Senior Secure Communications Engineer – Security Clearance

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Senior Secure Communications Engineer for NATO focusing on secure communication specifications and supporting interoperability testing for multinational Command & Control environments

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularJavaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and refine security profiles for NATO communication standards
Analyze compliance with NATO Data Centric Security (DCS) requirements
Develop proof-of-concept implementations and concept demonstrators
Support interoperability and validation exercises
Design and execute security validation testing
Produce technical specifications and standards documentation
Develop and maintain software components supporting secure information exchange
Contribute to SCRUM-based development teams
Support knowledge transfer and technical handover activities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience designing or implementing secure communication protocols
Experience with: PKI
OAuth
OpenID
Secure messaging
Network security
Practical software development experience in: Java
Python
Angular
Experience with XML and JSON technologies
Experience with test engineering, validation, or interoperability testing
Strong understanding of network architectures and messaging systems
Excellent written and spoken English
Highly Desirable NATO experience
NATO Software Factory (NSF)
FFT systems
STANAG 4774 / 4778
Military interoperability standards
CWIX participation
Command & Control systems
NATO Data Centric Security (DCS)

Benefits

Comp & perks

International Travel

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Hard Skills & Tools

secure communication protocolsPKIOAuthOpenIDsecure messagingnetwork securityJavaPythonAngularXML

Soft Skills

excellent written Englishexcellent spoken English