Full Stack Software Developer for NATO with secuirity clearance
OVERALL SCOPE The NATO Information and Communication Agency (NCI Agency) is currently involved in the development of joint, new capabilities/services for NATO, as well as in the support of existing capabilities and services. In the light of these activities, the Command-and-Control Centre is looking for an experienced Full Stack Software Developer. Specifically, the selected Contractor will work as a member of the software development team on the development and maintenance of existing software modules and on the development of new software modules of the Interoperability, Test and Assessment (IOTA) suite of tools. Under the supervision of the Project Manager (PM) and the Service Delivery Manager (SDM), the Contractor will work under the guidance of the Lead Developer (LD) and develop and update the IOTA suite of tools. This includes the following activities:
- Design, develop, test and maintain the software for the IOTA suite of tools;
- Write, update and maintain the software documentation for the IOTA suite of tools;
- Participate in the team meetings as required by the Lead Developer (LD), the Service Delivery Manager (SDM) and the Project Manager (PM);
- Update accordingly the development backlog system with progress and comments;
SPECIFIC EXPERTISE REQUIREMENTS The following expertise and knowledge are considered essential for this contract:
- Nationality of one of the NATO Nations;
- Excellent command of spoken and written English;
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in software development environments;
- Proven knowledge of NATO Tactical Data Links (Link 16, Link 11, Link 22), FFT (FFI, NFFI) and other military or civilian interoperability standards for messaging and data exchange;
- Proven extensive experience with NATO Tactical Data Links data connectivity and quality monitoring techniques;
- Proven experience with installation and maintenance of NATO Tactical Data Links Enabling Services in operational environments and exercises;
- Proven experience and proficiency in Front-end development. Excellent knowledge of technologies such as Angular 17 or higher, HTML5, CSS, Typescript and JavaScript;
- Proven experience and proficiency in Back-end development. Excellent knowledge of technologies such as Java 17 or higher, Spring Framework 5.3 or higher and Spring Boot 3;
- Proven experience in development of (near) real-time RESTful web systems using the following protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, WS, WSS and SOAP;
- Proven experience and proficiency in writing automated testing for software modules (JUnit/Component, Functional and Integration);
- Proven knowledge of XML, JSON, Git, Maven and Jenkins;
- Proven knowledge of TCP/UDP/IP protocols, networking concepts and ability to use networking tools (SSH, Terminal).
The following expertise and knowledge are considered desirable for this contract:
- Desirable previous experience within the NATO enterprise (ACO, ACT, NCIA, etc.);
- Desirable previous experience working in the NATO Software Factory (NSF);
- Desirable previous experience supporting NATO Interoperability exercise (CWIX, etc.);
- Desirable previous experience with NATO Data Centric Security Standards (4774, 4778).
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