Cyber Security Infrastructure Specialists - 2 Roles

We are looking for two driven and enthusiastic Cyber Security Infrastructure Specialists (one senior and one mid-level) who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain secure cyber security infrastructure in support of NATO's mission-critical systems;
• Identify security vulnerabilities and develop practical strategies, countermeasures and secure configurations to mitigate risks;
• Monitor, assess and analyse security systems, supporting the detection, investigation and response to suspected attacks and security breaches;
• Provide technical advice and guidance on security solutions, ensuring adherence to organisational policies, standards and risk assessments;
• Translate stakeholder and functional requirements into effective technical solutions, system diagrams, engineering products and procurement support material;
• Contribute to risk assessments, risk treatment plans, accreditation activities and the maintenance of records that support security decisions;
• Support solution architecture activities in the area of cryptography, working closely with transformation, service transition and continuous service improvement teams;
• Engage with stakeholders to understand their needs, resolve potential conflicts between user requirements and propose constructive courses of action;
• Monitor emerging technologies and cyber security trends to help ensure NATO remains resilient against evolving threats., * Cyber Security Infrastructure Specialist (G17) - 1 role; for a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCIA career site; The pay scale is 8,273.12 EURO/ month.
• Cyber Security Infrastructure Specialists (G15) - 1 role; for a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCIA career site. The pay scale is 6,713.06 EURO/ month.

Note that internally the job titles are Senior Engineer (Crypto Validation) - G17 and Engineer (Crypto Validation) - G15.

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:

• Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 (for the Mid-level role) or 3 (for the Senior role) years 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 6 (for the Mid-level role) and 10 (for the Senior role) years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the role;
• At least 2/3 years practical experience of designing, implementing, and maintaining security infrastructure;
• Practical experience identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities;
• Extensive expertise in network security, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems;
• Experience in the development of technical requirements, system diagrams and other engineering products to aid cybersecurity procurements and support;
• Proven ability to deliver security capabilities to industry, government or military;
• Recognised track record in dealing with stakeholders, understanding their needs, problems and requests and proposing constructive courses of action;
• Proven experience in IT security consulting or in a similar role with demonstratable track record of delivering sizeable and complex IT security projects;
• Proven experience designing and implementing security on major cloud platforms or enterprise networks;
• Proven experience creating, testing, and implementing secure infrastructures;
• Proven ability and desire to stay up to date with the latest security technologies and trends;
• Proven ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing with good presentation skills;
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

What we offer:

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history;
• 5 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children's allowances;
• Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave;
• Excellent private health insurance scheme;
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays;
• NATO Pension Scheme;
• Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more

SUMMARY

The Executive Management (EM) Division has the lead role in the overall management of the NATO HQ. The EM Division covers the following directorates: HQ Support and Transformation (HQST), Human Resources (HR) and Information, Communications, and Technology Management (ICTM).

Within the Executive Management Division (EM), NATO’s International Staff (IS) Human Resources (HR) Directorate is comprised of five pillars: Talent Management and HR Integration (talent acquisition, talent development, organisational design, development and change management, and business partnership); HR Policy and Strategy Coordination (IS and NATO-wide HR Policy);  Staff Services (contracts, pay and allowances, pensions, insurances, records and leave, and privileges and immunities), the Data Analytics section; and the Medical Unit.

The NATO-Wide Personnel Management Information System (NW-PMIS) provides personnel management ICT support for NATO civilian staff and pensioners. It is an in-house developed Oracle application used by HR centres of around 20 NATO Bodies spread across NATO member countries for the primary purpose of salary and pension calculation.

The post incumbent supports the payroll aspects of this system from an Information Technology standpoint. Tasks will involve analysis, design, development and maintenance of the software used by the NW-PMIS application