Post N° LQ-POOL/ Ref. No 2025_00759
JOB DESCRIPTION - please click here. - Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline and 4 years' post-related experience. Acceptable alternatives: secondary education and 6 years' post-related experience, or an equivalent education combined with an appropriate amount of relevant, professional experience.
- Very good knowledge of CRYPTO materiel and publications, and of NATO security regulations.
- Knowledge of procedures and experience in handling and storing classified material including CRYPTO material.
- Proven experience in configuring security solutions (firewalls (e.g: Palo Alto), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), application gateways, , authentication solutions, endpoint security products, proxies) in order to adapt the requirements to the business needs.
- Proven strong experience with SDN technologies (e.g: Cisco ACI) including the SDN security hardening, experience in software lifecycle management, python scripting, Qt, QML and PySide and Working knowledge of Puppet, Ansible, VMware, Zabbix, Splunk, PKI, Trellix, Linux and Microsoft .
- Proven experience with NATO Security Policy and its supporting directives and guidelines including preparation of NATO security accreditation documentation packages, vulnerability assessment and pentesting.
- NATO's official languages are English and French. The work of this post requires fluency in English, while working knowledge of French is desirable.
WHAT DO WE OFFER? - Multicultural environment
- Initial three year contract with competitive monthly tax-free salary (subject to Article 19 of the Ottawa agreement on exemption of Taxation)
- Additional benefits for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where applicable) and additional home leave
- Excellent health coverage
- Great work/life balance
- Generous annual leave of 6 weeks plus official holidays
- Pension Scheme
POST DETAILS - Basic monthly salary: EUR 5 376.14, tax free - before insurance and pension contributions.
- This position is required for a limited time and the incumbent of this post will be offered a definite duration contract of 3 years..
HOW TO APPLY?All candidates (internal and external) should refer to the
FAQs before applying.
NSPA internal candidates must submit additionally their latest completed
performance report.NSPA staff members of the same grade can submit a transfer request till 25 February 2026.
Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.All application deadlines are based on the Central European Time (CET) zone.
IMPORTANT NOTESQualified redundant NATO civilian candidates of the same grade will be considered in priority.
Interviews are expected to be held approximately six weeks after the application closing date. The Talent Acquisition and Development Office shall let you know in due course the outcome of the screening process.
Moreover, due to the broad interest in NSPA and the large number of potential candidates, telephone or email enquiries cannot be dealt with.
The Agency would appreciate it if addressee countries could provide their support by submitting candidates whose security clearance can be effected (or confirmed) rapidly and who could report for duty as soon as possible after selection.
NSPA as an employer values diverse backgrounds and perspectives and is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and talented workforce. NSPA welcomes applications of nationals from all Member States and strongly encourages women to apply.
EMPLOYMENT STATUS REQUIREMENT FOR CURRENT MILITARY OR ADMINISTRATION POST HOLDERS:
Please note that if you currently hold a military or administration post, you will be required to decide, in accordance with your national authorities' regulations, whether to retire or resign from your post, or apply for special leave from your national authorities. If you are invited to a preliminary interview, you will be asked to indicate your preference at that time as well.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Your application should be submitted in one go and you will not be able to modify your data once submitted.
