C005008 System Engineer (NS) - FRI 16 Oct RELAUNCH

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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