System Engineer

Brevco Services; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Brevco Services in the Netherlands seeks a capable systems engineer with domain knowledge and a user‑oriented approach to support national security projects. The role emphasizes system-of-systems engineering, requirements traceability, and integration planning, with familiarity of NATO constructs.

You will develop domain architectures, specify cloud-based and on‑premises components, and apply design principles while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and security requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a technical IT subject with substantial IT content
• 3 years post-related experience; 5 years may substitute in exceptional cases

Responsibilities

• Contribute to domain architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas
• Contribute to specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components for detailed designs
• Support projects through preparation of technical plans and application of design principles
• Align solutions with enterprise standards (including security)
• Assist in scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation for small-scale changes and assist with more complex change initiatives
• Follow agreed standards and apply techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements
• Review requirements for errors and omissions
• Prioritise requirements and document traceability to source
• Provide input to the requirements baseline
• Investigate, manage and apply authorised changes to baselined requirements
• Ensure stakeholders are aware of required resources and that they are available
• Facilitate availability and optimal utilisation of resources
• Monitor and report on progress of development projects

Skills

System-of-systems engineering

Lifecycle management

Requirements engineering & traceabilty

DOORS or equivalent tooling

Technical baseline & interface mgmt

Integration planning & verification

Operational domain knowledge (AirC2,/N

Education

BSc in a technical IT subject

Tools

DOORS

Job description

The service contractor will be required to have system engineering, domain, and user-oriented capabilities. The following skills are considered particularly important:

• System-of-systems engineering and lifecycle management
• Requirements engineering and traceability, including use of structured tooling such as DOORS or equivalent
• Technical baseline and interface management
• Integration planning and verification strategy development
• Operational domain knowledge, particularly in AirC2, federated mission operations and NATO operational constructs
• 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

Desirable Qualifications/Experience:

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

DUTIES/ROLE:

• 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

Job requirements

All the mandatory requirements have to be met in order to apply.

• The service contractor will be required to have system engineering, domain, and user-oriented capabilities. The following skills are considered particularly important: (Mandatory)
• System-of-systems engineering and lifecycle management (Mandatory)
• Requirements engineering and traceability, including use of structured tooling such as DOORS or equivalent (Mandatory)
• Technical baseline and interface management (Mandatory)
• Integration planning and verification strategy development (Mandatory)
• Operational domain knowledge, particularly in AirC2, federated mission operations and NATO operational constructs (Mandatory)
• 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 (Mandatory)
• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements (Nice to have)
• Knowledge of NATO organization, internal structure and resultant relationships (Nice to have)