Requirement: NNGEM SW Engineer - Application Support
Location: Mons, BELGIUM
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Not to Exceed Rate: 79 EUR
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date: 1 July 2026
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO COSMIC TOP 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:
In close coordination with the CIS capability Service Delivery manager, CSI Engineers and developers, the Contractor shall perform the following activities:
- Provisioning and hardening of RHEL as the underlying host OS, aligned with NCIA security guidelines.
- Deployment and configuration of the approved Container Orchestration Platform and Container Management Platform.
- Provide support for developers for Red Hat UBI and application components in application of NCIA security guidelines.
- Delivery of "As-Built" documentation using provided template.
- Development and deployment of centralized patching infrastructure for RHEL host OS.
- Create a training package in PowerPoint format, that describes deployment and administration procedures of RHEL hosts.
- Create technical procedures (SOP - Standard Operating Procedures) and instruction (SOI - Standard Operating Instructions) for administrative activities and maintenance tasks.
- Execute on-the-job training sessions according to approved training package.
- Deploy, according to installation manual, NUCOM/NNGEM application for each site.
- Deploy NUCOM/NNGEM updates according to provided schedule (3 updates a year - one update every four months),
- Manage issues registered by users: Resolve incidents up to Level 2 support expertise, Escalate incident if needed to Level 3 support.
- Review and provide constructive feedback on: Hardening procedures (Security Guidelines), Containers management/orchestration procedures, Backup/restore procedures, NNGEM installation manual.
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance
- Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of computers and communication security, networking, and the vulnerabilities of modern operating systems and applications.
- At least five years of experience designing, developing and managing Linux based environment, in particular RHEL based.
- At least five years of experience managing containerized applications in orchestrated and non-orchestrated environments.
- Proven experience in host management scripts development, using bash/sed/awk and/or Python.
- Proven experience in development and management of automation solutions such as Ansible, including playbooks development.
- Hands-on experience in security compliancy checks of Linux-based systems.
- Experience in creating and maintaining version-controlled system documentation.
- Very good knowledge of spoken and written English as work is conducted in English
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
- IT Trainer Certification (such as RHCI, CompTIA CTT+, MCT, CCSI, etc.)
