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.