Deadline Date:
Wednesday 6 August 2025
Requirement:
Multi-Factor Authentication on Internet Facing Portals
Location:
Mons, Belgium or Braine L'Alleud. Belgium
Full Time On-Site:
Yes
Time On-Site:
100%
Not to Exceed:
61,200
Period of Performance:
8 September 2025
Required Security Clearance:
NATO SECRET
P
lease 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.
Introduction:
Due to the findings in the Type 4 Security Audit NATO technical teams has been tasked with planning and implementing a security standardisation for 2 factor to Multifactor authentication for internet facing web-portals through-out NATO enterprise.
Qualification:
Technical Proficiency Tasks:
Identity and Access Management:
- Minimum 5 years of experience with Identity and Access Management;
- Strong knowledge of authentication protocols (SAML, OIDC,...);
- Sound knowledge of federated identity management and Single Sign On (SSO) solution (Okta, Entra ID, ...).
- Proven experience designing and rolling out MFA at scale in an enterprise environment (5K+ users);
- Experience with certificate-based MFA smart cards, Yubikeys, passkeys/webauthn, TOTP, and push-based MFA apps (Microsoft Authenticator, Duo, ...);
- Understanding of risk-based or adaptive authentication strategies.
- Experience in securing web applications and APIs;
- Strong understanding of TLS, client certificates, reverse proxies, and Zero trust principles.
- Experience with SSO integration of web applications.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Full proficiency in English.
- Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical users in a clear and concise manner.
- Strong customer service focus with a commitment to user satisfaction.
- Patience and empathy when dealing with user issues and concerns.
- Attention to detail in documenting support activities and maintaining accurate records.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and share knowledge and resources.
- Willingness to collaborate with colleagues to solve complex issues.
- The candidate has strong customer relationship skills, including negotiating complex and sensitive situations under pressure.
- The candidate must have the nationality of one of the NATO nations.