System Engineer

NCIM; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NCIM is seeking a candidate for a role focused on systems engineering and requirements management within a NATO-related program. You will help shape domain architectures, align designs to standards, and support change initiatives in an international environment.

The position involves ensuring traceability of requirements, coordinating with stakeholders, and applying security-aware design practices across cloud and on-premises components.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a technically oriented field with IT content and 3 years post-related experience.
• As an exception, 5 years progressive experience in duties related to this post may compensate for lack of a degree.
• Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret.
• Knowledge of DOORS or equivalent structured tooling is highly desired.
• Experience in an international environment with military and civilian elements is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development of domain architectures across business, infrastructure or functional areas.
• Specifies cloud-based or on-premises components, translating into detailed designs.
• Prepares technical plans and applies design principles to projects.
• Aligns solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards, including security.
• Assists with scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation for small changes and complex initiatives.
• Follows standards and elicits and documents detailed requirements with traceability.

Skills

DOORS knowledge

Systems engineering

Requirements engineering

Baseline management

Integration planning

Human factors

Education

BSc in technical IT/engineering

Job description

Duties

• Contributes to the development of domain architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.
• Contributes to the specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products.
• Supports projects through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles.
• Aligns solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security).
• Assist in scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for small-scale changes and assists with more complex change initiatives.
• Follows agreed standards and applies appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements.
• Reviews requirements for errors and omissions.
• Prioritises requirements and documents traceability to source.
• Provides input to the requirements baseline.
• Investigates, manages and applies authorised requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy.
• 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.

Requirement

• The following skills are considered particularly important: 1. System-of-systems engineering and lifecycle management.
• The following skills are considered particularly important: 2. Requirements engineering and traceability, including use of structured tooling such as DOORS or equivalent.
• The following skills are considered particularly important: 3. Technical baseline and interface management.
• The following skills are considered particularly important: 4. Integration planning and verification strategy development.
• The following skills are considered particularly important: 5. Operational domain knowledge, particularly in AirC2, federated mission operations and NATO operational constructs.
• The following skills are considered particularly important: 6. Human factors, usability analysis and user journey assessment.
• The service contractor will be required to have a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognised/certified university in a technical subject with substantial Information Technology (IT) content and 3 years post-related experience.
• As an exception, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that are of interest to the NCI Agency; namely, at least 5 years of extensive and progressive experience in the duties related to the functions of this post.
• Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret.

Preferences

• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements.
• Knowledge of NATO organization, internal structure and resultant relationships.