NATO HR Application Support

HR Application Support

 

LOCATION: Mons, Belgium

CLIENT: NATO

DURATION: End of this year with possible extensions

CONTRACT: Consultant

SALARY: Negotiable daily rate

CLEARANCE: NATO Secret

STARTING DATE: 17 June 2019

 

TASKS:

·     Supporting in-service operations of the systems

·     Support and operation of the assigned system(s) including:

o   Systems operationally used by ACO and NCIA (for example APMS, AMIS, NST EP)

o   Local systems currently used by SHAPE Base Support Group (ISIPS, SHAPE Housing, MTM)

o   Maintenance of the operational & support environments

o   Monitoring of performance of the assigned service applications

o   Support CIS Support Units (CSU) and other support staff for daily operations of the systems

o   Support technical reviews, walkthroughs and audits

·     Contribution to service application enhancement & transition for the assigned service applications

·     Provision of professional and technical contributions in the conception, development and co-ordination related to all aspects of software development within the SL projects or services

·     Provision of input to the preparation of functional and technical specifications for software and hardware with special focus on the SSBA SL domain

·     Support to change management, configuration management, release and testing

·     Provision of subject matter expertise and advice as required

·     Performing other duties as may be required

 

REQUIREMENTS:

·     At least 5 years of relevant experience in the field of computer science or electronic engineering

·     Experience in offering support to applications

·     Experience in offering support for Allocate Software Defence Suite

·     Experience and good knowledge of the following COTS technology:

o   GENPACT Sequence Kinetics or Sequence Cora

·     CITI Manage ID

·     Experience with programming languages and platforms like .NET, C#, JAVA, JavaScript

·     Experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration, optimization and querying

·     Experience in human resource (HR) IT applications related to personnel, posts, organisations, identity management and badges

·     Experience (at least two years) in various areas of Software Engineering including some of the following:

o   Requirements elicitation and management (including non-functional requirements for Operations & Maintenance)

o   SW change management and testing

o   Application release and deployment management

o   Configuration management practices and tools

o   Application Lifecycle Management concept and tools

·     Knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art technologies, relevant to software engineering

·     Technologies and standards (at least 4 of them): HTML5, REST Services, Web Services, XML, SQL, Visual Basic for Applications

·     Application server technologies and Relational data base management systems

·     Ability to work in cross functional teams like Application management/development team

·     Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with good briefing skills.

DESIRABLE:

·     Knowledge of NATO HR processes

·     Knowledge of post related applications like ISIPS, APMS, AMIS, NSTEP

·     Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint applications and their administration

·     Cloud computing, SaaS, knowledge of Microsoft Azure

·     Experience with data modelling of complex systems

·     Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements

·     Design and implementation of Human Machine Interfaces

·     Design patterns