Requirement: MISP Engineer
Location: Mons, BELGIUM
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Not to Exceed Rate: 79 EUR
Total Scope of the request (hours): 395
Required Start Date: 20 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:
This role mainly entails performing quality assurance (software testing) of the open-source MISP software and NATO-specific integrations, in coordination with other people working on the service. The goal is to ensure continuous operations for NATO's MISP and related integrations. The MISP engineer will work closely with the service delivery manager, engineering manager as well as system administrators, developers, and data engineers working within the team. Furthermore, the role will require engagement with open-source community members.
Under the direction of the DICE Team Lead the contractor shall perform the following tasks:
System administration:
- With support from sysadmin-oriented colleagues, configure and manage dedicated MISP instances and related infrastructure for testing
- Occasionally perform basic operations on production NATO MISP instances
- Evaluate, appraise and identify non-compliances with organizational standards, and determine the underlying reasons for non-compliance
- Prepare and report on assessment findings and associated risks
- Plan and manage testing activity
- Specify the testing environment
- Manage the creation of test cases and scenarios
- Ensure that the defined tests reflect realistic operational conditions and required level of coverage
- Ensure tests and results are documented, analyzed and reported to stakeholders, and required actions are taken
- Occasionally provide basic support to the user-community of the NATO managed production MISP instances
- Coordinate testing activities with external parties (core MISP project team and other community members)
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 5 years practical experience in development and execution of software test strategies
- At least 5 years practical experience in test automation
- At least 5 years practical experience in API testing
- At least 5 years practical experience in Python scripting
- At least 5 years practical experience in performing basic Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB operations
- At least 5 years practical experience in configuration of web applications
- Good understanding of cyber security principles, best practices, concepts and technologies
- Ability to work both independently and within a team to achieve desired outcomes, including the ability to monitor and support a team
- Excellent organization, communication analytical skills
- Language proficiency in English: meet or exceed the NATO STANAG 6001 Level 3 "Professional Proficiency".
