- Working Location: Norfolk, VA, USA
- Security Clearance: NATO Secret
- Language: High proficiency level in English language
DESCRIPTION
The exploitation of cyberspace as a domain of operations presents an increasingly growing challenge for the Alliance. Gaining the ability to plan, conduct and assess military operations in cyberspace requires therefore the development of new concepts and capabilities, notably in the area of cyberspace resilience, mission assurance, Situational Awareness (SA), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) or C3 (Consultation, Command & Control), to name a few.
Cyberspace concepts need to be validated and tested to inform warfare and capability development through different methods/mechanisms such as comparative analysis, demonstration, wargaming and experimentation, based on robust validation methodologies.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
Essential Qualifications/Experience:
- Master’s degree or similar national academic qualification in systems engineer, computer science, network security or cyber-security. Can be substituted with Bachelor Degree and 5 years of experience in relevant field
- 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)
- 5+ years (within the last 10) post-graduate hands-on experience in the development of 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
- 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, laboratory experiments, 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 Concept Development & Experimentation Handbook5 or the Code of Best Practices for Experimentation
- 5+ years post-certification (post- CISSP, GIAC Security Expert, CISM) hands-on experience in computer networks design and administration, and network security implementation and enforcement, focusing on cybersecurity aspects of network engineering
- 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
- 4+ years post-degree experience in the process of planning, facilitating and executing project/experiment campaigns, including plan development, community of interest development, organization and execution of meetings and workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia and industry
DUTIES/ROLE:
- 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 maximum of, 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 NATO organizations, 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-hosted infrastructure (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 and success criteria, with findings, analysis and recommendations
- Support the Branch Head/Technical Director/Section Heads for other warfare development activities 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 development Community 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
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