Principal Solution Engineer - AirC2 System Products

Qabird; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 112,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Household allowances

Children’s allowances

Expatriate staff privileges

Private health insurance

30 days annual leave

NATO Pension Scheme

Professional development

Job summary

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) in The Hague, Netherlands, is recruiting a Principal Solution Engineer to drive AirC2 software products and services. You will join the AirC2 Centre to enable NATO’s 24/7 air defense missions through integrated, lifecycle-supported systems and services.

The role emphasizes solution architecture, requirements management, and engineering leadership across large software-intensive systems, with a Master’s or equivalent and substantial experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related discipline with 5 years post-related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years post-related experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers and manage system/software engineering on large mission-critical software-intensive systems.
• Oversee system/software architectures, operating systems, deployment infrastructure and network concepts.
• Apply system/software development, maintenance, integration and deployment concepts.
• Ensure data management, incident handling and lifecycle support for NATO integrated air command and control systems.
• Collaborate across AirC2 Center to deliver integrated products for NATO’s 24/7 air defense missions.

Skills

Solution architecture

Requirements management

Systems development

Network design

Sourcing

Education

Master’s degree in related discipline

Bachelor’s degree + 8 years post-related experience

Job description

Primary Location

Netherlands-The Hague

NATO Body

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)

Schedule

Full-time

Application Deadline

31-Aug-2026, 11:59:00 PM

Salary (Pay Basis)

10,628.93 Euro (EUR) Monthly

Grade

NATO Grade G20

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 IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join The Air Command and Control (AirC2) Business Area. The AirC2 Centre delivers planning, development, procurement, implementation and In-Service Support of NATO authorised AirC2 capabilities across the Alliance and bilaterally in the European Nations of the Alliance, satisfying the operational requirements, assuring the coherence, integrity and interoperability of the involved NATO and national systems and sub-systems.

In doing so, the AirC2 Centre contributes to NATO's Integrated Air and Missile Defence operations and continuously evolves NATO authorised systems and services to empower seamless, resilient and adaptable NATO operations in a multi domain environment.

We are now recruiting for a Principal Solution Engineer to bring expertise to the Product Development and Maintenance Area within The AirC2 System Products Service area, which is dedicated to the development, deployment, maintenance, and support of NATO’s integrated air command and control systems. Our team of AirC2 experts deliver integrated products essential for NATO’s 24/7 air defence missions. We ensure the complete life-cycle support of these critical systems, providing comprehensive services for incident management, exercise support, data management, training and sensor tuning. You will join a team of AirC2 experts delivering integrated products essential for NATO’s 24/7 air defense missions.

We are seeking expertise in the following areas:

• Solution architecture
• Requirements definition and management
• Systems development management
• Network design
• Sourcing

About you

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

Education:

A minimum requirement of a Master’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience. Or a Bachelor’s degree with 8 years post related experience.

Experience:

• Proven experience in the leadership and management of a team of engineers;
• Recent practical experience in managing system/software engineering activities on large mission critical software intensive systems;
• Knowledge of system/software architectures, operating systems, deployment infrastructure and network concepts;
• Knowledge of system/software engineering related methods, techniques, metrics and tools;
• Knowledge of system/software development, maintenance, integration and deployment concepts;
• Knowledge of database management systems and data management concepts

What we offer:

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history.
• 5-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.