Service Desk Technician

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations. We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you.

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role Background

NATO Digital Workplace Centre (NDWC), part of NCIA, provides simple yet innovative solutions that underpin the Digital Transformation of NATO by providing feature-rich Digital Workplace, which enable NATO staff members to connect, communicate, and collaborate. Personal Workspace service area, part of NDWC, delivers Personal and Shared Workspace user- facing services to NATO Commands, NATO Force structure and Nations in all 32 Allied Nations:

• Windows-based and iOS/iPadOS-based end user device provisioning, management, operation, and lifecycle across multiple separate networks of different classifications and various form factors;
• Email and instant messaging server backend and client frontend provisioning, management, operation and lifecycle across multiple separate networks of different classifications.
• Print/Scan/Copy service using secure follow me printing capabilities;
• Personal and shared VoIP and VoSIP services providing communication capabilities to the Staff members.

The services integrate with other services such as video-teleconference (VTC), collaboration portals, financial and project management systems and enable NATO-specific functional applications higher up the software stack.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

WP1 - Initial Roll Out Of User Equipment

The scope of this HLT is the successful delivery of 352 work positions. At a minimum, the following activities:

• Local logistical support (i.e. removing devices from delivery pallets and placing into temporary local storage, assisting with asset and configuration management activities);
• Deployment of client device baseline, provided by the Purchaser;
• Assembly of end user equipment at user’s desk in a fully functional work position;
• Configuration, testing and connection of the device to the network;
• Perform user acceptance tests (e.g. login with a temporary account) that ensure the previous steps in this work package are completed successfully. Produce and provide a report/checklist for each end user device;
• Mount 75 Access Points in the ceiling

WP2 - Roll Out Of Permanent User Equipment

The scope of this HLT is the successful re-fitting of 52 work positions. At a minimum, the following activities:

• Remove the user equipment from the end users’ desks installed and move it to a temporary storage room or to a new working position incl. capturing asset details and assisting with device sanitization activities;
• Install the newly provided user equipment comprising the same activities as described in HLT Initial roll out of user equipment.

WP3 - IT Service Kiosk

Incident management

• Logging, updating and tracking IT issues reported by users in the Purchaser’s IT Service Management (ITSM) ticketing system.
• Troubleshooting hardware and software, including drivers, issues and problems using variety of Purchaser’s toolsets and IT systems.
• Providing resolutions or escalating issues to higher level of support if necessary.
• Note: While troubleshooting to identify faults in hardw