MISP Engineer

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO’s member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO’s communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO’s military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO’s mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO’s information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO’s communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise’s: NATO International Civilians (NIC)’s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)’s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role ID –C005315

RoleRequirements

• This rolemainly entailsperforming quality assurance (software testing) of the open-source MISP software and NATO-specific integrations, in coordination with other people working on the service. The goal is to ensure continuous operations for NATO’s MISP and related integrations. The MISP engineer will work closely with the service delivery manager, engineering manager as well as system administrators, developers, and data engineers working within the team. Furthermore, the role will require engagement with open-source community members.

• Under the direction of the DICE Team Lead the contractor shall perform the following tasks:

• System administration:

• With support from sysadmin-oriented colleagues, configure and manage dedicated MISP instances and related infrastructure for testing

• Occasionally perform basic operations on production NATO MISP instances

• Quality assurance

• Evaluate,appraiseandidentifynon-compliances with organizational standards, anddeterminethe underlying reasons for non-compliance

• Prepare and report on assessment findings and associated risks

• Software (acceptance) testing:

• Plan and manage testing activity

• Specify the testing environment

• Manage the creation of test cases and scenarios

• Ensure that the defined tests reflect realistic operationalconditions andrequiredlevel of coverage

• Ensure tests and results are documented,analyzedand reportedto stakeholders, andrequiredactions are taken

• User and Community Management:

• Occasionally provide basic support to the user-community of theNATOmanaged production MISP instances

• Coordination

• Coordinate testing activities with external parties (core MISPproject team and other community members)

Requirements Description

• At least 5 years practical experience in the following areas:

• Development and execution of software test strategies

• Test automation

• API testing

• Python scripting

• Performing basic Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB operations