DCIS System Engineer (Mons)

Provides senior engineering support for Deployable CIS infrastructure, contributing to system design, implementation, automation, troubleshooting and NATO exercise support.

Main duties: Design, develop and deliver DCIS engineering projects. Work within a DevOps environment, supporting continuous integration, change management, deployment automation and system monitoring. Act as the senior technical escalation point for incidents, service requests and complex problems; support junior engineers. Plan and deliver technical support for NATO-approved exercises, on-site or remotely. Plan, schedule and lead technical support teams for projects and exercises.

Produce system designs, implementation documentation and troubleshooting guides. Provide on-the-job training and deputize for senior staff when required.

Experience and requirements: At least 5 years of experience supporting and implementing infrastructure in deployable or large enterprise environments, covering the technologies below. At least 3 years of active DevOps team participation, with demonstrable scripting, automation and orchestration experience. Thorough knowledge of TCP/IP networking principles. Knowledge of ITIL service management and practical experience with Service Transition. Strong spoken and written technical communication skills, including writing technical manuals.

NATO SECRET security clearance required.

Technical expertise: Storage: Centralized storage using FC, iSCSI, SAS or hyperconverged technologies such as vSAN.

Virtualization: VMware ESXi and Virtual Centre.

Operating systems: Recent Microsoft Windows Server and Red Hat Linux.

Identity and access: Expert knowledge of interconnected and federated Active Directory domains and forests.

Directory administration: Expert DNS resolution, server hardening, AD troubleshooting and Group Policy development.

Remote applications: Microsoft Remote Desktop solutions or related application provisioning technologies.

High availability: Failover clustering, Database Availability Groups, stretched clusters and similar solutions.

System protection: Windows patching and anti-malware update systems.

DevOps and automation: Bash or PowerShell, automation and orchestration tools.

Assignment conditions: Location: Mons, Belgium — full-time on-site.

Working conditions: Normal office conditions; some work outside normal office hours may be required.

Travel: Up to 50 TDY within Belgium per year; unit not specified.