Deadline Date:
16 July 2025
Requirement Title: Cybersecurity Service Engineer
Location of Performance:
The Hague, Netherlands
Cost Not to Exceed:
2025 BASE: up to maximum 5 sprints (NTE each sprint as 20,016 EUR), Options 2026 and 2027
Period of performance:
2025: 25 August 2025
Required Security Clearance:
NATO SECRET
Introduction:
- Based in The Hague, Netherlands, the NCI Agency is looking for a Cybersecurity Service Engineer in the journey to transform cybersecurity services.
- The Cybersecurity Service Engineer will support the mission of the Chief Technology Office (CTO) that is enabling the digital transformation of NATO ICT, establishing the Agency's technical vision and IT engineering strategy including management of the research and development of emerging technology.
- The Cybersecurity Service Engineer will support the cybersecurity of ICT services and associated systems. To achieve this, it’s necessary to review and validate technical solutions, consistent with architecture guidance, assess the use of technologies and standards for ICT services, security and safety validation, and re-use of components.
The main objective of this statement of work is to support the CTO Chief of the Architecting and Engineering Section in the definition, development, and management of cybersecurity architecture and engineering practices and standards to be applied across NCIA and in all relevant services procured, owned or operated by the Agency.
Scope of Work:
The Cybersecurity Service Engineer is to support the following activities and produce deliverables in support there of:
- Monitor and evaluate adherence to relevant cybersecurity policies and standards (NATO, Agency and industry). Document gaps and next steps.
- Monitor and evaluate application of, and adherence to, relevant cybersecurity CTO technical guidance and architecting standards. Document gaps and next steps.
- Support the definition, development, and management of cybersecurity architecture and engineering practices. Document the practices.
- Support the definition, development, and management of Cyber Security by Design principles and the CISPIA and CISP processes in the project and service lifecycle. Document principles and processes.
- Support creation of technology, capability, and service roadmaps related to Cybersecurity. Document roadmaps.
- Support the process of cybersecurity capability development. Document capability requirements.
- The security classification of the service will be up to NATO SECRET.
- The contractors is required to hold a valid NATO SECRET security clearance.
- The contractor will be required to coordinate their activities with stakeholders on a weekly basis on-site in The Hague, Netherlands. The contractor may be required to travel to other NCI Agency sites within NATO for coordination in support of the production of the required deliverables.
- Travel expenses will be reimbursed to the individual directly (outside this contract) under NATO rules.
- This work must be accomplished by ONE contractor.
The consultancy support for this work requires a cybersecurity service engineerwith the following
qualifications:
- The candidate has a master’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline.
- In-depth experience in the area of ICT cybersecurity and design for NATO IT services and capabilities.
- Proven experience in the development, implementation, and integration of information assurance and cyber defence capabilities into IT service delivery in NATO, ranging from communications infrastructure to application services.
- Proven experience in the writing of cybersecurity requirements in support of the establishment of contracts with industry.
- Knowledge of and experience with NATO cybersecurity service delivery.
- Knowledge of extant NATO policy in the area of CIS security.
- Conceptual understanding of cloud computing concepts, architectures, and technologies, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).
- Working knowledge of the Archimate language and its use to produce architecture views.
- Experience of working with a diverse, multi-disciplinary and multi-national team.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
- Proven experience with presenting complex technical concepts to a diverse audience and at times non-technical audience.
- Ability to speak and write fluent English since the work is conducted in English.
- The contractor must have the nationality of one of the NATO nations.
- The contractor must hold a valid NATO Security Clearance.