Deadline Date: Thursday 12 March 2026Requirement: DCIS Engineer ID&E-OPEXLocation: Grazzanise, ITFull Time On-Site: YesTime On-Site: 100%Total Scope of the request (hours): 836Required Start Date: 15 April 2026End Contract Date: 31 December 2026Required Security Clearance: NATO COSMIC TOP SECRETDuties & Role:The incumbent will provide expert engineering support as part of the NISC/ID&E/OPEX team for NATO's Deployable CIS systems (DCIS). Technical support will include design, test, implementation, deployment and support of new IT baselines, provide specialized troubleshooting and explore new technologies, in the areas of Infrastructure, Platform, Authentication, Web hosting, cyber hygiene and Remote Desktop solutions.The detailed duties of the post are listed below:
Provide professional and technical contributions to the design, development and execution of DCIS engineering projectsContribute and participate in a Development-Operations (DevOps) environment using concepts like continuous integration, continuous change management, deployment automation and system monitoringSupport junior staff with incident management, service request and problem management processes as the senior engineer and ultimate problem solverProvide DCIS engineering support to technically plan and execute NATO approved exercises, either on-site or from remoteDocumenting designs and implementations of assigned services as well as troubleshooting guidesPlan, schedule, participate and lead technical support teams in support of projects and exercisesProvide on the job training when necessary in order to maintain highly skilled and trained technical support for the Service LineDeputize for higher grade staffPerforms other duties as may be required
RequirementsSkill, Knowledge & Experience:
The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearanceA minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 years post-related experienceAlternatively, 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 NCI Agency, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the postAt least 5 years' experience supporting and implementing in deployable or large enterprise environments of centralized storage systems based on FC, iSCSI, SAS or Hyper converged technology like vSANAt least 5 years' experience supporting and implementing in deployable or large enterprise environments of recent Virtualization Technologies based on VMWare ESXi and Virtual CentreAt least 5 years' experience supporting and implementing in deployable or large enterprise environments of recent Microsoft Windows Server or Redhat Linux Operating SystemsAt least 5 years' experience supporting and implementing in deployable or large enterprise environments of expert Directory, Identity and Access Management consisting of multiple interconnected and federated Active Directory Domains and ForestsAt least 5 years' experience supporting and implementing in deployable or large enterprise environments of expert DNS resolution, server hardening, AD troubleshooting and GPO developmentAt least 5 years' experience supporting and implementing in deployable or large enterprise environments of Microsoft Remote Desktop solutions, or related Application provisioning technologyAt least 5 years' experience supporting and implementing in deployable or large enterprise environments of High Availability Systems (i.e. Fail-over clustering, Database Availability Groups, stretched clusters, etc)At least 5 years' experience supporting and implementing in deployable or large enterprise environments of Windows patching and anti-malware update systemsAt least 3 years' active participation in a DevOps team with demonstrable experience of Bash or PowerShell scripting languagesAt least 3 years' active participation in a DevOps team with demonstrable experience of Automation and orchestration toolsThorough knowledge of TCP/IP networking principlesKnowledge of ITIL IT service management mode and applied knowledge of Service TransitionProven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing technical manualsIt would be considered highly desirable if you possess the following certifications: Formal ITIL Certification in Service Operation; COTS products (Microsoft MCSA/MCSE, VMWare VCP, Cisco CCDA, CCNA)It is considered highly desirable if you can demonstrate experience with at least one of the following: Previous in depth experience with Ansible configuration management and orchestration tool to manage Redhat Linux and Windows systems; Expert experience in designing and troubleshooting complex VMWare environments; Expert experience in designing and troubleshooting McAfee ePolicy architecturesPrior experience in maintaining Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint Server, ADFS environmentsPrior experience in maintaining VEEAM Backup & Replication environmentsPrior experience of working in a deployed exercise or operations environmentPrior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elementsKnowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT
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