Cyberspace Situational Awareness (Cysa) Expert

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATO's leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; improving relationships, interaction, and practical cooperation with partners, nations, and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training, and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

The program

Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS)

DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and co-ordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate.

The Requirements Division will execute all tasks and activities needed to support requirements management for NATO capabilities

The Capability Requirements (CR) Branch will develop the Capability Requirements Brief and recommended courses of action to resolve issues associated with through the life cycle management of requirements using matrixed, cross-functional project- specific Requirements Management teams.

The Requirements Forward Branch (Mons) is responsible for conducting requirements development and management representation and engagement related functions in Europe.

The Capability Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with management entities, NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure

The Capability Forward Branch (Mons) coordinates with ACO, NCIA, NSPA, NATO HQ, territorial Host Nations, and NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) in support of the development of capabilities.

Strategic Plans and Policy (SPP) supports Allied Command Transformation in formalizing military advice to shape future military strategy, political guidance, and other policy documents in support of NATO's strategic objectives.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Based on the literature review (including results of studies conducted by ACT), as well as additional guidance from Cyberspace Branch Subject Matters Experts (SMEs), develop a plan to implement the CySA concept in support of capability development efforts, notably for the Capability Programme Plan (CPP).
• Provide engineering support to capability development activities related to CySA concept implementation: inter alia capability requirements identification and definition across all DOTMLPFI2 aspects, Analyses of Alternatives (AoA), architecture development, Information Exchange Requirements (IERs) definition, and interoperability assessment.
• Maintain relevant Communities of Interest (NATO, nations, industry, and academia) dedicated to the implementation of the CySA concept: coordinate workshops, Request for Information (RFI), etc. to share/collect inputs from stakeholders.
• Provide support to update existing CySA concepts, as necessary.
• Based on the experience with CySA concept implementation, develop strategies, plans, and procedures that will inform future concept implementation efforts within the 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.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• 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).
• Minimum of 5 years post-grade (post-CISSP, GIAC Security Expert, CISM) hands-on experience in system engineering activities covering the complete capability lifecycle, including, but not limited to, requirement identification, specification definition, interoperability assessment, and architecture development.
• Minimum of 5 years post-grade (post-CISSP, GIAC Security Expert, CISM) hands-on experience in concept implementation and engineering in the area of military operations and Cyberspace Situational Awareness (CySA) concepts. At least 3 of those years should be in the role of lead engineer.
• Practical and recent (less than two years old) experience with architecture drafting, preferably using NATO Architectural Framework (NAF) or similar standard (e.g. TOGAF).
• Minimum of 4 years post-degree experience in the process of planning, facilitation, and executing workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia, and industry.
• Experience working for NATO or similar military structure (i.e. International Organization or national MoD), including about its concept and capability development processes and procedures

Education

• Master's degree or similar national academic qualification in computer science, network security, cybersecurity, or any related field. Can be substituted with a Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of experience in a relevant field.

Working Location

• (Norfolk, VA, USA)

Working Policy

• Onsite

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO personal security clearance

Language

• Professional English