Requirement Title: DCIS Network Engineer Activation
Location: Brunssum, Netherlands
Full time on-site: Yes
Not to Exceed: 75 Euro
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date: 26 January 2026
Required Security Clearance: Cosmic Top Secret
Specific Working Conditions: Normal - some work outside of normal hours may be required - Up to 50 TDY within NL per year
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.
Duties and Role
You will be under the administrative control of the Service Delivery Manager of INF023 (Contingency Network) within the Section of Innovation, Deployable and Engineering / Operation and Exercises (ID&E OPEX) and will perform the following duties:
You will be under the administrative control of the Service Delivery Manager of INF023 (Contingency Network) within the Section of Innovation, Deployable and Engineering / Operation and Exercises (ID&E OPEX) and will perform the following duties:
- Design and document complex enterprise network infrastructures, ensuring alignment with organizational architecture standards and operational requirements.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive network design documentation, topology diagrams, and configuration baselines for all managed environments.
- Keep the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) accurate and up to date, reflecting all physical and logical network assets, configurations, and interdependencies.
- Collaborate with engineering, service delivery, and security teams to ensure that network documentation supports operational readiness, change management, and accreditation activities.
- Review and validate network configurations and design changes to ensure compliance with approved architectures, security policies, and performance standards.
- Implement and continuously improve network documentation practices, ensuring traceability, version control, and audit compliance.
- Provide expert input to change management and design review boards, ensuring technical integrity and consistency across the enterprise.
- Support automation and monitoring initiatives by integrating network configuration data with CMDB, orchestration, and asset management tools.
- Ensure the update of network configuration management databases in accordance with the service request requirements and internal policies/priorities
- Release the circuit and service orders and follow their implementation when required
- Interface to the CIS community for service configuration and request management issues
- Update existing, or create new, documentation for the maintained solutions, Standard Operating Procedures, User Guides
- Support the provision of network services to NATO deployable/mobile CIS infrastructure in accordance with NATO standards
- Provide internal/external training related to the Area of Responsibility when required
- NATO Cosmic Top Secret security clearance
- Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 5 years post-related experience or a secondary educational qualification with 7 years post-related experience.
- At least five years' of extensive experience in network architecture and design, including development of detailed technical designs, implementation plans, and network documentation for complex, multi-site infrastructures.
- At least five years' operation and configuration experience of Network Automation or equivalent network automation and orchestration systems
- At least five years' developing the network documentation
- Proven record of accomplishment in maintaining and managing network configuration databases (CMDB) and related documentation repositories, ensuring full accuracy, version control, and compliance with organizational standards.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse, document, and update network topologies, configurations, and dependencies across physical and virtual environments.
- A minimum of three years' experience with the configuration and operation of Network Monitoring Systems (CA Spectrum) and Event Management systems
- Hands-on experience with configuration management tools and methodologies, ensuring alignment between as-built and as designed network states.
- Strong understanding of change management and lifecycle processes, ensuring traceability of configuration changes within secure networks.
- Experienced in developing and enforcing network documentation standards, templates, and naming conventions to ensure consistency, audit readiness, and interoperability across engineering teams and external stakeholders.
- Proficient in integrating network design and configuration data with automation, monitoring, and IT service management systems, enabling accurate asset visibility and efficient change control.
- Shall have general understanding of TCP/IP and routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP), transmission protocol MPLS-TE, collaboration services Voice/Video and network security concepts
- Experience in Service Management processes for Incident Management Change Management and Service Fulfilment
- Experience in customer support
- Experience of preparing Standard Operating Procedures