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 Duties and Responsibilities
Data management - Developing and implementing plans, policies, and practices that control, protect and optimise the value of data assets.

• Devises and implements master data management processes for specific subsets of data.
• Assesses the integrity of data from multiple sources.
• Provides advice on the transformation of data from one format/medium to another.
• Maintains and implements information handling procedures.
• Enables the availability, integrity and searchability of information through the application of formal data and metadata structures and protection measures.

Programming/software development

• Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors moderately complex programs/scripts.
• Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve a well- engineered result.
• Monitors and reports on progress.
• Identifies issues related to software development activities.
• Proposes practical solutions to resolve issues.
• Collaborates in reviews of work with others as appropriate.

Data modelling and design

• Investigates enterprise data requirements where there is some complexity and ambiguity.
• Plans own data modelling and design activities, selecting appropriate techniques and the correct level of detail for meeting assigned objectives.
• Provides advice and guidance to others using the data structures and associated components.

Data engineering

• Designs, implements, and maintains complex data engineering solutions to acquire and prepare data.
• Creates and maintains data pipelines to connect data within and between data stores, applications and organisations.

Data science

• Investigates the described problem and dataset to assess the usefulness of data science and analytics solutions.
• Applies a range of data science techniques and uses specialized programming languages.
• Understands and applies rules and guidelines specific to the industry, and anticipates risks and other implications of modelling.
• Selects, acquires and integrates data for analysis.
• Develops data hypotheses and methods and evaluates analytics models.
• Advises on the effectiveness of specific techniques based on project findings and comprehensive research.
• Contributes to the development, evaluation, monitoring and deployment of data science solutions.

Business intelligence

• Supports business intelligence needs of specific management or governance processes or operational areas.
• Investigates the need for business intelligence reporting and analysis where there is some complexity and ambiguity.
• Selects and applies non-standard business intelligence tools and techniques to provide insights and aid decision-making.
• Selects, acquires and integrates data for analysis.
• Identifies opportunities to digitise and streamline operational data handling and optimise business intelligence capabilities.

Data visualisation

• Applies a variety of visualisation techniques and designs the content and appearance of data visuals.
• Operationalises and automates activities for efficient and timely production of data visuals.
• Selects appropriate visualisation approaches from a range of applicable options.
• Contributes to exploration and experimentation in data visualisation.

User experience evaluation

• Evaluates design options and prototypes to obtain user feedback on requirements of developing systems, products, services or devices.
• Tests the usability and accessibility of components and alternative designs.
• Administers a range of evaluations, recording data and feedback.
• Analyses evaluation data and recommends actions.
• Identifies areas for future user research.
• Checks systems, products, services or devices for adherence to applicable standards, guidelines, style guides, and legislation.
• Evaluates the usability of existing or competitor systems to provide benchmark values and as input to design.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable experience as a Data Analyst, Data Scientist, or similar role, or experience performing these functions roles as part of another job.
• Demonstrable experience with at least one programming language, such as Python, R, or C#.
• Experience with commercially available or open source data visualization tools, such as Power BI, Grafana or R Shiny.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases, such as SQL Server.
• Experience with user experience KPIs and reporting.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.

Training & Certifications

• ITIL Foundation, Dev Ops Foundation and certifications proving the competency level in programming/software development skills

Education

• A minimum requirement of a relevant degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 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 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.

Working Location

• Braine l'Alleud, Belgium

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Cosmic Top Secret personal security clearance