McBride Consulting LLC
Cyberspace Warfare Development Engineer
McBride Consulting LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23500
Job Description
Client: 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 organizations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.
Tasking:
Based on NATO operational needs, requirements, literature review, and high-level direction and guidance from ACT Program Director, develop, describe and document cyber capabilities, including: a. Develop, analyze, validate, complete and enhance capability requirements, departing from operational requirements, to translate them into specifications for the capability description.
b. Develop or support the development and documentation of capability architectures.
c. Develop or support the development of capability specifications, including functional and non-functional specifications.
d. Develop or support the development of implementation plans, including analysis of scope, timelines, cost and risk.
Build and maintain Communities of Interest (NATO organizations, Nations, Industry, Academia) dedicated to the development and implementation of cyberspace capabilities, in close coordination with the Technical Director and ACT Cyberspace Federation & Partnership SME. Use those Communities of Interest to develop and validate the products resulting from tasking 1, above. Support and contribute to other capability development activities, including feasibility studies, foresight analysis, technical and operational analysis, experimentation campaigns, etc. Inform, organize and participate in meetings, workshops, conferences and other events, and travel to attend those, as needed, generally within NATO's boundaries for up to 20 days per year. Perform additional tasks, related to the contract, as required by the COTR. Requirements
Note: Hands-on experience in system engineering activities, including definition, implementation and engineering of complex cyber defense and/or cyberspace capabilities is essential. In general, management experience, team leading, participation and/or contribution to the above activities will not suffice to qualify.
Proven recent (at least three within the last five years) post-degree hands-on experience in authoring specifications, architectures, functional analysis and designs, preferably in the area of military information and cyber systems. Experience at the level of management, overseeing, participating or supporting shall not be accounted for. Post-degree education in CIS security and cyber defense disciplines, as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert or ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Post-degree hands-on experience in architecture drafting, preferably using NATO Architectural Framework (NAF) or similar standard (e.g. TOGAF). Expert-level certification at the level of Program Management Professional (PMP), AXELOS Management of Successful Program (MSP) or Project Professional Qualification (PPQ). Demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating and executing workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia and industry. Education and Clearance:
Master's degree in engineering, systems engineering or computer science. A bachelor's degree and 5 years of recent experience in system engineering, capability development and implementation in a military context will be considered in lieu of a master's degree. Active NATO or National SECRET (or higher) security clearance.
Tasking:
Based on NATO operational needs, requirements, literature review, and high-level direction and guidance from ACT Program Director, develop, describe and document cyber capabilities, including: a. Develop, analyze, validate, complete and enhance capability requirements, departing from operational requirements, to translate them into specifications for the capability description.
b. Develop or support the development and documentation of capability architectures.
c. Develop or support the development of capability specifications, including functional and non-functional specifications.
d. Develop or support the development of implementation plans, including analysis of scope, timelines, cost and risk.
Build and maintain Communities of Interest (NATO organizations, Nations, Industry, Academia) dedicated to the development and implementation of cyberspace capabilities, in close coordination with the Technical Director and ACT Cyberspace Federation & Partnership SME. Use those Communities of Interest to develop and validate the products resulting from tasking 1, above. Support and contribute to other capability development activities, including feasibility studies, foresight analysis, technical and operational analysis, experimentation campaigns, etc. Inform, organize and participate in meetings, workshops, conferences and other events, and travel to attend those, as needed, generally within NATO's boundaries for up to 20 days per year. Perform additional tasks, related to the contract, as required by the COTR. Requirements
Note: Hands-on experience in system engineering activities, including definition, implementation and engineering of complex cyber defense and/or cyberspace capabilities is essential. In general, management experience, team leading, participation and/or contribution to the above activities will not suffice to qualify.
Proven recent (at least three within the last five years) post-degree hands-on experience in authoring specifications, architectures, functional analysis and designs, preferably in the area of military information and cyber systems. Experience at the level of management, overseeing, participating or supporting shall not be accounted for. Post-degree education in CIS security and cyber defense disciplines, as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert or ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Post-degree hands-on experience in architecture drafting, preferably using NATO Architectural Framework (NAF) or similar standard (e.g. TOGAF). Expert-level certification at the level of Program Management Professional (PMP), AXELOS Management of Successful Program (MSP) or Project Professional Qualification (PPQ). Demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating and executing workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia and industry. Education and Clearance:
Master's degree in engineering, systems engineering or computer science. A bachelor's degree and 5 years of recent experience in system engineering, capability development and implementation in a military context will be considered in lieu of a master's degree. Active NATO or National SECRET (or higher) security clearance.