[1][2] After completing basic training, Ngatiyana was deployed to East Timor where he served until 1988.

[3] In 2017, Ngatiyana ran as a candidate for the vice-mayor of the city of Cimahi, West Java, with Ajay Muhammad Priatna as his running mate.

The pair won 40.55% of the votes in the three-candidate race, defeating the incumbent mayor and another challenger.

[4] Following the arrest of Ajay by the Corruption Eradication Commission, Ngatiyana was appointed as acting mayor on 28 November 2020.

[5] On 16 August 2022, he was appointed as full mayor for the rest of his term, which expired on 22 October 2022.