Lead Digital Infrastructure Engineer

Provides technical leadership for NATO digital infrastructure design, integration and lifecycle management across secure networks, hosting, cloud and platform systems

Department: NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)

• Lead design and implementation of secure, scalable and resilient digital infrastructure
• Provide technical leadership for systems design, integration, build, automation and continuous improvement
• Advise leadership and stakeholders on infrastructure design, standards, architecture and technology choices
• Ensure coherence between in-house and industry-delivered services for security, integration and resilience
• Support definition, refinement and validation of technical requirements
• Contribute to procurement, statements of work, technical bid evaluation and contract supervision
• Mentor technical staff and promote design best practice
• Represent the infrastructure team in internal and external technical forums

• Master's degree in a related discipline with five years of role-related experience, or bachelor's degree with eight years of role-related experience
• At least five years of extensive practical experience managing design and implementation of networks, hosting and platform systems, storage systems, data centres and cloud services
• Experience leading an interdisciplinary team, preferably in an international environment
• Practical experience developing and applying architecture, design standards, policies and technical guidance
• Experience supporting complex infrastructure programmes, stakeholder engagement and technical decision-making
• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Five-year contract
• Duty station is temporarily Braine l'Alleud pending completion of the new SHAPE facility, with future duty stations shifting to Brussels or Mons depending on function and business needs