Cyberspace Concept Developer & Validator

Ironclad Defense Works • Norfolk, VA

4d • $128,000 - $155,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Support NATO Cyberspace capability development by identifying, developing, and validating cyberspace operations concepts aligned to NATO operational needs and ACT guidance. You will lead hands-on concept engineering and work with multinational stakeholders to mature concepts through experimentation and implementation planning.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in engineering/systems engineering/computer science (or bachelor’s + 5 years recent hands-on systems engineering in a military context).
• Recent hands-on authorship of cyberspace concepts/specifications/architectures/designs (3+ within the last 5 years).
• Post-degree CIS security and cyber defence credentialing (e.g., CISSP, GIAC, ISACA CISM).
• Hands-on architecture drafting experience (NAF, TOGAF, or equivalent).
• Experience planning and executing stakeholder workshops with government/industry/academia.
• Valid NATO nation passport with no travel restrictions to NATO nations.
• Citizen of a NATO member nation; active NATO or National SECRET (or higher) clearance; English proficiency.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Cyberspace Situational Awareness (CySA), decision support, or Cyberspace C2 (CyC2) concepts.
• Experience with Analyses of Alternatives and capability requirements across DOTMLPFI.
• Prior NATO or multinational defence environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify cyberspace operations capability concepts based on NATO needs and ACT direction.
• Conduct research, collect inputs, draft concepts, and manage reviews/approvals.
• Build and maintain Communities of Interest across NATO, Nations, industry, and academia.
• Contribute to experimentation and validation (feasibility analysis, experiment design, assessments).
• Produce engineering artifacts across the capability lifecycle (requirements, architectures, IERs, interoperability).
• Support additional warfare development activities (studies, foresight, technical and operational analyses).
• Plan and participate in workshops and conferences (travel as required).

What This Job Offers

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