Application Migration Engineer

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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 Background

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is currently moving users and workloads to the public cloud. The NCI Agency Chief Technology Office - Cloud Centre of Excellence (CTO-CCoE) provides guidance and support to this project. One of the work packages in this project is migrating applications and services from on premise environments across the NATO Enterprise to the cloud. The CTO-CCoE is leading the guidance for the migration and offering Subject Matter Expert (SME) support to facilitate this service / application migration process. The CTO-CCoE is looking for a contractor to provide Cloud Engineering services to support the CTO-CCoE team. The contractor should have a strong background on migration applications to the cloud.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direction / guidance of the NCIA Point of Contact or delegated staff, they will provide Application Migration Engineering services support the CTO-CCoE and application teams to plan and execute the migration of services and application to the cloud. This includes the following activities :

Application Assessment and Analysis :

Technical Planning and Execution :

Testing and Validation :

Data Migration and Integrity :

Security and Compliance :

Communication, Collaboration and Coordination :

Essential Skills and Experience

Language Proficiency

Working Location

Working Policy

Travel

Security Clearance

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