
  • Major software architectures for web-based solutions
• Ability to explain issues at different levels of the hierarchy.
• Ability to write clear and concise reports and technical documentation.

 Language

• Proficiency in English, written and oral, equivalent to CEFR B2 or higher

Working Location

• Capellen, Luxembourg

Working Policy

• On-Site

Contract Duration

• 3 years with 2 one year extensions

Travel

• Travel to other NATO sites may be required occasionally

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance

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 Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is a key agency within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focused on providing comprehensive logistics, procurement, and support services to NATO member countries, partners, and other customers. The NSPA facilitates the collective acquisition and management of goods and services, ranging from military equipment to general supplies, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of NATO operations. 

The agency's responsibilities include: 

• Procurement: managing the acquisition of a wide range of goods and services, including military equipment, supplies, and support services. 
• Logistics: offering logistics support such as transportation, warehousing, and distribution to ensure that NATO forces have the necessary resources when and where they are needed. 
• Maintenance: providing maintenance and repair services for military equipment, ensuring operational readiness and extending the lifespan of assets. 
• Project Management: overseeing and implementing various projects, including infrastructure development and other support activities. 

The NSPA operates under the direction of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization (NSPO), which sets the strategic goals and policies for the agency. By centralizing and standardizing procurement and logistics services, the NSPA helps NATO members achieve cost savings, improved interoperability, and enhanced operational capability. 

The program

The NSPA Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services are relying on three underlying infrastructures:

Network

• Local Area Networks (LANs) to allow NSPA users to reachback ICT systems located in the NSPA datacenters.
• Wide Area Networks (WANs) to allow NSPA remote offices and mobile users to securely reach back the NSPA datacenters located in Luxembourg
• Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) to securely interconnect NSPA datacenters and Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) located in Luxemourg.

Unified Communication (UC)

• Video Teleconferencing (VTC) systems,
• Telephony systems composed of PBX, voice gateways, deskphones, softphones, mobile phones and smartphones.
• Interfaces with other communication services such as voice mail, instant messaging, collaboration (e.g. MS SKYPE).
• Federation with other NATO voice and video services.
• Public Announcement Systems (PAS) and Massive SMS notification systems alarms

Datacenters (DC)

• 2 Tier 4 datacenters externalized in Betzdorf and Bettembourg (LUX)
• 1 datacenter in Capellen (LUX)
• Smaller datacenters in Papa (HUN), Taranto (SOC) and Eindhoven (NL)
• Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) in Capellen

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Day-to-day Operation and Maintenance (O&M) type of consultancy services for network, Unified Communication (UC) and datacenter (DC) and support for projects related to specific network, UC and DC related projects.

Essential Skills and Experience 

Knowledge and Skills

Must have an understanding of these technologies and the ability to configure them:

• Big scale high availability Data Center operations, management, deployments and decommissions
• Structured cabling (Fiber and copper)
• Asset Management
• Change management skills
• Cooling/ Power/ UPS/ Generator skills
• Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Competencies

• Good communication skills

Experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in a technical DC role, operating and maintaining datacenters.

NATO Experience

• 2 years minimum experience with NATO organization, NATO IT infrastructure's (network, unified communication and security) and NATO IT related policies is desirable.

Professional Certifications

• Systimax Imvision
• Other relevant certifications

Languages

• Proficiency in English (oral and written), equivalent to CEFR B2 or higher, is mandatory
• Proficiency in French is (oral) is desirable

Education

• A university degree or equivalent professional experience

Working Location

• Capellen, Luxembourg

Working Hours and Policy

• On-Site, according to NSPA flexible working hours: Monday to Thursday (07:00 – 19:00) and Friday (07:00 – 14:00)
• Public Holidays of Luxembourg will be applicable

Travel

• Travel to other NATO sites may be required occasionally: Versailles (FRA), Papa (HUN), Taranto (ITA), Eindhoven (NL) and Cologne (GE).

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance