Data Integration Specialist

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Northwood; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) HQ MARCOM in Northwood, UK seeks a Data Integration Specialist for a fixed-term 3-year role to deliver data integration projects and enable data-driven decisions.

You will work across data engineering, analytics and product management, applying AI/ML tools and programming languages to complex datasets. NATO Secret clearance required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in data integration, data analysis or software development.
• 1+ year applying data science tools for analytics, ML and visualization.
• Higher secondary education and vocational training in IT/CS/Data science or equivalent.
• 5 years post related experience with professional qualification is acceptable.
• Experience delivering data integration using AI/ML tools (e.g., Databricks, Watson, TensorFlow).
• Experience designing mathematical/statistical models to resolve business challenges.
• Experience applying data science, analytics and data integration tools on real-world datasets (Python, R, KNIME, Splunk, geodata).

Responsibilities

• Deliver data integration projects enabling data-driven decisions.
• Develop data products and analytics tools compliant with NATO standards.
• Ensure data governance and availability for decision makers.
• Contribute to MARCOM's capability maturity in data integration.

Skills

Data integration

Data analysis

Software development

Data science tools

Machine learning

Data visualization

Python

R

KNIME

Splunk

Geospatial data

Education

Higher secondary education or vocational training in IT/CS/Data science

Tools

Databricks

Watson

Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit

TensorFlow

Python

R

KNIME

Splunk

Job description

Job Description - Data Integration Specialist (261288)

Data Integration Specialist - 261288

Primary Location

United Kingdom-Northwood

NATO Body

Headquarters Allied Maritime Command (HQ MARCOM)

Schedule

Full-time

Application Deadline

30-Sep-2026, 9:59:00 PM

Pound Sterling (GBP) Monthly

Grade NATO Grade G12

Description

Post Number: OMC OXXX 1030

Job Title: Data Integration Specialist

NATO Grade: NATO GRADE 12

NATO Body: Headquarters Allied Maritime Command (HQ MARCOM)

Location: Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Security Clearance Level: NATO Secret

Basic Monthly Salary: £ 4985.07 (tax free)

Closing Date: 30 September 2026

Background

HQMARCOMisNATO’scentralcommandforallmaritimeforces,responsibleforplanning,coordinating,andoverseeingnavaloperations,aswellasadvisingNATOleadershiponmaritimematters.

In order to strengthen its awareness of the maritime environment, HQ MARCOM is pursuing a number of initiatives to improve maritime situational awareness and strengthen operational decision making.

We are seeking a number of highly motivated individuals with skills and experience in delivering projects that enable data-driven decisions through improved data integration, engineering and analysis. If you have experience in Project Management, Data Science, Data Engineering or Data Integration and a desire to contribute to peace and prosperity of NATO member countries then we’d love to hear from you.

Role Purpose

The primary purpose of this role is to support the delivery of technical solutions required to integrate complex data and enable data-driven decisions.

Overview

This is a fixed-term 3-year role which will play a critical part in the delivery of critical data integration projects and contribute to MARCOM’s journey to standardise technical practice and lift technical capability in the fields of project management, data engineering and data science.

Areas of Focus

• Project Delivery - Project success has been enabled by the identification, integration and exploitation of relevant data.
• Product Management - Data users have access to efficient and intuitive data products and analytical tools which are complaint with NATO standards, utilise available technology and are underpinned by reliable and valid data.
• Data Management and Governance - Decision makers have confidence in situational awareness data which informs their decisions as a result of the security, safety, integrity and availability of relevant data sets.
• Capability Resilience - MARCOM has developed and adopted the appropriate architecture (policies, procedures, guidelines and ways of working) to strengthen maturity and enable continuous improvement in the areas of data integration.

Your Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• 3+ years experience of relevant work in data integration, data analysis or software development
• 1+ year + experience of applying data science tools to support advanced data analytics, machine learning and data visualisation
• Higher Secondary education and completed higher vocational training in information technology, computer science, data science or a closely related field; or
• Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related experience.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering data integration using AI and or Machine Learning Tools e.g. Databricks, Watson, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, TensorFlow.
• Demonstrable experience of designing mathematical and statistical models to resolve business challenges.
• Demonstrable experience applying data science, analytics and data integration tools/programming languages on real-world datasets e.g. Python, R, KNIME, Splunk, Geo data.

Desirable:

• Industry recognised qualification / accreditation in relevant field.
• Demonstrable experience of data visualisation tools e.g. Microsoft Power BI, Spotfire, Tableau.

Why work with us?

By joining our organization, you will be part of a committed and diverse multi-national team who share a common desire of safeguarding peace and promoting democratic values for over a billion people. We are committed to fostering a collaborative work environment built on mutual respect and professionalism, where every individual’s work makes a difference and has a meaningful impact on the mission and operation of the Alliance.

Note.

NATO will not accept any phase of the recruitment and selection process, in whole or in part, by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools, including and without limitation to chatbots, such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chat GPT), or other language generating tools. NATO reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such tools. All applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of such generative or creative AI applications may be rejected without further consideration at NATO’s sole discretion, and NATO reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate.