Requirement: APSS ISR Data Engineering
Location: The Hague, NETHERLANDS
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Not to Exceed: NTE 54,495 Euro
Period of Performance: 2026: 1 June - 31 December
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
Introduction:
SHAPE and the NCI Agency are jointly delivering the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space Programme. This programme serves NATO and the nations and presents an opportunity to enhance and accelerate situational awareness and decision making through a dedicated programme for the access to shared space data and the integration of the data into NATO systems. Through pioneering the ability of the Alliance to harness space capabilities and deliver operational effect from the Space Domain, this proposal will deliver a step change in the Alliance ability to remain informed through access to Space data.
Scope of Work:
Under the direction of the NCI Agency, the incumbent will perform duties to include the following:
- ETL Development: Designing and implementing extraction, transformation, and loading processes to connect various data sources on different networks and domains. (ETL: Extract, Transform, Load. ETL s a three-phase computing process where data is extracted from an input source, transformed (including cleaning), and loaded into an output data container. In the context of this SOW the data referred to is ISR data (imagery, reports, etc))
- Data Modelling & Pipelines: Developing data pipelines, transformation mappings, and data schemas to enable data centricity, and ensure data consistency and accuracy across platforms.
- System Troubleshooting: Investigating and resolving data flow bottlenecks and technical issues in production environments.
- Collaboration & Documentation: Working with cross-functional teams to define requirements and maintaining documentation for code changes and ETL processes.
Qualifications:
The support for this service requires following qualifications:
- Proficiency in implementing data integration patterns with modern ETL tools (e.g., Apache NIFI, Informatica, Talend, SSIS), especially in the context of cloud services (AWS, Azure)
- Practical experience in data modelling and transformation to ingest and integrate data from heterogeneous data sources and systems.
- Experience with data sharing platforms, object stores, and various types of databases, (Relational, NoSQL, Graph, Object, Vector).
- Comfortable using command line interfaces in linux
- Strong problem-solving skills to identify, evaluate, and fix data anomalies.
- Proven ability to deliver results in a fixed, deliverable-based contract model.
- Proven ability to integrate and work in a multinational team.
- Generally, 1-3+ years of experience in data management, software engineering, or related fields.
- Fluent in Business English.
