Engineer (Umbrella Management)

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Security Clearance:
NATO Cosmic Top Secret /DV

Working Location:
Mons, Belgium

Language

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High proficiency level in English language

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
Essential Qualifications/Experience:
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Experienced practical Routing and Switching technician who has worked on the Cisco Routing and Switching elements for a period of 5+ years

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6+ years of experience working in a centralized control centre

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Good knowledge of Information Systems (IS) Engineering and the associated aspects

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Knowledge of:
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The principles of Command and Control (C2) Systems and the associated management expertise

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Design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of modern communications management systems in a WAN environment

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Relational integrity and database design

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Disaster Recovery, Storage, networking, Application lifecycles

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Traffic encryption technologies

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Network management protocols, snmp, wmi, ssh, telnet

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Communications protocols and practical experience of using diagnostic test equipment

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Awareness of recent technological developments in communication management systems and LAN/WAN environment

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8 years of experience in on-line performance, accounting, fault, security and configuration management of digital and analogue networks and associated transmission systems to include switching systems in support of voice and data transfer

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Awareness of traffic analysis tools, such as Wireshark, tcpdump, Netscout nGeniusONE and protocols such as ipflow and netflow

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Very good Knowledge on configuration and maintenance of the Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) 5.x and Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 2.x software

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Very good knowledge of:
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The Intermapper configuration and maintenance components

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Configuration management concepts and components using HPE Network Automation 10.x and CA Spectrum 10.x

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Splunk 6.x (and upwards) usage in order to troubleshoot Cisco ACS authentication issues

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Very good knowledge (setup, configuration and maintenance) in CA Spectrum 10.x, CA NFA and CA Performance Centre, CA Unified Infrastructure Manager

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5+ years of experience with Virtual Environments such as Vmware 6.x and above

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Experience in network tap and probe technologies for network data collection on data centre

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Experiences in authorization and authentication policlies of network and system management devices.

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Experience of software maintenance procedures

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Experience in Site and Systems Evaluation and Inspection

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A basic understanding of the concept of QoS in IP-Networks

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In-depth configuration and management Windows Server version: 2008, 2012, 2016 platforms including knowledge of Active Directory, WSUS and SCCM

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Basic understanding of OSPF and BGP

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Experience of preparing technical documentation and Standard Operating Procedures

Desirable Qualifications/Experience:
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5 years experience in all aspects of maintenance, repair, modification and operation of large communications networks and related equipment

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Experience of systems implementations within the NATO / multinational environment

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General understanding of related communications systems and techniques of BME, ATM, Frame relay, Voice and VOIP technology

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Familiarity with military voice and data systems

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Knowledge of communications protocols and practical experience of using communications diagnostic tests and test equipment

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Knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory and the underlying technical principles

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Knowledge and experience with IP packet encryption

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Understanding of Firewall Technology

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Awareness of Net

DUTIES/ROLE:
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Maintain the CA Spectrum instances on a day-to-day basis

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Assist in the communication with sites for centralization, standardization and best practices

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Perform resolution on WAN Element Management and Management System implementations

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Perform installations and maintain operating systems, used to host the services provided by the Element Management team

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Perform installations and maintain COTS Applications which are maintained within the Element Management team

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Perform upgrades on COTS and FAS Applications according to the RFC procedures within the NCI Agency

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Assist in performing the configuration and evaluation of test scenarios within the NSII lab environment

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Assist in documentation preparation for design, configuration and maintenance activities

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Assist in documentation preparation for WAN Element Management and Management System design, configuration and maintenance activities for all NATO exercise scenarios

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Assist in the evaluation of management tools and capabilities for the different Cells, in collaboration with the peer cells

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Assist in the coordination with all Cells to ensure a common understanding of the available toolsets and method of utilization

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Assist with the training of users from the NSII Service Line as well as external DCIS customers

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When required, assist in the coordination of on-site surveys, validations and system acceptance testing

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Provide support for the Deployable CIS group and follow up support requests from these external groups