RFQ C004672 - Integration Security Engineer

's-Gravenhage, Netherlands | Posted on 25/02/2026

McBride Consulting, based in McLean, VA, USA, and with offices in Brussels, BEL and Bucharest; ROU through its wholly owned subsidiary McBride International, is a Prime Contractor on the NCIA Advisory and Assistance Services Plus (AAS+) Framework.

We are a management and IT consulting firm with significant professional services experience that includes IT transformation, project management, digital transformation, strategic planning, business process improvement, change management, human capital management, systems engineering, and operations. Due to our excellent relationship with NATO and the first-class, security cleared candidates that we source and supply from all 32 NATO nations, we are extremely privileged to ask you to review this role to assess your suitability of skills.

You will be working as a contractor for our client the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)
NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)
NCIA was established on 1 July 2012 from a merger of several NATO entities. It has a 65-year legacy of supporting NATO operations, missions, and exercises and is on the front lines against cyber threats, protecting NATO's networks 24/7. NCIA provides expertise and services that are critical to NATO's ability to fulfill its core tasks of consultation, collective defence, and crisis management.

Under the direction of C2SS, NCSC, you will perform the following activities:

• Ensure t hat all project activities are compliant with NATO Security Policy or Security Authority approved deviations;
• Support C2SS technical leads with design and implementation of security infrastructure in order to integrate centralized security services in the supported projects;
• Support production of security accreditation templates and documentation for tasked products;
• In coordination with C2SS technical leads, liaise with relevant NCSC technical teams to troubleshoot integration of centralized security services with respect to C2SS-supported products and sites;
• Where no centralized security integration is possible, ensure (in coordination with C2SS technical leads) that site systems and network devices are configured to communicate with local security monitoring systems;
• Maintain currency in NATO Security Policy requirements relating to security monitoring and security service integration;
• Participate in meetings with stakeholders and technical points of contact to ensure appropriate integration of supported systems and sites into centralized security infrastructure;
• Stay abreast of technological developments relevant to the area of work; and
• Perform any other security-related du ties as may be required.

Essential education, experience, and training:

• A Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognised/certified university in a technical subject with substantial Information Technology (IT) content and 3 years post-related experience. As an exception, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that are of interest tothe NCI Agency; namely, at least 5 years of extensive and progressive experience in the duties related to the functions of this post.
• Extensive knowledge and experience (at least 3 years) in the following areas:
• Security monitoring, PKI, network forensics and network discovery;
• Researching and evaluating security products & technologies;
• Knowledge in system and network administration of UNIX and Windows systems;
• Technical knowledge in system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, application security, as well as, malware infection techniques and protection technologies;
• Ability to evaluate risks and formulate mitigation plans; and
• Proven ability to write clear and structured technical reports (in English) including executive summary, technical findings and remediation plan for several different audiences.

• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements; and
• Knowledge of NATO organization, internal structure and resultant relationships.

A valid Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) at level NATO Secret is required.