Location: NCIA Brunssum, Netherlands (with potential official travel to NCIA locations across Europe)

Duties & Roles:

• Advanced Device Configuration: Execute end-to-end configuration of Cisco routing devices strictly adhering to provided configuration diagrams, ensuring precise mapping of connectivity, ports, VLANs, IP addresses, and subnets.
• Virtual Routing & Segmentation: Implement Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRFs) to enforce strict, auditable protocol and traffic isolation across multiple security classification boundaries.
• Routing Protocol Deployment: Deploy, configure, and optimize dynamic routing protocols including IS-IS, OSPF, and BGP according to enterprise architecture standards.
• Secure Tunnel Establishment: Build, validate, and secure Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) and IPsec tunnels to enable resilient and secure remote transport.
• Management Tool Integration & Physical Coordination: Enroll, configure, and verify deployed network devices within centralized management and monitoring platforms, specifically Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and CA Spectrum, while coordinating with local personnel to guide physical installation and cabling.
• Testing, Troubleshooting & Documentation: Deliver specialized technical support during User Acceptance Testing (UAT), conduct active fault diagnosis, resolve routing/tunneling/authentication defects, and maintain comprehensive system configuration documentation.
• Service Reporting & Governance: Produce weekly progress reports, monthly service performance reports, and participate actively in operational, technical, and service review governance meetings.

Skill, Knowledge & Experience:

• Education & General Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Telecommunications, or related discipline with a minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience; alternatively, the absence of a degree may be compensated by at least 5 years of extensive and progressive experience in the field. At least 5 years of progressive experience in network engineering roles, covering design, configuration, integration, and operational support of enterprise infrastructures.
• Specific Platform Experience: At least 3 years of hands-on experience in operating and configuring Cisco routing and switching platforms (Cisco IOS-XE, Cisco NX-OS), network monitoring tools (CA Spectrum, Intermapper), network automation/orchestration systems, and modern virtualization technologies.
• Routing Protocols & Technologies: In-depth expertise in scalable enterprise routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS), Layer 2/Layer 3 services, VRF, GRE, IPsec, switching architectures (STP, LACP, Cisco Nexus, StackWise), and Quality of Service (QoS) policies.
• Security & Diagnostics: Advanced network troubleshooting using Wireshark, NetFlow, and SNMP, combined with strong knowledge of network security practices (ACLs, VPNs, AAA, RBAC, hardening) and familiarity with ITIL frameworks.
• Desirable Qualifications: Active Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or Service Provider certification; practical familiarity with military-grade IP cryptographic equipment (Thales TCE 621 family).
• Communication & Professional Skills: Excellent spoken and written English communication and presentation skills, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to work autonomously as well as within multi-stakeholder teams.
• Security Clearance: An active and valid NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET personal security clearance is strictly mandatory prior to contract commencement.