C005440 Solution Support Engineer (NS) - MON 26 Oct

EMW; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 11,572,000 - 12,674,000; Full time

Job summary

EMW in The Hague, NL, seeks a Solution Support Engineer to provide technical assistance during the implementation and maintenance of software solutions. You will troubleshoot issues, assist with configurations, and ensure systems run optimally while coordinating with customers to address needs and best practices.

The role requires an active NATO SECRET clearance, 3–5 years of related experience, on-site work, and the ability to participate in 24/7 on-call responses.

Qualifications

• Active NATO SECRET security clearance required.
• 3 years post-related experience with higher vocational training, or 5 years with secondary education.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving technical issues in software, hardware, and integrations.
• Proficient in debugging, log analysis, and root-cause identification.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Knowledge of APIs and basic integrations.
• Customer-facing IT support or technical help desk experience.
• ITIL foundation or advanced training/certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and support during implementation and maintenance of software solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues, assist with configurations and ensure optimal performance.
• Collaborate with customers to understand needs and advise on best practices.
• Work with development and product teams to escalate complex issues and drive improvements.
• Support solution design, deployment, and ongoing operations.

Skills

NATO SECRET clearance

Cloud platforms

APIs & integration

ITIL training

Customer-facing experience

Education

Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline

Secondary educational qualification with 5 years post-related experience

Job description

Deadline Date: Monday 26 October 2026

Requirement: Solution Support Engineer

Location: The Hague, NL

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Not to Exceed Rate: 88 EUR

Total Scope of the request (hours): 300

Required Start Date: 1 December 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Duties & Role:

The Solution Support Engineer is responsible for providing technical assistance and support to clients and internal teams in the implementation and maintenance of software solutions. This role involves troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, assisting with product configurations, and ensuring that solutions are functioning optimally. Solution Support Engineers collaborate closely with customers to understand their needs, provide guidance on best practices, and help solve problems related to system performance, integrations, and customization. Additionally, they may work with development and product teams to elevate complex issues and contribute to the continuous improvement of the solution.

Solution architecture

• Contributes to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.
• Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability.
• Determines and documents architecturally significant decisions.
• Produces specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.
• Supports projects or change initiatives through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles.
• Aligns solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security).

Requirements definition and management

• Uses standard techniques to elicit, specify, and document requirements for simple subject areas with clearly-defined boundaries.
• Assists in the definition and management of requirements.
• Assists in the creation of a requirements baseline.
• Assists in investigating and applying authorised changes.

Systems development management

• Plans and drives systems development projects which support the organisation's objectives and plans.
• Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate systems development methods, tools and techniques.
• Ensures that stakeholders are aware of required resources and that they are made available.
• Facilitates availability and optimum utilisation of resources.
• Monitors and reports on the progress of development projects.
• Ensures projects are carried out in accordance with agreed architectures, standards, methods and tools and addresses security and privacy requirements.
• Develops road maps to communicate future development activity.

Network design

• Specifies the technical configurations and components required for a small network or a network segment in a more complex infrastructure.
• Follows organisational architectures and standards.

Application support

• Follows agreed procedures to identify and resolve issues with applications.
• Uses application management software and tools to collect agreed performance statistics.
• Carries out agreed applications maintenance tasks.

Release and deployment

• Uses approved tools and techniques for specific deployment activities.
• Administers the recording of activities, logging of results and documents technical activities undertaken.

Additional duties for this post:

The Solution Support Engineer will provide 24/7 Immediate On-Call Response to the Service Operations with technical AirC2 expertise and solutions at Level 2 support with ticket response and resolutions that will meet current operational needs and defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

The Solution Support Engineer will work as an on-site integrated member of the assigned service team, when not on 24/7 on-call duty for immediate ticket response and resolution. He will help with the design, development, test and on-site support of engineering changes to services, processes, organization, operating model and other aspects. This effort may be required in addition to his/her daily service operations and maintenance tasks

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 3 years post-related experience. Or a secondary educational qualification with 5 years post-related experience.
• Experience with diagnosing and resolving technical issues related to software, hardware, and integrations.
• Proficiency in debugging, log analysis, and identifying root causes of problems.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g.: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Knowledge of APIs and basic integration techniques.
• Ability to manage or contribute to support projects, track issue resolutions, and communicate with different teams to ensure a smooth resolution process.
• Experience in a customer-facing role, such as technical support, customer service, or help desk.
• ITIL foundation or advanced level training and certification.

Desirable:

• Previous knowledge of NATO AirC2 services constitute an advantage.
• Desirable experience in various areas of Software Engineering including: Software design, implementation and testing; Programming languages, techniques and methodologies associated with the duties described above; Very good knowledge of commonly used standards and best practices for software engineering, including design patterns; Exposure to Agile software development methodologies; Able to do onsite installation / configuration in military environment
• Previous experience in NATO, FAS support, software lifecycle support, knowledge of NATO policies and process.