Principal Systems Engineer (Network Design, SATCOM, Power) for NATO with security clearance

WLG Braine-l'Alleud, Wallonia, Belgium

Financial Services · 2-10 employees

Oct 22

Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Belgium

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About the role

Lead the architecture of complex deployable communications systems, establish design principles and standards, and maintain a consistent target architecture across multiple projects. Manage requirements and change control, integrate security and privacy, and produce or approve network designs, risk assessments, and contingency procedures.

What they look for

Systems Architecture Network Design SATCOM Power Distribution Deployable Communications Systems Requirements Management Security and Privacy Network Risk Assessment Wireless Technology Architecture Modeling UML SysML ArchiMate MBSE Team Leadership Field Testing and Maintenance

Requirements

Requires a master's degree with at least five years of relevant experience, or a bachelor's degree with at least eight years, along with technical team leadership and experience with deployable communications, AC power systems, wireless technology, and SATCOM. Candidates should have architecture modeling and field equipment experience, plus ITIL Foundation and PRINCE2 Foundation or PMP; knowledge of NAFv4, TOGAF, DODAF, MBSE, and related certifications is advantageous.

Full description

Communications that have to work in a field, not just in a lab. You would design them.

A multinational defence organisation near Brussels needs a senior solution engineer to own the architecture of complex deployable systems, where power, wireless and satellite links all have to fit together. You would set the standards other projects build to.

What you would be doing

Leading architecture for complex solutions and keeping it true to the agreed requirements

Setting the principles for choosing architecture components and explaining trade-offs to stakeholders

Keeping one stable target architecture across several projects at once

Running scoping and requirements work on large initiatives, including baselines and change control

Making security and privacy part of systems development from the start

Producing or approving network designs: topology, capacity, interfaces, security and access

Assessing network risk and defining recovery and contingency procedures

What you would bring

A Master's degree and 5 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's and 8 years

Experience leading teams of technical staff

Knowledge of deployable, dispersible and highly mobile CIS technology

Design and integration experience with AC power distribution, emergency generators and UPS

A good understanding of wireless technology, including SATCOM

Architecture modelling (UML, SysML or ArchiMate), ideally within NAFv4, TOGAF or DODAF and MBSE

Hands-on experience fielding, testing and maintaining modern communications equipment

ITIL Foundation and PRINCE2 Foundation or PMP

A plus: Federated Mission Networking, PRINCE2 Practitioner, ArchiMate or TOGAF certification

Why this one is worth a look

Real technical authority: the architecture you set is the one the field teams rely on.