#NC25SED185172 - Dev Ops Engineer - Closed
Deadline: January 15, 2026
Requester: NATO
Location: Grazzanise, Italy
Job type: Contractor
Start date: February, 2026
Security clearance: NATO SECRET
SCOPE OF WORK / DUTIES / ROLES
- The contractor, under the direction of the NCIA ID&E OPEX DevOps Lead Engineer in Mons, Belgium, will assist in the configuration of the Core and infrastructure Services of NATO's Deployable Communications and Information Systems (DCIS) assets;
- The contractor will provide Level 3 DevOps support for the Core Services in the assigned DCIS;
- Provides professional and technical contributions to the conception, development and execution of NISC ID&E OPEX engineering projects;
- Contributes to the design, implementation, configuration management, deployment systems and services;
- Participates in the installation and configuration management of laboratory-based prototype systems developed in NCIA and ensure their coherence with other systems (e.g. communications networks) or aspects (e.g. Security);
- Supports the monitoring and troubleshoot system failures or bugs and provides solutions to restore functionality;
- Supports the automated deployment of defined software baselines;
- Provides documents and implementations of assigned services as well as troubleshooting guides;
- Schedules, participates and leads technical support teams in support of Projects and exercises;
- Coordinates, plans and schedules team activities, estimate resources and financial requirements;
- Provides training when necessary in order to maintain highly skilled and trained technical support for the Service Line;
- Gives briefings and presentations; writes and/or review reports and articles for publication;
- Performs ad hoc tasks related to CES SL's responsibilities;
- Deputizes for higher grade staff;
- Performs other duties as may be required.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
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Latest Virtualization Technologies and Operating Systems;
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Design, implement and troubleshoot Infrastructure Failover Clusters (VMware and Microsoft);
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Latest Server, Storage, Client and Infrastructure Networking hardware technologies;
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Directory, Identity and Access Management in large enterprise environments consisting of multiple interconnected and federated Active Directory Domains and Forests;
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Hands-on experience with Automated Application and Service Deployment using Ansible;
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Hands-on experience with basic networking concepts (DNS, DHCP, L2 switching, L3 routing, Operating System firewalls);
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Email and collaboration services technologies (e.g. MS Exchange and Skype for Business);
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Requirements elicitation and management;
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Software design, implementation and testing;
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Configuration management practices and tools;
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Knowledge of ITIL IT service management model;
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Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
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Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization;
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Cloud Computing Systems such as Microsoft Remote Desktop Infrastructure and VMware Horizon View;
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Design and implementation of Active Directory Federation Services in large enterprise environments;
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Antivirus Management Systems (i.e. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator);
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Enterprise Systems Management services, methods and tools (i.e. SCOM, SCCM, SCVMM);
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WEB Portal Technologies and High Availability Database Systems (i.e. SQL Cluster);
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At least 1 year experience support by professional certification in the implementation and administration of COTS products such as MS Windows Server, Linux, Oracle, MS SQL, VMware, MS Hyper-V, MS SharePoint, MS Active Directory and Active Directory Federation Services, MS Exchange, MS Skype for Business, Client OS (Windows, OSX, iOS, Android etc;
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Working with People;
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Shows respect for the views and contributions of other team members; shows empathy; listens, supports and cares for others;
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Consults others and shares information and expertise with them;
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Builds team spirit and reconciles conflict;
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Adapts to the team and fits in well.
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