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Form of workC2 seeks Concept Validation & Experimentation Officer to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization contract located in Norfolk, VA.
Summary
The Cyberspace Concept Validation & Experimentation Officer is an experienced concept developer and validator, familiar with the use of formal verification and validation/experimentation campaigns. The incumbent must have hands-on experience and be able to explain how he/she developed the concepts, designed the verification and validation campaigns and organized experiments to achieve the desired results. Generic statements of experience and/or participation in applicable campaigns will not suffice. Management, supervisory or contributor roles will in general not suffice.
Responsibilities
Summary
The Cyberspace Concept Validation & Experimentation Officer is an experienced concept developer and validator, familiar with the use of formal verification and validation/experimentation campaigns. The incumbent must have hands-on experience and be able to explain how he/she developed the concepts, designed the verification and validation campaigns and organized experiments to achieve the desired results. Generic statements of experience and/or participation in applicable campaigns will not suffice. Management, supervisory or contributor roles will in general not suffice.
Responsibilities
- Support the Technical Director (TD) in the development of annual Request for Information (RFIs) and other engagement tools to identify potential concepts and experiments to include in the annual Concept Validation/verification and experimentation campaign.
- Support the Technical Director and the experimentation community in the review and selection of cyberspace concepts that require validation/experimentation, with a maximumof, approximately, three or four experiments/verification and validation efforts per year.
- For each of those experiments:
- Ensure that the experiments are properly formulated in terms of underlying concept, hypothesis, description, working assumption and design.
- Select the appropriate methods/mechanisms for Concept Validation, including, but not limited to,analysis, demonstration, verification or operational/technical validation, to be conducted using a variety of means such as prototypes experimentation, table-top exercises, war-games, among other options.
- For each experiment, develop the experiment plan, which shall be described in terms of background, objectives, hypothesis, metrics, success criteria, constraints and other applicable considerations. The individual experiment plan will usually have to be coordinated with the hosting exercise/venue experimentation plan.
- Assemble, coordinate and inform the experiment Community of Interest (which includes NATOorganizations, nations, Cyber Range, industry, and academia).
- Ensure availability of technical knowledge/support and required infrastructure (cyber range, hardware/software, configurations, supplies, etc.) for the successful execution of the campaign.
- Be responsible or support, as needed, the development of stand-alone or cyber range-hostedinfrastructure (HW/SW), centralized or distributed, as well as facilitate or support its configuration, verification and testing. This requires in-depth expertise in working with real servers and virtual machines, VPNs, network configuration and administration, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, SIEMs, etc.
- Prepare relevant briefings and other communication materials (flyers, posters, etc.), and deliver presentations.
- Coordinate and support the experiment execution, including coordination with the hosting/venue exercises plans and battle-rhythms.
- Draft the final experiment report, based on achievement of pre-developed metrics andsuccess criteria, with findings, analysis and recommendations.
- Support the Branch Head/Technical Director/Section Heads for other warfare developmentactivities related to experimentation/Concept Validation (feasibility studies, concept to capability translation, capability analysis and systems engineering, etc.).
- Integrate and synergically work along the cyberspace branch concept developmentCommunity of Interest (CoI), contributing to the development of methodologies and processes and supporting the development of synergies among all concept development activities.
- Attend, as required, meetings and conferences typically within NATO’s boundaries for up to 30 days per year, as required.
- Performs additional tasks, related to the contract, as required by the COTR.
Experience
- Minimum of 5 years (within the last 10) post-graduate hands-on experience in the developmentof operational concepts, preferably in the area of cyberspace operations, cyber security or military operations. In general, management experience, team leading, participation and/or contribution to the above activities will not suffice to qualify.
- Minimum of 3 years (within the last 7) hands-on experience in planning and executing Concept Validation and experimentation campaigns (preferably in a military context and on cyberspace-related topics), including actual expertise in planning and development of exercises, laboratoryexperiments, modelling and simulation and war gaming. In general, management experience, team leading, participation and/or contribution to the above activities will not suffice to qualify.
- Experience in the application of robust methodologies such as the NATO ConceptDevelopment & Experimentation Handbook5 or the Code of Best Practices for Experimentation6.
- Post-grade education in CIS security and cyber defense disciplines, as Certified InformationSystems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert or ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
- Minimum of 5 years post-certification (post- CISSP, GIAC Security Expert, CISM) hands-onexperience in computer networks design and administration, and network security implementation and enforcement, focusing on cybersecurity aspects of network engineering7.
- Experience working for NATO or similar military structure (i.e. International Organization or national MoD), including in relation to its concept and capability development processes and procedures.
- Minimum of 4 years post-degree experience in the process of planning, facilitating and executing project/experiment campaigns, including plan development, community ofinterest development, organization and execution of meetings and workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia and industry.
Education
Master’s degree in systems engineering, computer science, network security or cybersecurity. A Bachelor Degree and 5 years of recent experience in concept development, validation and verification will be considered.
Special Requirements
Fluent in English (Written and Oral).
NATO SECRET-level security clearance or active SECRET security clearance issued by a national authority.
This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions as indicated by the client. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. All job requirements are subject to possible revision to reflect changes in the position requirements or to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a threat or risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. Employees will be required to follow other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor/manager (within guidelines and compliant with Federal and State Laws). Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis.
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