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 Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join The Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Centre (JISRC). JISRC’s vision is to assure information superiority for NATO. Its Mission is to deliver, support and protect valued ISR capabilities, expertise and services and to maximise operational effectiveness for NATO through a wide range of coherent JISR services, supported by well-trained, highly knowledgeable and uniquely experienced staff, in four key JISR domains: Intelligence Applications, Operational ISR Support, Electronic Warfare/Surveillance Services and Geospatial/Meteorological/Oceanographic Information Services. JISRC is responsible for the full lifecycle of its services.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Senior Solution Engineer (IMINT/GeoINT) who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

• Lead the development of solution architectures in both IMINT & GEOINT functional areas;
• Lead the preparation of technical plans and ensures that appropriate technical resources are made available;
• Develop recommendations for current and future IMINT & GEOINT capabilities/services, to include requirements capture, implementation (design, testing, release) and operational and maintenance approach;
• Support the development of Invitation for Bid by providing the IMINT, GEOINT and Space System Requirement Specifications and assessing the Bidders’ proposals;
• Provide operational and technical support and guidance, internally and externally;
• Provide personal, scientific, technical and professional guidance to new staff and support the development and tutoring of lower grade staff as an integral part of career development.

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

About you:

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:

• Bachelor’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in the area of Geospatial sciences, remote sensing or related field, together with 3 years post-related experience. By exception, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate’s particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCIA, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post;
• Recent extensive experience (at least three years) in the Imagery Intelligence or GEOINT area at NATO or a comparable multinational or national position. The experience should include task management, knowledge of multiple collection effects and understanding of exploitation and dissemination methods;
• Three years of experience working with geospatial and imagery exploitation capabilities, such as ArcGIS Pro, Socet GXP or RemoteView;
• Experience in big data management and preferably knowledge of automated and AI/ML-based capabilities;
• Deep knowledge of data formats and sensor types commonly used in NATO;
• 3 years of experience and ability to demonstrate familiarity with image processing levels and their implications on exploitability and precision;
• Knowledge of space-based ISR collection capabilities;
• Excellent spoken and written English communication and presentation skills, as demonstrated by recent experience (within the past five years) in the development of policies, standard operating procedures, and/or capturing user requirements related to capability development;
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

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.