Network Engineer (NRA) for NATO with security clearance

Would you like to join the leading international intergovernmental organization?

This position seeks a Network Engineer (NRA) to manage and maintain the integrity of NATO's network registration and addressing systems. The successful candidate will be responsible for the registration and publishing of names, addresses, and metadata essential to the operation and management of NATO networks. This role involves assigning and registering addressing and enterprise names to infrastructure designs, assisting project teams with integrating configuration items into NRA repositories, and automating configuration data for NATO, partners, and Federation Mission Network affiliates. The engineer will also automate network telemetry collection and ingestion, ensuring tickets are resolved in fulfilment of applicable Service Level Agreements. This is a technical role requiring strong Python programming skills and a deep understanding of IP address management (IPAM), DNS, and routing protocols within a secure, mission-critical environment.

Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the data quality and integrity;

• 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;

• Assign and register addressing and enterprise names to infrastructure designs;

• Assist project teams in integrating names and addresses of configuration items into NRA repositories;

• Automate configuration data for NATO, partners and Federation Mission Network affiliates;

• Automate network telemetry collection and ingestion.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 years post-related experience.

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a Programming, software development, network engineer, DDI or IP address management (IPAM) role;

• Familiarity with network automation using Python or other coding languages;

• Competence with subnetting in both IPv4 and IPv6 environments;

• Practical experience in DNS, IP and routing protocols (OSPF, RIP, ISIS, BGP etc);

• Evaluating and processing change requests

• Auditing network device configurations against registered baselines

Desirable Experience and Education:

• IP address management for military networks

• Knowledge of Linux Administration and Networking

• Experience with SQL databases

• Experience and applied knowledge of Python programming

• Experience with Cloud Network Infrastructure

• Experience with encapsulation, GRE & IPSEC Tunnels, VPN's, military encryption standards

• Knowledge of NCIA deployable CIS assets

• Experience supporting NATO operations and exercises

• Experience using IPAM DB

• Experience with NCIA's service request processes

• Technical knowledge on wide area networks, local area networks and applicability of Firewalls;

• Awareness of MPLS and Multicast networking;

• Industry certification (CCNA DevNet or JNCIA etc) or demonstrable equivalent experience;

• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;

• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.

If you've read the description and feel this role is a great match, we'd love to hear from you! Click "Apply for this job" to be directed to a brief questionnaire. It should only take a few moments to complete, and we'll be in touch promptly if your experience aligns with our needs.