Cyberspace Warfare Engineer

CYBERSPACE WARFARE ENGINEER

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

This role supports the end-to-end development and documentation of NATO cyber capabilities based on operational needs strategic guidance and direction from the ACT Programme Director. Key responsibilities include translating operational requirements into validated capability specifications designing functional and non-functional architecture and supporting the creation of implementation plans addressing scope timelines cost and risk.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Based on NATO operational needs requirements literature review and high-level direction and guidance from ACT Programme Director develop describe and document cyber capabilities including: Develop analyse validate complete and enhance capability requirements departing from operational requirements to translate them into specifications for the capability description.
• Develop or support the development and documentation of capability architectures.
• Develop or support the development of capability specifications including functional and non-functional specifications.
• Develop or support the development of implementation plans including analysis of scope timelines cost and risk.
• Build and maintain Communities of Interest (NATO organizations Nations Industry Academia) dedicated to the development and implementation of cyberspace capabilities in close coordination with the Technical Director and ACT Cyberspace Federation & Partnership SME.
• Use those Communities of Interest to develop and validate the products resulting from tasking 1 above.
• Support and contribute to other capability development activities including 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 NATOs boundaries for up to 20 days per year.
• Perform additional tasks related to the contract as required by the COTR.

Required Qualifications:

• Masters degree in engineering systems engineering or computer science. A bachelors degree and 5 years of recent experience in system engineering capability development and implementation in a military context will be considered in lieu of a masters degree.
• Proven recent (at least three within the last five years) post-degree hands-on experience in authoring specifications architectures functional analysis and 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 defence 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).
• Expert-level certification at the level of Programme Management Professional (PMP) AXELOS Management of Successful Programmes (MSP) or Project Professional Qualification (PPQ).
• Demonstrated experience in planning coordinating and executing workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies academia and industry..

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. The DEFTEC team comprises professionals who make a difference daily in crucial national security missions. Our leadership knows that this happens by employing a diverse team that is well cared for. Our top priority is our employees making DEFTEC an ideal workplace.

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DEFTEC is a Drug-Free Workplace where post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana cocaine opioids amphetamines PCP and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.

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