Senior Network Engineer

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting 

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is a key agency within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focused on providing comprehensive logistics, procurement, and support services to NATO member countries, partners, and other customers. The NSPA facilitates the collective acquisition and management of goods and services, ranging from military equipment to general supplies, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of NATO operations. 

The agency's responsibilities include: 

• Procurement: managing the acquisition of a wide range of goods and services, including military equipment, supplies, and support services. 
• Logistics: offering logistics support such as transportation, warehousing, and distribution to ensure that NATO forces have the necessary resources when and where they are needed. 
• Maintenance: providing maintenance and repair services for military equipment, ensuring operational readiness and extending the lifespan of assets. 
• Project Management: overseeing and implementing various projects, including infrastructure development and other support activities. 

 The NSPA operates under the direction of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization (NSPO), which sets the strategic goals and policies for the agency. By centralizing and standardizing procurement and logistics services, the NSPA helps NATO members achieve cost savings, improved interoperability, and enhanced operational capability. 

The program

The NSPA Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services are relying on three underlying infrastructures:

Network

• Local Area Networks (LANs) to allow NSPA users to reachback ICT systems located in the NSPA datacenters.
• Wide Area Networks (WANs) to allow NSPA remote offices and mobile users to securely reach back the NSPA datacenters located in Luxembourg
• Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) to securely interconnect NSPA datacenters and Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) located in Luxemourg.

Unified Communication (UC)

• Video Teleconferencing (VTC) systems,
• Telephony systems composed of PBX, voice gateways, deskphones, softphones, mobile phones and smartphones.
• Interfaces with other communication services such as voice mail, instant messaging, collaboration (e.g. MS SKYPE).
• Federation with other NATO voice and video services.
• Public Announcement Systems (PAS) and Massive SMS notification systems alarms

Datacenters (DC)

• 2 Tier 4 datacenters externalized in Betzdorf and Bettembourg (LUX)
• 1 datacenter in Capellen (LUX)
• Smaller datacenters in Papa (HUN), Taranto (SOC) and Eindhoven (NL)
• Outside Cabling Plants (OCPs) in Capellen

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Day-to-day Operation and Maintenance (O&M) type of consultancy services for network, Unified Communication (UC) and datacenter (DC) and support for projects related to specific network, UC and DC related projects.

Essential Skills and Experience 

Knowledge and Skills.

Must have a thorough understanding of these technologies, the ability to configure them, and have a significant deployment experience:

• LAN features such as RSTP (and its optimisations), 802.1Q and PVLANs, VDC
• IP features such as PAT, DHCP, HSRP and OSPF
• Qos features such as classification, marking, congestion management, shaping and policing
• IPSec, and the ability to configure it in IOS (for both LAN to LAN and Easy VPN connections), GRE tunnels
• IOS security features, such as reflexive access lists, and firewall
• Application Centric Infra (ACI) and VRFs
• Cisco ASA series and Cisco Anyconnect clients
• Network Management tools such as ORION, Cisco prime infrastructure, ZABIX and Fluke Trueview
• Wireless technologies - Cisco Access Points and remote terminals such as bar code readers for inventory management
• ATMedia Ethernet encryptors 1G and 10G design and setup
• Ucopia captive portal infrastructure design and setup
• Security management platform Cisco ISE

Product Qualifications

• Cisco 800, 2800, 2900, 3800, 3900 router series
• Cisco 3750, 3850, 3560, 2940, 6500 and Nexus 7K and 9K series switches
• Cisco’s NAM (Network Analysis Module) and NAMNX1
• Fluke Trueview and VPM appliances
• Infoblox DNS-DHCP management tools
• Network analysers and sniffers for troubleshooting or network capacity planning

Competencies

• Good communications skills. Excellent English report writing skills.
• Solid understanding of the requirements of an overall network management strategy
• Strong task and time management skills

Experience

• At least 10 years’ experience in a technical networking or telecoms role, implementing and supporting LAN and WAN networking infrastructures
• LAN and WAN network design experience
• Extensive experience with high-availability and load-balancing solutions for network architectures
• Experience of firewall solutions and understanding of how they are implemented
• Extensive experience in managing all aspects of network projects for internal customers
• Experience with ITIL concepts

NATO Experience

• 2 years minimum experience with NATO organization, NATO IT infrastructure's (network, unified communication and security) and NATO IT related policies is desirable.

Professional Certifications

Any of the following certifications:

• CCT Routing and Switching
• CCNA Routing and Switching
• CCNA Wireless
• DEVNET
• CCNP ENCOR
• 300-620 DCACI
• SD WAN
• CCNP Routing and Switching
• CCNP Voice
• CLCOR 350-801
• CCIE Routing and Switching
• CCIE Service Provider
• 1 Mobile Iron (Support Specialist Fundamental 8.5 + Intermediate 7.5 + Design and Deployment 7.5 + Core Deployment & Admin Fundamentals 9.1)
• MS AZ900
• F5 L101
• F5 L201, L303, L304
• INFOBLOX CDAT

Languages

• Proficiency in English (oral and written), equivalent to CEFR B2 or higher, is mandatory
• Proficiency in French (oral) is desirable

Education

• A university degree or equivalent professional experience

Working Location

• Capellen, Luxembourg

Working Hours and Policy

• On-Site, according to NSPA flexible working hours: Monday to Thursday (07:00 – 19:00) and Friday (07:00 – 14:00).
• Public Holidays of Luxembourg will be applicable

Travel

• Travel to other NATO sites may be required occasionally: Versailles (FRA), Papa (HUN), Taranto (ITA), Eindhoven (NL) and Cologne (GE).

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance