C004706 Operations & Exercises Network Engineer (NS) - WED 11 Mar

Deadline Date:  Wednesday 11 March 2026

Requirement Title:  Operations & Exercises Network Engineer

Location:  Grazzanise, Italy

Full time on-site:  Yes

Total Scope of the request (hours):     418

Required Start Date:  15-APR-2026

End Contract Date: 30-DEC-2026

Required Security Clearance:  NATO Secret

Specific Working Conditions:  Some work outside normal office hours may be required

Duties and Role:

Under the direction of the Senior Routing and Switching Engineer, but largely under own initiative, the incumbent will perform project duties such as the following:

• Direct 1st level fault resolution on Routing and Switching Elements to sectors, sites and the Service Area routing cells
• Advises on fault diagnosis throughout NATO sites utilizing a number of management platforms (e.g. HP Openview, Netscout, Cisco Works)
• Ensure that, on Routing and Switching elements, remote routine maintenance throughout NATO sites is performed
• Coordinate with sites for Routing and Switching elements centralisation, standardisation and best practices
• Liaise and collaborate internally throughout the NCI Agency Service Line infrastructures and to external organisations for fault rectification activities
• Being responsible for the creation and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures within the Routing and Switching Cell
• Coordination, and performance, of configuration, and evaluation, of test scenarios within the NGCS Reference Facility, pertinent to the area of Routing and network configuration problem resolution
• Coordinates and performs routing infrastructures design, configuration and maintenance activities for all appointed NATO exercise scenarios and Operations
• Performing the practical evaluation of management tools and capabilities
• Ensure a common understanding of the available toolsets and method of utilization within the centralised and distributed user base
• Investigating and proposing long term solutions to encountered equipment and configuration problems
• When required, coordinates on-site surveys, validations and system acceptance testing into the Routing infrastructure.

• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 years post-related experience.
• Alternatively, exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post.
• Over 4 years' experience of CISCO Routing and Switching Elements
• A minimum of 2 years' experience with the configuration and operation of HP Network Automation or equivalent network automation and orchestration systems
• A minimum of 4 years' experience with the configuration and operation of Network Monitoring and Event Management systems ideally Intermapper, Spectrum, HP Openview and Splunk
• Over 4 years' experience of working in a centrally managed network environment
• Minimum qualification of Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• Proven experience in the use of an Incident Management System such as BMC Remedy
• A high level of knowledge of network, system and application level troubleshooting techniques
• Sound knowledge of communications protocols and practical experience of using diagnostic test equipment
• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of command and control systems
• Extensive technical management expertise in C2 management
• Broad knowledge of C2 systems and software maintenance procedures
• Experience in Site and Systems Evaluation and Inspection
• Experience with IP Diffserv QoS in Networks
• Extensive working Knowledge of OSPF and BGP to include (Multi-area architectures, BGP Confederations and Route Reflectors)
• Knowledge of EIGRP and IS-IS
• Extensive knowledge of implementing and operating LAN technologies (e.g. HSRP, STP, Switching, VLANs, DHCP snooping, ARP Inspection, Port-Security)
• Extensive knowledge of implementing and operating network authentication and authorization systems and technologies (e.g. Secure ACS 5.x, 802.1x, 802.1ae MACSEC, RADIUS, TACACS+) - Experience of preparing test plans, technical documentation and Standard Operating Procedures
• Contact with UNIX, Linux operating systems
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Five years' experience in all aspects of maintenance, repair, modification and operation of large complex multi-vendor IP communications networks and related equipment
• Member of a recognised professional body representing the communications area
• Shall have general understanding of related telecommunications systems and techniques of TDM, ATM, Frame relay, MPLS, Video, Voice and VOIP technology
• Experience with IPv6 network technologies and concepts
• Experience with Datacentre technologies and Virtualized Switching such as VMWare and Nexus1000V
• Experience implementing and operating a multi-tenancy network environments (VRF/VLAN)
• Experience implementing and operating multicast network technologies (IGMP, PIM)
• Experience developing, and maintain scripts using EXPECT, Python or PERL
• Knowledge and experience with commercial IPSEC encryption solutions such as Secure Virtual Tunnels (sVTI), SSLVPN, DMVPN, GETVPN
• Familiarity with Thales TCE 621 family IP Cryptographic Equipment or similar Military Grade IP Encryption devices
• Understanding of Firewall Technology and Concepts
• Understanding of Intrusion Detection System Technology
• Familiarity with Application Performance Monitoring Solutions such as Netscout
• Familiarity with Performance Management principles, metrics and tools (e.g. MRTG, IPSLA)
• Hold one or more of the following IT security qualifications/certifications:
• CCIE: Cisco Certified Internet Expert
• CCDP: Cisco Certified Design Professional
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation or Higher