Deadline Date: Monday 9 March 2026 Requirement: Network Technician (Network Automation and Data Entry) Location: Braine-l'Alleud, BE Full Time On-Site: Yes Time On-Site: 100% Total Scope of the request (hours): 418 Required Start Date: 6 April 2026 End Contract Date: 31 December 2026 Required Security Clearance: NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET Duties & Role: Under the direction of NRA Section Head, the incumbent will perform duties such as the following: Ensure tickets are resolved in fulfilment of applicable Service Level Agreements; Be responsible for the data quality and integrity; Be responsible for registration and publishing of names, addresses and metadata required to support the operation and management of NATO networks or comply with Agency direction; Perform data extraction, deduplication, matching, fusion and master data generation, curation and management through its lifecycle; Assign and register addressing and enterprise names to infrastructure designs; Assist project teams in integrating names and addresses of configuration items into NRA repositories; Automate configuration data for NATO, partners and Federation Mission Network affiliates; Automate network telemetry collection and ingestion Perform other duties as may be required Requirements Skill, Knowledge & Experience: The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 3 years post-related experience. Or a secondary educational qualification with 5 years post-related experience Minimum 3 years' experience in a Network Technician, DDI or IP address management (IPAM) role; Familiarity with network automation or other coding languages; Competence with subnetting in both IPv4 and IPv6 environments; Practical experience in DNS, IP and routing protocols (OSPF, RIP, ISIS, BGP etc); Evaluating and processing change requests Auditing network device configurations against registered baselines Desirable Experience and Education: IP address management for military networks Higher secondary education and advanced vocational training in a post related area, couples with at least 5 years recent experience in Telecommunications Management, Information Systems support and/or support of digital Networks Drafting documents/manuals for NATO users Knowledge of NCIA deployable CIS assets Experience supporting NATO operations and exercises Completion of RIPE NCC's LIR Training Course Experience using IPAM DB Experience with NCIA's service request processes Technical knowledge on wide area networks, local area networks and applicability of Firewalls; Awareness of MPLS and Multicast networking; Experience and engagement in industry trainings and events; Industry certification (CCNA DevNet or JNCIA etc) or demonstrable equivalent experience; Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements; Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT