Who we are:

For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliance for nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCI Agency, a team of 3000 civilian and military staff in 29 locations throughout Europe, North America and Asia.

Our technology and cyber experts allow NATO to conduct critical operations, protect NATO’s airspace, make data-driven decisions, defend against cyber-attacks, secure NATO networks and maintain superiority in space. This is all possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to keep this edge we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.

Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join the NCI Agency, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us keep our technological edge.

About the job:

Based in The Hague, Netherlands, you will join the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) as Principal ICT Technician within The Command and Control (C2) Centre. The Command and Control (C2) Centre is responsible for planning and executing all lifecycle management activities (design, transition and operations) for Joint/Maritime/Land C2 services (including: subject matter expertise; research and development; software engineering; acquisition; operations and maintenance; and, disposal) in the following technical service areas: Land; Maritime; Joint; Special Operations, Logistics, Medical, Military Engineering and Nuclear Command and Control, Military Messaging, Situational Awareness, Operations Planning and Collective Training and Exercise Support.

You will join the Collective Training and eXercise (CTX) Service Area which is responsible for the collective training and exercise application services. This post will perform a crucial support role in the CTX Service Area and its role in maintaining the NATO Education, Training, Exercises and Evaluation (ETEE) capabilities

About you

We are looking for talented and knowledgeable Principal ICT Technician who holds Higher vocational training in the area of computer science with 3 years of working experience or a secondary educational qualification with 5 years post-related experience as a system manager of Linux servers including the following areas;

Higher vocational training in the area of computer science with 3 years post-related experience or a secondary educational qualification with 5 years post-related experience.

At least 3 years practical experience of working experience within a large organization, including:

• Platform administration and installation engineer for Linux or comparable Unix servers.
• Deployment and administration of relational database management systems like Postgres, MS SQLServer or Oracle.
• Deployment and administration of Linux-based or windows-based web applications.
• Deployment and administration of virtual machines in a cloud environment.
• Administration of application build pipelines in a DevOps environment.
• Administration of source code control environments (e.g. Git).
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken

For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCI Agency career site.

What we offer:

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history;
• 3 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances;
• Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave;
• Excellent private health insurance scheme;
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays;
• NATO Pension Scheme;
• Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more

To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website.

The NCI Agency prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.

Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCI Agency career site.