Senior Technician (Technical Coordination)

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA); Brunssum; On-site; EUR 58,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Expatriation allowances

Health insurance

NATO Pension Scheme

30 days annual leave

Job summary

Based in Brunssum, Netherlands, the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) seeks a specialist to join CSU Brunssum, delivering end-to-end CIS services across peacetime, crisis, and war. You will advise on specialist topics, manage knowledge, availability, and incidents within a leading NATO CIS environment.

The role requires a background in ICT end systems, two years post-qualification experience, and English fluency.

Qualifications

• Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 2 years post-related experience, or secondary education with 4 years post-related experience.
• At least 2 years' practical experience implementing and maintaining ICT end systems in a large organization.
• Extensive experience configuring hardware and software.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Specialist Advice
• Knowledge Management
• Availability Management
• Incident Management

Skills

English fluency

Independent problem solving

ICT systems knowledge

Incident management

Education

Higher vocational training in ICT

Tools

Hardware configuration

Software configuration

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.

Primary Location:

Netherlands-Brunssum

Schedule:

Full-time

Application Deadline:

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

Salary (Pay Basis):

5,244.12

Grade:

NATO Grade G10

About the job:

Based in Brunssum, 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 CSU Brunssum, which is the leading provider of Communications and Information System (CIS) products and services to locally based NATO entities. CSU Brunssum enables end-to-end CIS services and manages critical technological capabilities during peacetime, crisis and war.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Specialist Advice
• Knowledge Management
• Availability Management
• Incident Management

About you:

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

• Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 2 years post-related experience. Or a secondary educational qualification with 4 years post-related experience
• At least 2 years practical experience of implementation and maintenance of ICT end systems within a large organization.
• Extensive experience configuring hardware and software.
• A strong understanding of ICT systems and the ability to work independently to solve problems.
• 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.