Deadline Date:
Monday 4 August 2025
Requirement:
Security Risk Support for NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC): NATO General Communications System (NGCS), NATO Secure Voice Services (NSVoS) and NATO-Wide Studio Video Teleconferencing (NWSVTC)
Location:
The Hague, NETHERLANDS
Full Time On-Site:
No. On site at the NCI Agency location in The Hague (NL), partially remotely acceptable (average 50% on-site and 50% remotely)
Time On-Site:
100%
Not to Exceed:
2025 BASE: 3,105 EUR/sprint (18 sprints, total NTE 55,890 EUR)
2026, 2027, 2028 OPTIONS
Period of Performance:
2025 Base period: 8 September 2025
Required Security Clearance:
NATO SECRET
Please do NOT
apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
- Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
- Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
- Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Any applications that do NOT meet all the above – and do not CLEARLY show these on the CV - will be deleted.
Background:
- The NCI Agency has been established with a view to meeting the collective requirements of some or all NATO nations in the fields of capability delivery and service provision related to Consultation, Command & Control as well as Communications, Information and Cyber Defence functions, thereby also facilitating the integration of Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Target Acquisition functions and their
associated information exchange. - The NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is a team of over 200 members working to monitor and protect NATO networks. In the NCSC’s role to deliver robust security services to the NATO Enterprise and NATO Allied Operations and Missions (AOM), the centre executes a portfolio of programmes and projects around 219 MEUR euros
per year, in order to uplift and enhance critical cyber security services.
Objectives:
- The main objective of the statement of work is to support the NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) with technical expertise specifically related to security accreditation and risk mitigation of a few large NATO Communication and Information Systems (CIS) in order to successfully execute the work undertaken by the NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the area of Communications and Information System (CIS) security, cyber defence and security accreditation within NATO or equivalent, with a deliverable based (completion-type) contract to be executed in 2025.
Services under current SOW are to be delivered by ONE resource that must have demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience as listed below:
- SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: NATO NS
- LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: ENGLISH
- PAST PERFORMANCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- General, wide breadth knowledge of cyber security principles, best practices,
concepts and technology; - Solid knowledge of cyber security, including boundary protection, encryption, identity and access management, monitoring and detection, incidence response, vulnerability assessments, and risk management;
- Familiarity with system accreditation and deployment of CIS;
- Knowledge and experience in testing and validating that contracted deliveries meet the security requirements and fulfil the intended use-cases;
- Familiarity with NATO security policy and supporting directives is desirable
- Familiarity with PILAR (tool for security risk assessment) is desirable;
- Familiarity with NGCS and its subsystems is desirable,
- Familiarity with NWSVTC and NSVoS is desirable;
- Ability to work independently and in teams to achieve the desired goals.
- The ability to take ownership of tasks and strong motivation to accomplish them to the end.
- Excellent communications and writing skills in English.
- Responsible for complying will all applicable local employment laws, in addition to following all NCIA on boarding procedures. Delivery of the service cannot begin until these requirements are fulfilled.