Assurance Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations. We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Who we are supporting</strong><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:</span></p>
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<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>The program </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p>
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<p><strong>Role ID – C004946</strong></p>
<p><strong>Role Duties and Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Plans, organizes and conducts formal reviews and assessments of complex domains areas, cross-functional areas, and across the supply chain.</li>
<li>Evaluates, appraises and identifies non-compliances with organizational standards and determines the underlying reasons for non-compliance;</li>
<li>Produces test documentation such as (Event) Test Plans, Test cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, test reports, etc.</li>
<li>Provides assurance to test artefacts such as the Requirements Traceability Matrix;</li>
<li>Manages the design, planning and execution of the V&amp;V events and its reporting;</li>
<li>Provides support to projects where the execution is performed by an external contractor</li>
<li>Provides support to the operational community in operational acceptance activities</li>
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<p><strong>Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>At least 3 years recent experience in planning and execution of test, verification and validation activities in large complex projects</li>
<li>At least 3 years recent experience with functional, non-functional and interoperability testing of systems and products</li>
<li>Proven experience with managing external stakeholders and co- workers during the execution of large complex projects</li>
<li>Ability to understand and reason about hardware and software system architectures typically found in system designdocumentation</li>
<li>Ability to understand technical concepts such as DNS, NTP, Email, Databases, Application architectures and inter-application communication protocols</li>
<li>Ability to communicate with clarity, coherence, conciseness and engagement, both orally and in writing</li>
<li>Experience using, and testing in virtualized and cloud environments</li>
<li>Familiar with main test tools for test management, defect management and requirements management</li>
<li>Experience dealing with independent testing when the testing is conducted by an external party.</li>
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<p><strong>Desired</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Advanced certification in the area of testing and testing management;</li>
<li>Experience testing NATO/military business domain;</li>
<li>Experience with assurance tools and processes;</li>
<li>Experience as an interoperability tester within NATO context;</li>
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<p><strong>Working Location</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The Hague, Netherlands</li>
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<p><strong>Working Policy</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Hybrid (75% onsite/ 25% offsite)</li>
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<p><strong>Travel</strong></p>
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<li>Some travel to other NATO sites may be required</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Security Clearance</strong></p>
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<li>Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance</li>
</ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn't for you, please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up. </span></p></div>

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