Technical Lead — Future Technologies for Deployable Communications for NATO with security clearance

Relocation to the United States Norfolk Virginia. We provide the NATO-5 visa.

A multinational defence organisation is planning the next generation of the communications systems that deploy with its forces. This role is the technical authority on what comes next: assessing technologies finding the gaps and saying plainly what should be adopted.

What you would be doing

• Advising the programme director on future deployable communications technologies.
• Assessing current systems and performing capability gap analyses.
• Developing technical recommendations for modernisation initiatives.
• Taking part in architecture reviews and supporting strategic planning.
• Evaluating commercial and government-developed technologies for deployed use.
• Producing technical evaluation reports and delivering technical briefings.
• Evaluating how future technologies integrate with existing architectures and how they interoperate with legacy systems mission networks and enterprise services.
• Supporting operational test and evaluation and reviewing post-exercise findings.
• Running technical risk assessments and recommending mitigations.

What you would bring

• A university degree in computer science information technology computer or electrical engineering telecommunications or an equivalent field.
• At least three years supporting enterprise or tactical communications systems.
• At least three years of demonstrated expertise in one or more of cloud computing network automation enterprise networking or tactical networking.
• Experience with satellite communications cyber security zero trust or AI-assisted network management.
• Experience in deployable communications or signals as a subject matter expert.
• At least three years supporting capability development and integrating emerging technologies.
• At least three years of technical analysis written findings and technical briefings.
• At least three years in an alliance or multinational military environment.
• Fluent professional English.

This is a long engagement that renews year on year not a short project.