Head (Technical Capability Branch) for NATO with security clearance

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The Head of the Technical Capability (TeC) Branch is responsible for the strategic planning management and execution of the Branchs Programme of Work. This role provides specialist technical leadership ensures quality and coherence of services and drives continuous improvement across all TeC Branch products platforms and processes. The incumbent will coordinate closely with other Academy Branches Academy leadership and stakeholders while overseeing technical risk security compliance lifecycle management and innovation within the Academy Learning Environment.

Responsibilities:

• Head of TeC Branch responsible for planning and managing TeC Branch team and resources and execution of Programme of Work

Provision of specialist advice and support to Academy operations

Coordination with other Academy Branches

Technical leadership to projects and service

Quality control of TeC Branch services delivery and outputs

Communications and reporting to Academy leadership and Academy stakeholders

Continuous improvement of TeC Branch services products and platforms data and processes

Lifecycle and obsolescence management oversight

Technical coherence related to the Academy Learning Environment

Technical issue risk and dependency management

Security compliance and CISPIA coordination and compliance with Agency policy and procedures

• Perform other duties as may be required.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• A minimum requirement of a Masters degree at a nationally recognized/certified University in a Computer and Information Technology science or engineering related programme and 5 years experience in designing developing integrating securing operating and maintaining a digital ecosystem that enables learning innovation learning design and development learning management and learning delivery in an on premise and enterprise environment or equivalently complex digital ecosystem.

• A minimum of 5 years experience in managing a team of IT professionals moderating technical discussions with multidisciplinary teams overseeing (as technical lead) a large portfolio of IT projects and service delivery and applying analytical and systems thinking to complex problems.

• Demonstrated experience managing and guiding resources (including outsourced resources) planning and prioritizing work managing dependencies issues and risks and ensuring quality.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in system integration and build testing operations and maintenance and technical coordination or lifecycle management within complex IT environments.

• Proven experience working across multiple technical domains including applications infrastructure networking and cyber security.

• Experience operating in structured policy-driven environments with defined governance and security requirements.

• At least 5 years of practical experience in developing systems design planning requirements specification for military CIS/C4ISR systems or similar complex IT systems and driving the architecture to implementation and operations

• Sound practical knowledge and experience of service delivery and service provisioning policies methodologies processes and tools; familiarity with IT service management practices (e.g. ITIL).

• Recent experience with cloud computing services and SaaS PaaS and IaaS virtualised environments or self-service laboratory solutions.

• Experience with system and network automation

• Experience supporting security accreditation and compliance activities.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders build and manage strong partnerships

• Proven ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with good briefing skills.

• Experience working in a combined civilian and military organization

• Experience working in a large multi-national or international organization

• Experience in training education or mission-support environments involving CIS systems.

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