About the role
Deadline Date: Friday 16 October 2026
Requirement: System Engineer
Location: The Hague, NL
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 380
Required Start Date: 9 November 2026
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Duties & Role:
* Contributes to the development of domain architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas. * Contributes to the specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products. * Supports projects through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles. * Aligns solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security). * Assist in scoping, requirements definition and prioritization activities for small-scale changes and assists with more complex change initiatives. * Follows agreed standards and applies appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements. * Reviews requirements for errors and omissions. * Prioritises requirements and documents traceability to source. * Provides input to the requirements baseline. * Investigates, manages and applies authorised requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy. * Ensures that stakeholders are aware of required resources and that they are made available. * Facilitates availability and optimum utilisation of resources. * Monitors and reports on the progress of development projects.
Requirements
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
* The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance * The service contractor will be required to have a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognised/certified university in a technical subject with substantial Information Technology (IT) content and 3 years post-related experience. As an exception, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that are of interest to the NCI Agency; namely, at least 5 years of extensive and progressive experience in the duties related to the functions of this post.
The service contractor will be required to have system engineering, domain, and user-oriented capabilities. The following skills are considered particularly important:
* System-of-systems engineering and lifecycle management * Requirements engineering and traceability, including use of structured tooling such as DOORS or equivalent * Technical baseline and interface management * Integration planning and verification strategy development * Operational domain knowledge, particularly in AirC2, federated mission operations and NATO operational constructs * Human factors, usability analysis and user journey assessment
Desirable Experience and Education:
* Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements. * Knowledge of NATO organization, internal structure and resultant relationships.
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