Solution Architect for Deployable Communication Systems for NATO with security clearance

Wlgroup; Eigenbrakel; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wlgroup in Belgium seeks a senior solution engineer who can see the whole system at once, turning requirements into architecture and owning the technical direction of live deployable ICT systems.

You will translate operational needs into implementable designs, apply model-based systems engineering, integrate networking, SATCOM, compute, cloud, storage and cybersecurity, and drive decisions as the technical focal point of projects.

Qualifications

• Around 10 years of engineering experience on complex ICT, defence, aerospace or telecoms systems.
• Proven work as technical lead, lead systems engineer or solution architect.
• Strong requirements engineering, interface control, traceability and system integration.
• Professional English, including writing and reviewing complex technical documents.

Responsibilities

• Translating operational and project requirements into implementable solutions and a clear system architecture
• Applying model-based systems engineering, reusing approved building blocks and flagging gaps where they fall short
• Running trade-off analyses across performance, interoperability, security, resilience, cost and schedule
• Acting as product owner for systems already in service: assessing changes, obsolescence and technology refresh against the whole system
• Integrating contributions from networking, SATCOM and radio, compute and cloud, storage, cybersecurity and identity specialists into one coherent design
• Being the technical focal point for projects and driving conflicting requirements to a decision

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical lead

Requirements engineering

Interoperability

Professional English

Education

Engineering degree in systems/telecommunications/computer science

Job description

Networks, satellites, servers, security. Someone has to make them behave as one system.

A multinational defence organisation in Braine-l'Alleud builds deployable communication and information systems out of standard modules and services. It needs a senior solution engineer who can see the whole system at once - turning requirements into architecture, coordinating the specialists, and acting as technical owner of systems already in operational service.

What you would be doing

• Translating operational and project requirements into implementable solutions and a clear system architecture
• Applying model-based systems engineering, reusing approved building blocks and flagging the gaps where they fall short
• Running trade-off analyses across performance, interoperability, security, resilience, cost and schedule
• Acting as product owner for systems already in service: assessing changes, obsolescence and technology refresh against the whole system, and keeping its roadmap current
• Integrating contributions from networking, SATCOM and radio, compute and cloud, storage, cybersecurity and identity specialists into one coherent design
• Being the technical focal point for your projects and driving conflicting requirements to a decision

What you would bring

• A degree in systems, telecommunications, computer or electronic engineering or computer science, and around 10 years of engineering experience on complex ICT, defence, aerospace or telecoms systems
• Proven work as technical lead, lead systems engineer or solution architect
• Strong requirements engineering, interface control, traceability and system integration, verification and acceptance
• Broad technical range across networking, infrastructure, virtualisation, security, cloud, automation and communications - you understand how they interact, without needing to be the expert in each
• Experience with systems after they go live: configuration and change management, obsolescence and technical debt
• Professional English, including writing and reviewing complex technical documents

Why this one is worth a look

It is a system-level seat with real design authority, on deployable systems that have to work first time in the field.