Deadline Date: Wednesday 22 July 2026
 
Requirement: Senior Architect
 
Location: The Hague, NETHERLANDS
 
Full Time On-Site: Yes
 
Time On-Site: 100%
 
Not to Exceed Rate: 99 EUR
 
Total Scope of the request (hours): 600
 
Required Start Date: 1 September 2026
 
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
 
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
 
Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:

Current National or NATO SECRET clearance

Nationality of one of the NATO member countries

Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position

Any applications that do NOT meet all the above - and do not CLEARLY show these on the CV - will be deleted.
 
Duties & Role:  

• Develops architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.
• Ensures that appropriate tools and methods are available, understood and employed in architecture development.
• Provides technical guidance on solution development and integration.
• Evaluates requests for changes and deviations from specifications and recommends actions.
• Ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) are applied correctly.

Requirements
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• The service contractor will be required to have 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 to the NCI Agency; namely, at least 5 years of extensive and progressive experience in the duties related to the functions of this post.
• The service contractor will be required to have strong experience in enterprise and solution architecture, system-of-systems design, and governance in complex federated environments.

In particular, the following skills are considered required:

• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including SysML and tools such as Cameo or Capella
• Enterprise and solution architecture methods
• NATO interoperability standards and architectural frameworks, including NAF, FMN, STANAGs, and TDL-related constraints
• API and microservices design
• Cloud-native and hybrid deployment architecture
• Integration architecture and interface control

Desirable Experience and Education:

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