Requirement Title: CYBER SECURITY L3 Firewall
Location: Mons, BELGIUM
Full time on-site: Yes
Not to Exceed: 87 Euro
Total Scope of the request (hours): 395
Required Start Date: 19 October 2026
End Contract Date: 30 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 and Role
Under the direction of the Section Head of Gateway Security Services the contractor shall perform the following two primary roles:
- Build, implement, maintain, and support Next Generation Firewalls (System Administration).
- Configure, maintain and review security policies and additional Next Generation Firewall capabilities (System Configuration)
- Central administration and configuration of Firewalls to ensure continuing functionality and availability.
- Firewall policy/ruleset implementation and verification
- Provide technical support in troubleshooting infrastructure and operational issues and collaborating with other teams for a successful resolution;
- Collaborate with the Infrastructure Management and other Cyber Security teams
- Provide assistance to Incident Handlers to identify and remediate security incidents
- Review security documentation and provide technical advice, when requested
- Perform other duties as may be required.
Experience:
At least 3 years practical experience in cyber security or related field, Extensive knowledge and experience (min 3 years) in the following areas:
- Palo Alto Networks Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks Panorama for Enterprise level deployments
- Firewall installation and management of other vendors
- Scripting (Bash, Python , Ansible)
- Experience with network protocols and traffic analysis
- Ability to troubleshoot complex network security issues
- LAN/WAN networking including protocol network architecture, and the vulnerabilities of modern operating systems and applications
- TCP/IP protocols and services
- Knowledge of *nix-based Operating Systems
- 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.
