Deadline Date: Thursday 7 May 2026

Requirement: Principal Solution Engineer

Location: Braine-l'Alleud, BE

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 836

Required Start Date: 11 June 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

 Previously submitted candidates were deemed non-compliant for the following:

• Lacks experience developing solution architectures for complex solutions
• Lacks experience developing solution architectures for complex solutions & lacks experience defining/eliciting requirements definition and prioritisation for large, complex initiatives
• Lacks knowledge and experience of current and future Mobile Infrastructure (Deployable, Dispersible, Highly mobile CIS) technologies and trends

Duties & Role:

Solution Architecture

• Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with agreed requirements.
• Establishes policies, principles and practices for the selection of solution architecture components.
• Manages trade-offs and balances functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation.
• Communicates proposed decisions to stakeholders.
• Coordinates and manages the target architecture across multiple projects or initiatives.
• Maintains a stable, viable architecture and ensures consistency of design and adherence to appropriate standards across multiple projects or initiatives.

Requirements Definition and Management

• Plans and drives scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for large, complex initiatives.
• Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate requirements definition and management methods, tools and techniques.
• Contributes to the development of organisational methods and standards for requirements management.
• Obtains input from, and agreement to requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Negotiates with stakeholders to manage competing priorities and conflicts.
• Establishes requirements baselines.
• Ensures changes to requirements are investigated and managed.

Systems Development Management

• Sets policy and drives adherence to standards for systems development.
• Leads activities to make security and privacy integral to systems development.
• Identifies and manages the resources necessary for all stages of systems development projects.
• Ensures that technical, financial and quality targets are met.

Network Design

• Produces, or approves network providers network architectures, topologies and configuration databases for own area of responsibility.
• Specifies design parameters for network connectivity, capacity, speed, interfacing, security and access, in line with business requirements.
• Assesses network-related risks and specifies recovery routines and contingency procedures.
• Creates multiple design views to address the different stakeholders' concerns and to handle both functional and non-functional requirements.