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Yorktown Systems Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No employee or applicant for employment is denied equal opportunity because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, any other non-merit-based factor, or other characteristics protected by law. As part of the company's equal employment opportunity policy, Yorktown Systems Group, Inc. will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
Yorktown Systems Group, Inc. is a committed team of dedicated former military and civilian professionals who believe in providing ethical and quality services to Government customers. Our leadership team is composed primarily of Veterans who are now serving in a corporate environment rather than in uniform. Our customer's missions become our own and we are committed to working as a team to achieve success.
Because of the depth and experiences of our corporate leadership, we can assure all our customers that "we will do what we say we can do" and will focus on our customer's missions rather than corporate goals. Our business model is based on a personal commitment from our leaders to maintain contact with our customers to continually and consistently gauge our performance.
Yorktown Systems Group was founded on the idea that providing quality and ethical services with a laser focus on our customer's goals is an effective long-term business model. Our mission, therefore, is to help our customers meet their requirements and goals.
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This provision shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of such employee's essential job functions discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or is consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
Job Title
Cyberspace Situational Awareness (CYSA) Concept Implementation Engineer, NATO-ACT
Location
Norfolk, VA - Norfolk, VA 23501 US (Primary)
Category
Contractors
Job Description
Summary:
Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified Concept Implementation Engineer to support NATO's Allied Command Transformation (ACT) headquarters (HQ SACT) in Cyberspace Situational Awareness (CYSA) Concept Implementation. As a result of the declaration of Cyberspace as a domain of operations, NATO has allocated significant efforts to the development of functions and capabilities supporting conducting operations and missions in cyberspace. Cyberspace Situational Awareness (CySA) is considered an essential capability to conduct operations in cyberspace, as well as to support coordination, collaboration and consultation with NATO members and partners.
NATO has conducted a number of research and development studies in the area of CySA concepts, specifications and architectures, and has come up with a good description of the required CySA capabilities for NATO and the Alliance. NATO is ready to develop and implement the CySA capability. This Statement of Work (SoW) seeks contractor support to for CySA Concept Implementation and engineering, notably in support of capability development.
Hands-on experience in system engineering activities covering the complete capability lifecycle, from requirement & specification definition to architecture development, as well as in Concept Implementation, experimentation and engineering in a military context, are essential. In general, management experience, team leading participation and/or contribution to the above activities will not suffice to qualify the candidates.
Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:
Based on the literature review (including results of studies conducted by ACT), as well as additional guidance from Cyberspace Branch Technical Director (TD) and relevant Subject Matters Experts (SMEs), develop a plan to implement CySA concept in support of capability development efforts, notably for the Capability Programme Plan (CPP).
Job Requirements
Required Qualifications:
This position calls for an experienced system engineer, familiar with the implementation and engineering of operational/military concepts throughout the complete capability life cycle. The incumbent must have hands-on experience and be able to formulate requirements/specifications and develop architectures and solutions, either interim or final ones. Generic statements of experience and/or participation in applicable campaigns will not suffice. Management, supervisory or contributor roles will in general not suffice.
Clearance: Must possess an active NATO or U.S. SECRET or higher security clearance.
Location: Norfolk, VA
Travel: CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required.
Job Type
Full-time
Exemption Type
Exempt
Travel
Some travel may be required
Yorktown Systems Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No employee or applicant for employment is denied equal opportunity because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, any other non-merit-based factor, or other characteristics protected by law. As part of the company's equal employment opportunity policy, Yorktown Systems Group, Inc. will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
Yorktown Systems Group, Inc. is a committed team of dedicated former military and civilian professionals who believe in providing ethical and quality services to Government customers. Our leadership team is composed primarily of Veterans who are now serving in a corporate environment rather than in uniform. Our customer's missions become our own and we are committed to working as a team to achieve success.
Because of the depth and experiences of our corporate leadership, we can assure all our customers that "we will do what we say we can do" and will focus on our customer's missions rather than corporate goals. Our business model is based on a personal commitment from our leaders to maintain contact with our customers to continually and consistently gauge our performance.
Yorktown Systems Group was founded on the idea that providing quality and ethical services with a laser focus on our customer's goals is an effective long-term business model. Our mission, therefore, is to help our customers meet their requirements and goals.
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This provision shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of such employee's essential job functions discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or is consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
Job Title
Cyberspace Situational Awareness (CYSA) Concept Implementation Engineer, NATO-ACT
Location
Norfolk, VA - Norfolk, VA 23501 US (Primary)
Category
Contractors
Job Description
Summary:
Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified Concept Implementation Engineer to support NATO's Allied Command Transformation (ACT) headquarters (HQ SACT) in Cyberspace Situational Awareness (CYSA) Concept Implementation. As a result of the declaration of Cyberspace as a domain of operations, NATO has allocated significant efforts to the development of functions and capabilities supporting conducting operations and missions in cyberspace. Cyberspace Situational Awareness (CySA) is considered an essential capability to conduct operations in cyberspace, as well as to support coordination, collaboration and consultation with NATO members and partners.
NATO has conducted a number of research and development studies in the area of CySA concepts, specifications and architectures, and has come up with a good description of the required CySA capabilities for NATO and the Alliance. NATO is ready to develop and implement the CySA capability. This Statement of Work (SoW) seeks contractor support to for CySA Concept Implementation and engineering, notably in support of capability development.
Hands-on experience in system engineering activities covering the complete capability lifecycle, from requirement & specification definition to architecture development, as well as in Concept Implementation, experimentation and engineering in a military context, are essential. In general, management experience, team leading participation and/or contribution to the above activities will not suffice to qualify the candidates.
Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:
Based on the literature review (including results of studies conducted by ACT), as well as additional guidance from Cyberspace Branch Technical Director (TD) and relevant Subject Matters Experts (SMEs), develop a plan to implement CySA concept in support of capability development efforts, notably for the Capability Programme Plan (CPP).
- Provide system engineering support to capability development activities related to CySA Concept Implementation: inter alia capability requirements identification and definition across all DOTMLPFI1 aspects, Analyses of Alternatives (AoA), architecture development, Information Exchange Requirements (IERs) definition, operational evaluation and validation, interoperability assessment.
- Maintain relevant Communities of Interest (NATO, nations, industry, academia) dedicated to the implementation of CySA concept: coordinate workshops, Request for Information (RFI), etc. to share/collect inputs from stakeholders.
- Provide support to update existing CySA concepts, as necessary, including through concept development, experimentation, feasibility analysis, prototyping and technical/operational validation.
- Based on the experience with CySA Concept Implementation, develop strategies, plans and procedures that will inform future Concept Implementation and engineering efforts within cyberspace domain in support of capability development.
- Support and contribute to other warfare development activities related to Concept Implementation and engineering (feasibility studies, experimentation, etc.).
- Directly support the Branch Head/Technical Director/Section Heads and travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO's boundaries for up to 30 days per year, as required.
- Performs additional tasks, related to the contract, as required by the COTR.
Job Requirements
Required Qualifications:
This position calls for an experienced system engineer, familiar with the implementation and engineering of operational/military concepts throughout the complete capability life cycle. The incumbent must have hands-on experience and be able to formulate requirements/specifications and develop architectures and solutions, either interim or final ones. Generic statements of experience and/or participation in applicable campaigns will not suffice. Management, supervisory or contributor roles will in general not suffice.
- Master's degree or similar national academic qualification in computer science, network security, cybersecurity or any related field. A Bachelor Degree and 5 years of recent experience in system engineering and Concept Implementation will be considered. In general, management experience, team leading, participation and/or contribution to the above activities will not suffice to qualify.
- Minimum of 7 years (within the last 10 years) post-graduate hands-on experience in system engineering activities covering complete capability lifecycle, including, but not limited to, requirement identification, specification definition, interoperability assessment, and architecture development. In general, management experience, team leading, participation and/or contribution to the above activities will not suffice to qualify2.
- Minimum of 3 years (within the last 7 years) post-graduate hands-on experience in Concept Implementation and engineering in a military context, preferably related to operational-level Cyberspace Situational Awareness (CySA) concepts. At least 3 of those years should be in a role of lead engineer. 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 years) experience with architecture drafting, preferably using NATO Architectural Framework (NAF) or similar standard (e.g. TOGAF).
- Post-grade education in CIS security and cyber defence disciplines, as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert or ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
- 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 workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia and industry.
- Possess a valid NATO Nation and/or U.S. passport with no travel restrictions to NATO nations.
- Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Tool Suite and collaborative software.
- Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) or equivalent.
Clearance: Must possess an active NATO or U.S. SECRET or higher security clearance.
Location: Norfolk, VA
Travel: CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required.
Job Type
Full-time
Exemption Type
Exempt
Travel
Some travel may be required
