About this job

Sapienza Consulting is recruiting an Engineer (IdM/PKI Services) to join NATO – NCIA in Mons, Wallonia, Belgium.

Responsibilities

Under the direction of the IdM and PKI Services Cell Head, the incumbent will perform duties such as the following:

• Manage the NATO wide NPKI Registration Authorities
• Manage and control of the lifecycle of end users and devices certificates for all NPKI CA’s
• Manage all NPKI Windows Servers, RHEL and VMware environment including systems error log verification
• Responsible for Entrust sub components connected to the NPKI CA especially in context of potential new services testing and integration
• Responsible for the creation of NPKI related guidance and procedures (SOP)
• Responsible for the delivery of 1st and 2nd level technical support of CIS services to the NPKI customers
• Responsible for the NCIA ITSM ticketing system
• Responsible for certificate creation and Smart Cards enrolment
• Responsible for supporting all NATO exercises and missions
• Supervises the day-to-day operations /management/backup/restore of the PKI systems
• Installation and maintenance of NPKI components
• Certificate Authority components Log analysis, (Trouble shoot the system ALARM/ERRORS and monitor users and interfaces activity)
• Responsible for NPKI system documentation, hardware inventory, software configuration
• Be flexible to work outside normal office hours in response to crises, operational requirements
• Performs other duties as may be required

Profile

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• Extensive knowledge of modern communication and Internet Protocol (IP) based networking technologies and systems including security aspects
• 3 years extensive experience with PKI System development, design, management
• Extensive knowledge of Information security and Cryptography (symmetric and asymmetric encryption, public key infrastructure (PKI) encryption, public key encryption, hash functions, digital signatures, digital certificates)
• Knowledge of the principles of computer and communications security, networking, and vulnerabilities of modern operating systems and applications
• Extensive experience in operating systems backup and restore
• Practical experience in SSL, TLS, and OpenSSL
• Extensive knowledge with Microsoft Excel

Desirable Experience:

• VMware (VCA, VCP) and Linux RHEL system administration
• Practical experience in scripting (Python, Powershell)
• Experience in development and implementation of computer security policies