Requirement Title: Senior Engineer DCS (NaaS)
Location: Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium
Full time on-site: Yes
Not to Exceed: 95 Euro
Total Scope of the request (hours): 1000
Required Start Date: 15 June 2026
End Contract Date: 31 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
Specific Working Conditions: Normal Office Conditions; Some work outside of normal office hours may be required; Up to 50 TDY within Belgium per year
D uties and Role:
- Design, implement, and maintain enterprise WiFi infrastructure across offices, campuses, warehouses, and remote sites.
- Perform RF surveys, wireless capacity planning, coverage optimization, and interference analysis.
- Configure and support wireless controllers, access points, guest networks, and secure authentication services.
- Troubleshoot complex WiFi issues including roaming, latency, coverage gaps, authentication, and client connectivity.
- Monitor wireless health using Splunk and other monitoring platforms; create dashboards, alerts, and performance reports.
- Analyze logs and telemetry data to proactively identify wireless risks and service degradation.
- Develop automation solutions using Python or Ansible to streamline wireless provisioning, audits, and standards compliance.
- Utilize wireless monitoring tools to track coverage, client experience, device health, and performance trends.
- Lead incident response for critical wireless outages and restore service within SLA targets.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive improvements to reduce recurring wireless issues.
- Serve as senior escalation point for complex wireless problems and strategic initiatives.
- Mentor junior engineers and share best practices in wireless design and troubleshooting.
- Lead wireless projects such as office rollouts, hardware refreshes, migrations, and technology upgrades.
- Maintain accurate documentation, standards, and operational procedures for the wireless environment.
- Minimum CCNP Enterprise (Wireless concentration preferred), CWNP, or equivalent advanced wireless certification.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise WiFi engineering and operations.
- Strong expertise in wireless LAN technologies including 802.11 standards, RF design, roaming, channel planning, and interference mitigation.
- Advanced knowledge of enterprise WiFi platforms such as Cisco, Aruba, Meraki, Juniper Mist, or similar.
- Experience with Splunk for monitoring, log analysis and troubleshooting.
- Network automation skills using Python or Ansible is a nice to have.
- Hands-on knowledge of network and wireless monitoring tools.
- Strong understanding of AAA services such as RADIUS, TACACS+, Cisco ISE, ClearPass, or similar NAC solutions.
- Experience with incident management, root cause analysis, and major wireless outage resolution.
- Experience mentoring engineers, leading projects, and acting as senior escalation point.
