IKM Specialist

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Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.

We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.

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 Background

Within the NATO Digital Workplace Centre (NDWC), the Content Platforms Services (CPS) Group provides a range of content centric services enabling secure collaboration. Core functionalities include creating, sharing, managing, organizing and preserving digital content to deliver enterprise-wide content lifecyclemanagement, information access and governance. Common services available include document and records management, content publishing, business process management, data capture and indexing, categorization, content search, version control, analytics and artificial intelligence applied to content collaboration. Content Platform Services also provides Subject Matter Expertise for advice, guidance, business analysis, design, configuration, development and implementation of new and existing Content Platform Solutions and for a broad range of Content Management activities. Through various projects new capabilities are released in the form of SharePoint customizations (farm solutions, add-ins and client side solutions on versions 2013, 2019, SharePoint Subscription Edition through to online). After release we often find that improvements are required to make those customizations fullyfit-for-purpose. This can relate to code quality, code vulnerabilities, feature stability, feature usage and documentation. These capabilities include EDMS, PITT, NIP ,TT+ (collectively referred to as IKM tools), additionally the RECCEN and include customizations to SharePoint which follow common development practices combining page elements, lists and SharePoint services (such as metadata, search and profile services)

Role Duties And Responsibilities

• Provisioning of technical assessment and guidance on the creation of a backlog of user stories and their respective acceptance criteria which will address the gap between the current and desired state of the mentioned capabilities.
• Refactoring of code, and thus functionality, of existing SharePoint customizations following quality, vulnerability, stability, usability and security testing of currently deployed capabilities.
• Creation of test cases against new introduced or improved features
• Updated documentation related to newly introduced or improved features
  
  

Essential Skills And Experience

• Refactoring of code, and thus functionality, of existing SharePoint customizations following quality, vulnerability, stability, usability and security testing
• Creation of test cases against new introduced or improved features
• Updated documentation related to newly introduced or improved features
• Creating PowerShell scripts autonomously and on demand
• Designing medium and large enterprise SharePoint environments, in conjunction of the related Operating System and SQL database
• Knowledge to support Active Directory Federation Services and Claims provider, related to the IKM Tools and RECCEN
  
  

Language Proficiency

• Business English
  
  

Working Location

• Braine l’Alleud, Belgium
  
  

Working Policy

• On-Site
  
  

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required
  
  

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance
  
  

We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn’t for you please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.