SharePoint 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 Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.


• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.


• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.


• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.


• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role ID – C004668

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide level 3 support to the second level support team.


• Deploy and maintain UAT and DevTest SharePoint environments in NSF.


• Create and implement lifecycle schedules for environment updates.


• Document environment configurations and maintain release documentation.


• Identify, document and track reproducible bugs in IKM tools and SharePoint customizations.


• Participate in Agile Scrum sprints (4-week cycles).


• Attend planning and review sessions with development team

Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications

• Experience with SharePoint server-side environments (2013-2019, Subscription Edition).


• Knowledge of Azure DevTestLabs and Azure DevOps.


• Proficiency in PowerShell scripting and automation. Experience with IVVQ testing environments and UAT setup.


• Understanding of DevOps practices and lifecycle management. Familiarity with IKM tools (EDMS, PITT, NIP, TT+).


• Bug tracking and documentation skills.


• Experience in working with the NATO Software Factory (NSF) environment and respective processes.

Working Location

• The Hague, Netherlands

Working Policy

• On-site. The contractor will need to come into either Dutch or Belgian NATO offices for the official NDWC all hands and the CPG all hands. Further to this the contractor shall visit The Hague premises for at least 3 consecutive working days in each of the four quarters in the year of performance.

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance