Requirement: Full Stack Software Developer
Location: Offsite but collaborating with team members from NCI Agency, qwith TDY (Temporary Duty) to various locations throughout NATO (only if required).
Not to Exceed: NTE 84,420 Euros
Period of Performance: 25th June 2026 to 31st December 2026
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
Overall Scope:
The NATO Information and Communication Agency (NCI Agency) is currently involved in the development of joint, new capabilities/services for NATO, as well as in the support of existing capabilities and services. In the light of these activities, the Command-and-Control Centre is looking for an experienced Full Stack Software Developer, hereby referred to as Contractor. Specifically, the selected Contractor will work as a member of the software
evelopment team on the development and maintenance of existing software modules and on the development of new software modules of the Interoperability, Test and Assessment (IOTA) suite of tools. Under the supervision of the Project Manager (PM) and the Service Delivery Manager (SDM), the Contractor will work under the guidance of the Lead Developer (LD) and develop and update the IOTA suite of tools. This includes the following activities:
- Design, develop, test and maintain the software for the IOTA suite of tools;
- Write, update and maintain the software documentation for the IOTA suite of tools;
- Participate in the team meetings as required by the Lead Developer (LD), the Service
- Delivery Manager (SDM) and the Project Manager (PM);
- Update accordingly the development backlog system with progress and comments;
All code, scripts and documentation will be stored under configuration management within the NATO Software Factory. The coordination will be carried out accessing remotely the NCIA systems with the unclassified development laptop provided by the NCI Agency. The Contractor will be part of a development team and will work using the SCRUM approach to software development with the aim to meet a set of deliverables. The content and scope of each deliverable will be planned by the Lead Developer (LD) and approved by the Service Delivery Manager (SDM) and the Project Manager (PM).
Requirements
Specific Expertise Requirements:
- The following expertise and knowledge are considered essential for this contract:
- Staff employed by the Appointee on this contract require a valid NATO SECRET security clearance.
- Nationality of one of the NATO Nations;
- Excellent command of spoken and written English;
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in software development environments;
- Proven knowledge of NATO Tactical Data Links (Link 16, Link 11, Link 22), FFT (FFI, NFFI) and other military or civilian interoperability standards for messaging and data exchange;
- Proven extensive experience with NATO Tactical Data Links data connectivity and quality monitoring techniques;
- Proven experience with installation and maintenance of NATO Tactical Data Links
- Enabling Services in operational environments and exercises;
- Proven experience and proficiency in Front-end development.
- Excellent knowledge of technologies such as Angular 17 or higher, HTML5, CSS, Typescript and JavaScript;
- Proven experience and proficiency in Back-end development. Excellent knowledge of technologies such as Java 17 or higher, Spring Framework 5.3 or higher and Spring Boot 3;
- Proven experience in development of (near) real-time RESTful web systems using the following protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, WS, WSS and SOAP;
- Proven experience and proficiency in writing automated testing for software modules (JUnit/Component, Functional and Integration);
- Proven knowledge of XML, JSON, Git, Maven and Jenkins;
- Proven knowledge of TCP/UDP/IP protocols, networking concepts and ability to use networking tools (SSH, Terminal).
- Desirable Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a closely related engineering field;
- Desirable previous experience within the NATO enterprise (ACO, ACT, NCIA, etc.);
- Desirable previous experience working in the NATO Software Factory (NSF);
- Desirable previous experience supporting NATO Interoperability exercise (CWIX, etc.);
- Desirable previous experience with NATO Data Centric Security Standards (4774, 4778)
