Solution Support Engineer

Spektrum

Den Haag

On-site

EUR 60,000 - 85,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Spektrum in The Hague, Netherlands seeks a Solution Support Engineer to deliver 24/7 on-call technical support and fast incident resolution for complex AirC2 services.

You will work as an on-site team member, contributing to design, development, testing, and deployment of engineering changes within a NATO-focused environment, ensuring secure and reliable operations.

Qualifications

Experience diagnosing and resolving technical issues across software, hardware, and integrations.
Proficiency in debugging, log analysis and identifying root causes of problems.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and APIs integration.
Experience in a customer-facing role such as technical support or help desk.
ITIL foundation or higher training/certification.

Responsibilities

Provide 24/7 on-call response to Service Operations with Level 2 support.
Work on-site with the service team and assist in design, development, testing, and deployment of changes.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Cloud platforms

APIs integration

Customer support

Log analysis

ITIL

NATO context

Education

Higher vocational training or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO’s member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO’s communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO’s military commanders to plan and execute operations.
Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO’s mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO’s information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO’s communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise’s: NATO International Civilians (NIC)’s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)’s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role ID – C005439

Role Duties and Responsibilities

The Solution Support Engineer will provide 24/7 Immediate OnCall 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

Solution architecture

Contributes to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.
Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the tradeoffs 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.

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

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 Skills, Experience and Certifications

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.

Education

Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 3 years postrelated experience. Or a secondary educational qualification with 5 years post-related experience.

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