Requirement: ACPV Senior Data Engineer
Location: Braine-l'Alleud, BELGIUM
Full Time On-Site: Yes (See Specific Working Conditions below)
Time On-Site: 100%
Not to Exceed Rate: 87 EUR
Total Scope of the request (hours): 395
Required Start Date: 5 October 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
Duties & Role:
Under the direction of the CIMAT Lead, the contractor shall execute:
- Analysis of data sources related to assets, configurations, and vulnerabilities.
- Validation of onboarded data sources.
- Leading technical discussions on data sources, correlation, SOP.
- Preparation and presentation of technical findings, provision of recommendations, and documentation of results.
- Support data source discovery, data source onboarding, and data lifecycle processes in the context of ACPV.
- Review ACPV service for depth, compliance, and vulnerability exposure.
- Representation of NCIA to stakeholders, delivering presentations and recommendations.
- Documentation of ACPV processes.
- Integrate the ACPV Data with other Data consumption point within the NCSC.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years post-related experience;
- Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCIA, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to those in this Statement of Work.
- At least 3 years experience in support of a Cyber Security environment.
- At least 2 years' experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Grafana) and the Ability to analyse and interpret structured and unstructured data.
- Experience with enterprise application integration and data synchronization.
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server.
- Experience with LDAP / Active Directory integration.
- Experience with REST API development and integration
- Knowledge of cybersecurity fundamentals, risk analysis, threat modelling and secure data handling, and Cyber Security tools e.g. vulnerability assessment, forensic analysis, log aggregation and correlation.
- Data sensitivity awareness. Understanding of handling classified or mission-critical information.
- Knowledge of multi-vendor switching, routing and security technology with proven technical experience with in depth understanding of communication protocols (mainly TCP/IP stack and technology behind of each element in the stack), network and security technologies.
- Very good communication and analytical skills.
- Language proficiency in English: meet or exceed the NATO STANAG 6001 Level 3 "Professional Proficiency".
- Ability to work on their own and as part of a team.
- Knowledge/understanding of NATO responsibilities and organisation.
