Senior Solution Engineer

NATO; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

30 days annual leave

NATO Pension Scheme

Job summary

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) in The Hague is seeking a Senior Solution Engineer to support the Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Centre. You will translate operational needs into interoperable, federated technical solutions, spanning AI/ML, data engineering and multi-INT fusion.

You will lead architecture design, requirements management, and system delivery while coordinating with military, operational and industry stakeholders to ensure NATO data

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree is required, or exceptional demonstrable abilities with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience contributing to design, integration and delivery of software solutions that support collection management, workflows, sensor integration and diverse intelligence data sources, including commercial data and analytical services.
• Experience contributing to design, integration and delivery of software solutions with AI/ML and LLM-based services for analytical tasks such as prioritising inputs, correlating data, and producing ISR-related intelligence products.
• Experience in multi-INT environments (OSINT, IMINT, HUMINT, SIGINT) including applying AI/ML to improve data fusion and triage.
• Experience developing system and solution architectures aligned with requirements, standards, and enterprise design patterns for multi-source data flows.
• Experience coordinating ICT engineering activities with capability roadmaps, cloud-ready approaches and evolving intelligence capabilities.
• Experience maintaining relationships with military, operational and technical stakeholders to ensure interoperability and NATO data-handling/security requirements.
• Ability to apply analytical and systems thinking to resolve integration challenges like data flows, provenance, and resilient mission networks.
• Ability to support solution design and decision-making across software engineering, intelligence, cybersecurity, data engineering and architecture teams.
• Strong written and oral communication skills to brief senior staff and multinational groups on design, risks and operational impacts.

Responsibilities

• Solution architecture across multi-INT capabilities and federated environments.
• Define and manage requirements for integrated software solutions.
• Oversee systems development and delivery, ensuring interoperability and performance.
• Design networks and data flows to support cross-domain intelligence tasks.
• Engage in sourcing and contract management activities.
• Provide specialist technical advice across programs and boards.

Skills

Multi-INT experience

AI/ML techniques

Data engineering

System architecture

Stakeholder management

Technical communication

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cloud platforms

AI/ML toolsets

Job description

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 (NCIA) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCIA, 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 NCIA, 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 Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Centre that delivers, supports and protects valued Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, expertise and services. JISR maximises operational effectiveness for NATO in four key domains: Intelligence Applications, Operational ISR Support, Electronic Warfare/Surveillance Services and Geospatial/Meteorological/Oceanographic Information Services.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Senior Solution Engineer to support NATO Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Centre operations by translating operational and capability requirements into interoperable, federated and mission - ready technical solutions. The role sits at the intersection of ISR capability development and in-service support, ensuring that JISR capabilities are effectively designed, integrated and delivered across NATO and coalition environments.

The position requires deep expertise across multi-INT disciplines (OSINT, IMINT, HUMINT, SIGINT), strong data engineering and data science competencies, and a thorough understanding of NATO enterprise architectures, standards and federated mission networking. The engineer ensures that delivered solutions enable timely, accurate and actionable intelligence across the JISR enterprise.

Roles and Responsibilities

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

About you

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

• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years post-related experience. Or exceptionally, 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 NCI Agency, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to the design, integration and delivery of software solutions supporting collection management, PED workflows, sensor integration and the handling of diverse intelligence-relevant data sources, including commercially acquired data and analytical services.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to the design, integration and delivery of software solutions supporting collection management, PED workflows, sensor integration and the handling of diverse intelligence-relevant data sources, including commercially acquired data and analytical services, and the use of AI/ML and LLM-based services to support core analytical tasks such as prioritising inputs, correlating multi-source data and preparing ISR-related intelligence products.
• Demonstrated experience in multi-INT environments (OSINT, IMINT, HUMINT, SIGINT) including the application of AI/ML techniques to improve multi-source fusion, pattern detection and automated triage of intelligence inputs.
• Strong experience supporting the development of system and solution architectures, ensuring alignment with operational requirements, applicable standards, cross-domain constraints and established enterprise design patterns for multi-source intelligence data flows.
• Experience coordinating ICT engineering activities that align with established capability roadmaps, including enhancements to data-driven software services, adoption of cloud-ready approaches and the evolution of intelligence-supporting capabilities.
• Experience maintaining effective working relationships with military, operational and technical stakeholders, including national representatives, NATO bodies and industry partners, to ensure solutions meet operational needs and interoperability expectations across multi-source intelligence environments and to ensure AI-enabled capabilities comply with NATO data-handling, security and interoperability requirements.
• Proven ability to apply analytical and systems thinking to resolve integration challenges such as cross-domain data flows, metadata consistency, data-provenance handling and resilient mission-network design supporting multi-INT fusion.
• Proven ability to support solution design and technical decision-making within multi-disciplinary teams spanning software engineering, intelligence operations, cybersecurity, data engineering and architecture, ensuring coherence across the solution lifecycle.
• Proven ability to communicate technical concepts clearly in written and oral form, including contributing to briefings for senior staff, programme boards and multinational working groups on solution design, risks and operational impacts related to multi source intelligence integration.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken

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

The NCIA 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.