Data Engineer

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 ID – C004619

Role Duties and Responsibilities

A Data Engineer is responsible for implementing, building, testing, and maintaining the infrastructure and architecture required for the efficient and reliable processing of various types of data. Selected candidate works with Data Analysts, Data Scientists, and other stakeholders to understand the data requirements, identify data sources, and implement the necessary processes to transform and load the data into the target systems. They are also responsible for ensuring the integrity, availability and security of the data throughout its lifecycle, and for continuously optimizing the data pipelines to meet the evolving business needs.

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

• 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 NCIA, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
• Strong understanding of data engineering concepts, including data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes and data governance
• Experience in planning and maintaining data lakes and pipeline processes, both batch-wise and (near) real-time;
• Experience in using of data engineering tools to support development of data science, data analytics and AI applications for both, structured and unstructured, data
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools to ensure the reliability and performance of data pipelines and AI systems.
• Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud or Azure
• Solid understanding of good software development principles such as version control, CI/CD, unit/functional testing.
• Strong proficiency in Python for building and integrating various data engineering components
• Solid understanding of data security best practices, including data encryption, access controls, authentication/authorization mechanisms, and compliance requirements.

Education

• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline, such as Computer Science, Data Science and Engineering, and post- related experience.

Working Location

• The Hague, Netherlands

Working Policy

• Onsite

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance