Deadline Date: Monday 13 April 2026
Requirement: Network Technician (Network Automation & Data Entry)
Location: Braine-l'Alleud, BE
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 418
Required Start Date: 15 May 2026
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Duties & Role:
Under the direction of NRA Section Head, the incumbent will perform duties such as the following:
1. Ensure tickets are resolved in fulfilment of applicable Service Level Agreements;
2. Be responsible for the data quality and integrity;
3. Be responsible for registration and publishing of names, addresses and metadata required to support the operation and management of NATO networks or comply with Agency direction;
4. Perform data extraction, deduplication, matching, fusion and master data generation, curation and management through its lifecycle;
5. Assign and register addressing and enterprise names to infrastructure designs;
6. Assist project teams in integrating names and addresses of configuration items into NRA repositories;
7. Automate configuration data for NATO, partners and Federation Mission Network affiliates;
8. Automate network telemetry collection and ingestion.
9. Perform other duties as may be required.
Requirements
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
10. The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
11. Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 3 years post-related experience. Or a secondary educational qualification with 5 years post-related experience.
12. Minimum 3 years' experience in a Network Technician, DDI or IP address management (IPAM) role;
13. Familiarity with network automation or other coding languages;
14. Competence with subnetting in both IPv4 and IPv6 environments;
15. Practical experience in DNS, IP and routing protocols (OSPF, RIP, ISIS, BGP etc);
16. Evaluating and processing change requests
17. Auditing network device configurations against registered baselines
Desirable Experience and Education:
18. IP address management for military networks
19. Higher secondary education and advanced vocational training in a post related area, couples with at least 5 years recent experience in Telecommunications Management, Information Systems support and/or support of digital Networks
20. Drafting documents/manuals for NATO users
21. Knowledge of NCIA deployable CIS assets
22. Experience supporting NATO operations and exercises
23. Completion of RIPE NCC's LIR Training Course
24. Experience using IPAM DB
25. Experience with NCIA's service request processes
26. Technical knowledge on wide area networks, local area networks and applicability of Firewalls;
27. Awareness of MPLS and Multicast networking;
28. Experience and engagement in industry trainings and events;
29. Industry certification (CCNA DevNet or JNCIA etc) or demonstrable equivalent experience;
30. Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
31. Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.