Senior Intelligence and JISR Services Contractor Support

Working Location: Norfolk, USA

Security Clearance: NATO Secret

Language: High proficiency level in English language

The HQ SACT Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and Joint Effects (JISR-JE) Branch requires support for developing Intelligence and JISR services and associated capabilities and activities. This includes analysis, planning, and technical expertise supporting but not limited to the Common Funded Capability Development Governance Model (CFCDGM) across the elements of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, Facilities, and Interoperability (DOTMLPFI), the production or update as needed of JISR and Intelligence Architecture and associated elements as required. In accordance with the NATO Policy on Enterprise Architecture and the Common Funded Capability Governance Model, ACT is responsible for developing Capability Architectures. The most recent formal JISR Reference Architecture was produced circa 2011; other informal documentations of aspects of JISR architecture have been developed when needed, but there has not been an enterprise-wide architecture conducted during this period support in advancing these efforts is desired.

5 years in the last 10 years in the field of information technology and software services, to include familiarity with government/industry Communications and Information Systems

3 years experience in the last 10 years working in a National or NATO strategic or operational command

Ability to participate effectively in high-level discussions, workshops, panels, etc. and prepare professional, high-quality documents for review

3 years experience in the last 10 years working in Intelligence and/or JISR

A Master s Degree in the fields of engineering, management, information systems, business administration, public administration, operations research, project management, international relations or related disciplines, or Bachelor s equivalent with three years experience

Experience in elicitation, capture, development, analysis and evaluation of capability requirements

Demonstrable recent (in the last 10 years) experience in procurement programs in the defense sector- in particular, experience in participation to Programme/Project boards, development of decision support briefings, studies of best procurement alternatives, and risk management

Enterprise Architecture related certifications such as The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

Demonstrable recent (in the last 10 years) experience in development or exploitation of Enterprise or Capability level Architectures in support of defense procurement

Knowledge of project management principles and demonstrated success in applying them to deliver capabilities with or without certification- in particular, experience in initiation and management of programmes and projects, development of exception and routine reports, and management of work breakdown packages. Program and Project Management related certifications such as MSP and PRINCE2, or PMP and PgMP

One or more Requirements Management related certifications such as the ones required to support the US JCIDS Process or the equivalent from other Nations, or the ones recognized by leading organizations in the field such as the IIBA or the IREB

Demonstrable recent (in the last 10 years) experience working in a multinational organization or NATO Command Structure (NCS) / NATO Force Structure (NFS) and familiarity with NATO agencies role in system development

Demonstrable recent (in the last 10 years) experience in the development and maintenance of interoperability requirements, including interface control documents

Demonstrable recent (in the last 10 years) experience in applying Operational Research techniques in support of Analysis of Alternatives, trade-off studies and Course of Action comparisons including techniques like hypothesis testing, MCDA, experimentation, wargaming and simulation

Analytic production supporting CFCDGM products and planning including Operational Requirement Statements, Capability Requirements Brief, Capability Programme Plan, Programme Plan, and others as required

Development of an initial Architecture Vision, including Stakeholder analysis

Collect the relevant documents and information for involved CFCDGM projects and architectures, including previous reference architectures, policies, Capability Packages, requirements and provide a source document repository

Update the JISR and Intelligence Architecture resulting from changes identified based on analytic support in accordance with relevant NATO standards, including NATO Enterprise Architecture Policy, NATO Architecture Framework Version 4; and with application open standards including TOGAF and ArchiMate

Consult as appropriate with project/programme managers, operational users, business architects, system engineers, etc., within NATO, Multinational, and potentially National commands and agencies to support services planning and analysis

Interact directly with external stakeholders within the scope of this contract

Provide recommendations regarding identified capability or interoperability gaps and potential risks along with strategies to address well potential updates or modifications of the architecture, including a draft plan for the follow-on of the work

Elicit, capture, develop, analyze and evaluate Intelligence and JISR requirements

Support Programme and Project planning activities to ensure that the dependencies between requirements and the other elements of the plans are understood and taken into consideration

Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other requirements managers

Support the development, analysis and review of concepts of operation, courses of action and alternatives

Coordinate DOTMLPFI development and implementation synchronization; support the development of recommended courses of action to resolve issues relating capability development

Organize and participate to workshops, seminars, conferences and meetings in support of the activities above

Collaborate with National and international military and civilian organizations, including Centers of Excellence and academia, in support of the activities above

Identify Lessons and contribute to their Learning within the organization

Support the Branch Head CR and travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO s boundaries for up to 30 days per year

Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the labor category

Provide weekly verbal progress reports to the assigned Project Lead and COTR