About this job

Sapienza Consulting, a tpgroup company, is recruiting Technical Implementation Manager to join NATO – NCIA in Mons, Belgium.

Responsibilities

• Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
• Reporting to NCIA WP0 Project Manager, and project representative at sites in scope
• Coordinate technical implementation activities on the ground, to ensure strategic objectives of WP0 project are achieved
• Technical implementation activities include deployment of network security components (including Cisco Firepower and RSA NetWitness)
• Ensure accurate documentation of site deployment activities, and ensure smooth transition of technical capabilities into Service Operations
• Co-ordinate with NATO entities to ensure supplier activities are delivered to expectations
• Coordinate with NCSC Service Delivery Management Section to ensure all components are correctly registered in NCSC CMDB
• Provide periodic reporting (internal and external) and prepare ad hoc reports and assessments
• Assure timely delivery and high quality of deliverables
• Maintain communications with internal and external stakeholders
• Travel to NATO sites will be required which may entail being in a location for more than a week, which will therefore mean the resource will have to remain over the weekend
• Tier-2 support during Tier-3 deployments may be required in support of implementation, configuration and testing tasks
• Step in as the project representative to resolve issues in aspects such as logistics, decommissioning, site access, change management etc

Profile

• Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
• Experience of the installation, implementation and testing of network security equipment, particularly Cisco Firepower and RSA NetWitness components
• Experience with the implementation of military or other communication and information systems
• Proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with good briefing skills
• Proactive attitude in seeking and maintaining trust from stakeholders
• Able to work productively in a fast moving environment
• A minimum of 3 (three) years of experience as an engineering team leader
• Proven ability to operate on own initiative
• Domain knowledge in cyber security area in a leadership role
• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements
• Cable management; cable tracing; cable labelling; cable documentation
• Network documentation (Visio networking diagrams L2 and L3)
• Datacentre documentation (room layout, physical, logical configuration)

Desirable experience

• CISCO networking (nexus or catalyst)
• Juniper (srx) configuration (IPSEC VPN configuration in detail)
• Technical documentation writing (detailed state description of physical and logical configuration in datacentre environment)
• Certifications: Networking qualifications (Cisco, RSA etc.), ITIL foundation
• Linux experience
• Operations environment experience (processes in OPS)
• Change management processes (preferably NATO ITSM experience)