Cyberspace Concept Developer and Validator

DEFTEC Corporation • Chesapeake, VA

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About The Position

DEFTEC delivers mission-critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by our clients' critical missions and driven to provide the most effective solutions to execute their missions, operational challenges, and requirements. Our dedicated, experienced, and talented employees work closely with our clients to ensure the delivery of exceptional services and products.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Cyberspace Concept Developer and Validator support NATO's warfare development efforts by identifying, developing, and validating cyberspace operation capability concepts in alignment with ACT's Warfare Development Agenda and guidance from the ACT Cyberspace Technical Director. This role involves conducting research, defining concept scope, drafting and submitting concepts for approval, and contributing to experimentation and validation activities such as feasibility analysis, experiment design, and assessment. The position also builds and maintains Communities of Interest across NATO organizations, Nations, Industry, and Academia, and develops engineering artefacts to support capability implementation, including requirements definition, architecture development, interoperability assessment, and Analyses of Alternatives. Additional responsibilities include supporting related warfare development activities, participating in meetings, workshops, and conferences, and traveling within NATO boundaries for up to 20 days per year, as well as performing other tasks as directed by the COTR.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in system engineering activities, including definition, implementation and engineering of operational/military concepts throughout the complete capability life cycle, is essential. In general, management experience, team leading, participation and/or contribution to the above activities will not suffice to qualify.
• Master's degree in engineering, systems engineering or computer science. A bachelor's degree and 5 years of recent experience in system engineering, capability concept development and implementation in a military context will be considered in lieu of a master's degree.
• Proven recent (at least three within the last five years) post-degree hands-on experience in authoring cyberspace concepts, specifications, architectures, functional analysis, 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).
• Demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating and executing workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia and industry.

Responsibilities

• Based on NATO operational needs, literature review, high-level director and guidance (notably stemming from ACT's Warfare Development Agenda), and guidance from ACT Cyberspace Technical Director, identify cyberspace operation capability concepts to be developed.
• Develop the identified cyberspace operation capability concepts, by conducting all the necessary activities, including, but not limited to, initial research, input collection, concept aim/scope definition, concept drafting, submission, and approval.
• Build and maintain Communities of Interest (NATO organizations, Nations, Industry, Academia) dedicated to the development and implementation of cyberspace operation concepts, in close coordination with the Technical Director and ACT Cyberspace Federation & Partnership SME.
• Contribute to experimentation and validation efforts related to the cyberspace operation concepts (feasibility analysis, experiment design and preparation, assessment, etc.), under the guidance of the Technical Director.
• Develop (as lead or contributor) relevant engineering products/artefacts to support cyberspace capability development and implementation. This includes capability requirements identification and definition across all DOTMLPFl aspects, Analyses of Alternatives, architecture development, Information Exchange Requirements definition, operational evaluation/validation, and interoperability assessment.
• Support and contribute to other warfare development activities related to concept implementation and engineering (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.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level