CDSA Senior Engineer

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) is looking for a Splunk Developer to join the DICE team, supporting the Cyber Defence Situational Awareness (CDSA) platform within the Cyber Operations Centre (CyOC).

Key duties

Under the direction of the DICE Team Lead, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain CDSA dashboards, visualizations, and user-interface components in Splunk.
• Build and optimize Splunk data models, KVStore collections, scheduled searches, macros, and related objects.
• Implement enhancements and defect fixes based on operational priorities and user feedback.
• Integrate new data sources and tools, such as PLM, ACPV, and Cribl.
• Develop automation and supporting scripts using Python, Bash, or similar technologies.
• Provide day-to-day technical and operational support to Cyber Operations Centre users.
• Serve as the technical bridge between CyOC users and the development contractor, Infigo/King ICT.
• Gather, prioritize, and translate operational feedback into clear technical requirements.
• Test and validate contractor deliverables before production deployment.
• Support Early Life Support activities for new features and releases.
• Monitor dashboard performance, data quality, and overall platform health.
• Improve dashboards, data pipelines, and platform functionality.
• Contribute to the CDSA platform's technical roadmap and continued evolution.