Provision of SATCOM Network Engineering Services

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 – 2026-0121

Role Duties and Responsibilities

SATCOM Network Architecture and Design

Provide technical expertise in the design, integration, operation, and optimisation of SATCOM network architectures supporting operational, commercial, and mission-critical communication services.

Support the design and evolution of SATCOM network topologies, including hub-and-spoke, mesh, point-to-point, and point-to-multipoint architectures.

Support the integration and management of hybrid SATCOM services, including military and commercial SATCOM capabilities.

Network Connectivity and Infrastructure Engineering

Provide technical expertise across network connectivity, including IP networking, routing and switching, transmission systems, network security, transport technologies, and associated communications infrastructure required to support operational and customer-facing services.

Support end-to-end IP service design across satellite and terrestrial network infrastructures.

Provide expertise in the design and implementation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, including VLAN tagging (IEEE 802.1Q), VLAN mapping (Q-in-Q), VLAN translation, trunking, and traffic segmentation.

SATCOM Access and Transmission Engineering

Support the configuration, operation, optimisation, and troubleshooting of SCPC, MCPC, TDMA, and other satellite access schemes.

Support the operation and optimisation of transmission systems and associated network components.

SD-WAN and Hybrid Network Engineering

Provide technical expertise in the design, deployment, integration, operation, monitoring, and optimisation of Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions supporting SATCOM and hybrid communication environments.

Support SD-WAN architecture, deployment and lifecycle management, integration of SD-WAN with SATCOM, terrestrial and hybrid WAN connectivity, centralised policy-based routing, application-aware traffic steering, dynamic path selection, and link optimisation across multiple transport technologies.

SATCOM Control Segment Integration

Support the networking, connectivity, and integration of the SATCOM control segment, including the respective hardware and software tools and applications located at distributed NCIA facilities.

Operations, Troubleshooting, and Optimisation

Provide technical expertise to support the reliable operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimisation of the network infrastructure supporting SATCOM service delivery.

Perform technical analysis, identify performance issues, support fault resolution, and provide engineering recommendations to improve service reliability and operational effectiveness.

Support technical coordination with relevant resolver teams and stakeholders as required.

SATCOM Network Engineering Deliverables

SATCOM Network Engineering Documentation – technical documentation supporting SATCOM network design, architecture, integration, operation, and optimisation activities.

Technical Assessments and Engineering Reports – technical analyses, documented findings, and engineering recommendations supporting SATCOM service performance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement activities.

Network Architecture and Integration Documentation – updated architecture diagrams, interface documentation, and technical artefacts supporting SATCOM network connectivity, control segment integration, and associated infrastructure.

Operational and Technical Support Documentation – technical records, recommendations, and supporting documentation generated as part of incident resolution, troubleshooting, optimisation, and change implementation activities.

Continuous SATCOM Network Engineering Improvement

Identify opportunities for SATCOM engineering optimisation, performance enhancement, and operational efficiency improvements

Propose and track corrective and preventive technical actions

Monitor technical trends, recurring issues, and stakeholder feedback to support long- term SATCOM capability improvements.

All improvement actions shall be:

Documented

Reviewed during technical and governance meetings

Tracked to completion

SATCOM Network Engineering Reporting

Provide transparent and auditable evidence of progress against agreed deliverables, performance objectives, and defined KPIs.

Enable continuous monitoring of network engineering activities, service availability, technical risks, dependencies, and operational issues.

Provide visibility of operational and engineering activities, including technical assessments, network integration activities, troubleshooting, optimisation activities, technical documentation, and stakeholder coordination.

Support governance, decision-making, and prioritisation of SATCOM network engineering activities.

Facilitate performance validation and application of service credits.

SATCOM Network Engineering Report

Progress status against agreed deliverables, milestones, and planned activities;

Status of SATCOM network engineering activities;

Summary of engineering analyses and technical assessments performed;

Status of network architecture, interoperability assessments, and standards compliance activities;

Risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and mitigation actions related to

SATCOM network engineering activities;

Status of corrective, preventive, and improvement actions;

Summary of stakeholder coordination activities, workshops