Deadline Date:  Thursday 15 January 2026

Requirement Title: Principal Solution Engineer

Location:  Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium

Full time on-site:  Yes

Total Scope of the request (hours):     836

Required Start Date:  2-FEB-2026

End Contract Date: 30-DEC-2026

Required Security Clearance:  NATO Cosmic Top Secret

Specific Working Conditions:  Normal office environment. Possible TDY to other NATO sites within Belgium up to 1 - 2 times per month

Duties and Role:

Solution architecture

• Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with agreed requirements.

• Establishes policies, principles and practices for the selection of solution architecture components.

• Manages trade-offs and balances functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation.

• Communicates proposed decisions to stakeholders.

• Coordinates and manages the target architecture across multiple projects or initiatives.

• Maintains a stable, viable architecture and ensures consistency of design and adherence to appropriate standards across multiple projects or initiatives.

Requirements definition and management

• Plans and drives scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for large, complex initiatives.

• Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate requirements definition and management methods, tools and techniques.

• Contributes to the development of organisational methods and standards for requirements management.

• Obtains input from, and agreement to requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders.

• Negotiates with stakeholders to manage competing priorities and conflicts.

• Establishes requirements baselines.

• Ensures changes to requirements are investigated and managed.

Systems development management

• Sets policy and drives adherence to standards for systems development.

• Leads activities to make security and privacy integral to systems development.

• Identifies and manages the resources necessary for all stages of systems development projects.

• Ensures that technical, financial and quality targets are met.

Network design

• Produces, or approves network providers', network architectures, topologies and configuration databases for own area of responsibility.

• Specifies design parameters for network connectivity, capacity, speed, interfacing, security and access, in line with business requirements.

• Assesses network-related risks and specifies recovery routines and contingency procedures.

• Creates multiple design views to address the different stakeholders' concerns and to handle both functional and on functional requirements.

• COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance

Education, Experience and Training (essential):

Education:

• A Master's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience. Or a Bachelor's degree with 8 years post related experience.

Experience:

• Proven experience of managing teams of technical personnel;
• Knowledge of current and future Mobile Infrastructure (Deployable, Dispersible, Highly mobile CIS) technologies and trends;
• Experience with design and systems integration (e.g. AC Power distribution equipment, emergency AC Power generation and associated fuel storage, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS));
• Good understanding of current and future Wireless technologies and trends (to include SATCOM);
• Experience with Architecture modelling language(s) (UML, SysML, ArchiMate, etc.), preferably in the context of an Architecture Framework (NAFv4, TOGAF, DODAF, Zachman, etc.) and Models Based Systems Engineering (MBSE);
• Experience in applying quality assurance practices;
• Sound experience in development, implementation, fielding, testing and maintenance of modern communications equipment;

Training/Certifications:

• ITIL Foundation;
• PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent Project Management Framework (e.g. PMP) certification;

Experience and Training (desirable):

Experience:

• Knowledge and experience in applying the "NATO Architecture Framework, version 4";
• Knowledge and experience in the application of Federated Mission Networking (FMN) in service design;
• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT;

Training/Certifications:

• PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent (e.g. PMP) certification;
• ArchiMate or TOGAF or equivalent certification;