Web/Software Development for the Academy Training Environment

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting 

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role Background

The NATO Communications and Information Academy (NCI Academy) located in Portugal, Belgium and The Netherlands reinforces NATO’s technological edge through excellence in Cyberspace learning.

The NCI Academy has the Academy Learning Environment, which is the toolset associated with all back-end learning and development activities, the transfer of knowledge from trainers to students and the support of the student learning process. To secure the Academy Learning Environment, there is a team responsible for all activities related to the operation and maintenance of this infrastructure. In addition to setting up courses, maintaining them and deploying them as they iterate, the team is also responsible for running projects to ensure that the Academy Learning Environment is state of the art.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality code
• Participate in code reviews,
• Provide on-time delivery of projects and tasks
• Provide user support,
• Delivery of source code developed to meet the NCI Academy requirements. The code shall be well organized, documented and adhere to industry best practices and coding standards.
• Software documentation, including user manuals, developer guides and other relevant documentation
• Testing documentations, including test plans, test cases and test results to demonstrate that the code has been tested and works as intended
• Code review reports, covering code quality, functionality, security and performance
• Assisting end users, troubleshooting issues or guiding them to a solution for issues or problems. Contribute towards a knowledge base where end users can access documentation, tutorials and frequently asked questions to help them resolve common issues.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Fluent in English and must be able to read and write technical and user documentation.
• Extensive recent experience in MySQL, Git, AJAX, CASD and other related web technologies
• Extensive experience in PHP development
• Knowledge of network security and system hardening
• Experience in using tools like GitHub or GitLab.
• Recent experience in API development for the integration of large systems
• Recent practical experience in coding PHP on a NATO system following NATO security guidelines.
• Extensive knowledge of Agile software development and implementation methodologies

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Knowledge and experience of working with NCI Agency.
• Knowledge and experience of working with the NCI Academy.
• Experience working with virtualization technologies including vSphere

Working Location

• Oeiras, Portugal

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance