Senior Emerging and Disruptive Technologies Analyst

Senior Emerging and Disruptive Technologies Analyst
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POSITION OVERVIEW
This position directly supports Allied Command Transformation (ACT) which 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 organizations.
Analyzing Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) is a critical task for NATO looking to stay competitive and innovative in today's rapidly evolving security landscape. Especially with regards to the NATO Warfare Capstone Concept (NWCC) and the Warfare Development Agenda (WDA) the requirements of leveraging EDTs evolve rapidly and needs additional attention. To support these analyses and the increasing influence of EDT it is essential to extend the workforce with additional analysts with the necessary specialized skills and expertise. This requirement is specifically linked to the NATO2030 tasking where NATAO Military Authorities (NMAs) are tasked to accelerate EDTs adoption across NATO to enable the Alliance to leverage the full potential of those technologies.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contribute to identification of new and cataloguing of existing EDTs.
• Contribute to the sustained EDTs military implication assessment function in support of Warfare Development Agenda.
• Promote increased level of experimentation of EDTs based solutions in realistic environment.
• Provide and coordinate input to programming of EDTs' activities within ACT S&T POW in support of ACT's foresight, NDPP, multinational solutions, capability development, experimentation, training and education.
• Influence and exploit EDTs that address identified capability shortfalls and those significantly impacting available capabilities.
• Provide and coordinate input to the production and delivery of EDTs advice that informs the strategic foresight analysis efforts (SFA, FFAO), NATO defense planning (e.g., NDPP step 2) and subsequent capability and force development efforts, including capability requirements formulation, concept development and experimentation and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA).
• Identify capability shortfalls that could benefit from adoption of EDTs by analyzing the NDPP products, the operational Lessons Learned and in coordination with other ACT staff.
• Educate HQ SACT staff on the opportunities and risk associated with EDTs.
• Organize and manage knowledge base by sustained provision of the current status of EDTs adoption for Warfare Development, and to enable information exchange between ACT, NATO and national EDTs stakeholders.
• Act as Member of the Innovation Branch, executing tasks and duties as directed by the Section Head Science and Technology or his superiors with regards to the projects, activities, and outputs related to the Branch core tasks in the larger field of Science and Technology

QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Active NATO or National Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's degree from a nationally recognized/certified University in scientific or engineering discipline and 4 years post-related experience. The lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to ACT, that is, at least 6 years extensive and progressive in duties related to the function of the post.
• Two years' experience in the assembly and interpretation of research & technology information.
• Knowledge of S&T information sources in nations, for example defense research laboratories, academic institutions, media and defense ministries.
• Experience in interpreting information on future S&T in order to measure the effect of these technologies on military capability.
• Practical experience with PC office automation products, including the use of internet for information research.
• Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) or equivalent.

DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole-life benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, holiday, paid time off, 401K with a match, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and educational reimbursement.
DEFTEC is a Drug-Free Workplace where post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.
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