Job Description

Deadline Date: Friday 3 July 2026

Requirement: Network Engineer (NRA)

Location: Braine-l'Alleud, BE

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 1000

Required Start Date: 10 August 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Duties & Role:

• Ensure tickets are resolved in fulfilment of applicable Service Level Agreements;
• Be responsible for the data quality and integrity;
• Be responsible for registration and publishing of names, addresses and metadata required to support the operation and management of NATO networks or comply with Agency direction;
• Assign and register addressing and enterprise names to infrastructure designs;
• Assist project teams in integrating names and addresses of configuration items into NRA repositories;
• Automate configuration data for NATO, partners and Federation Mission Network affiliates;
• Automate network telemetry collection and ingestion.

Requirements

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 years post-related experience.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in a Programming, software development, network engineer, DDI or IP address management (IPAM) role;
• Familiarity with network automation using Python or other coding languages;
• Competence with subnetting in both IPv4 and IPv6 environments;
• Practical experience in DNS, IP and routing protocols (OSPF, RIP, ISIS, BGP etc);
• Evaluating and processing change requests
• Auditing network device configurations against registered baselines

Desirable Experience and Education:

• IP address management for military networks
• Knowledge of Linux Administration and Networking
• Experience with SQL databases
• Experience and applied knowledge of Python programming
• Experience with Cloud Network Infrastructure
• Experience with encapsulation, GRE & IPSEC Tunnels, VPN's, military encryption standards
• Knowledge of NCIA deployable CIS assets
• Experience supporting NATO operations and exercises
• Experience using IPAM DB
• Experience with NCIA's service request processes
• Technical knowledge on wide area networks, local area networks and applicability of Firewalls;
• Awareness of MPLS and Multicast networking;
• Industry certification (CCNA DevNet or JNCIA etc) or demonstrable equivalent 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.