C4ISR Subject Matter Expert (ISR dimension)

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting 

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Introduction

The NATO Intelligence Community requires a common and standardised Intel data visualisation portal that will incorporate existing INTEL Dashboards and INTEL & C2 data layers across the multi-domain NATO Intelligence enterprise. The future data Portal, Dashboards and bespoke visualisation tools will improve collaboration as all users will be able to see the same authoritative data views across the enterprise. Various Intelligence sub-functions will be provided with bespoke dashboards and tools, as needed, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Intelligence Requirement Management, Collection Management (IRM&CM) as well as exploitation and collation functions. The NATO Core GIS will provide the core technology for the activities described above. The NATO Core GIS is primarily based on COTS from Esri.

Role Background

The scope of this project is to enable and optimise the NATO Common Intelligence Picture using existing NATO capabilities, primarily the NATO Core GIS (Esri baseline). This will be accomplished, but not limited, by:

• Assessing and documenting the current NATO Intelligence Enterprise (NIE) capabilities
• Identifying operational data and system gaps of the NIE as well as areas for enhancements
• Design and implementation of strategies and solutions to address identified NIE gaps
• Test, validate and document NIE enhancements
• Support creation of a single consolidated Intel data services access portal
• Define, design access to NATO C2 information
• Define, design access to Intel source data
• Define, design functional GIS solutions for various JISR sub-functions as needed
• Define, design and deliver relevant training elements

Role Duties and Responsibilities

Support for the NATO Secure Common Multi Source Unified Intelligence Portal (Common Intelligence Picture) with C4ISR Subject Matter (ISR dimension) expertise for the execution of the following tasks:

• Development and implementation of new or modified ISR processes, workflows and tooling in support of the NATO Intelligence Cycle.
• Support the JISR/Intel cycle deficiency analysis
• Identify enhancement options of NATO production and intel sharing systems/ architecture/interoperability
• Support Identification, documentation and registration of authoritative ISR data.
• Perform tasks in the geospatial data domain for Defence and Intelligence as well as
• ISR/GEOINT area
• Support integration of diverse ISR data from complex and disparate data pathways.
• Run ISR and geospatial workshops
• Support the operational end user community within NATO in order to identify the most appropriate functional solution.
• Support the creation of a harmonised NATO & BICES production and Intel sharing systems/architecture.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience in C4ISR for Defence – Over 5 Years
• Knowledge and practical experience of ISR workflows and tooling, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience.
• Knowledge and practical experience of the NATO JISR system landscape, 2 years
• Knowledge and practical experience of the NATO Intelligence Cycle, with a minimum of 2 years’ experience.
• Understanding of GeoINT/IMINT, ELINT & OSINT, e.g. (capabilities/data)
• Knowledge of NATO INTEL production and sharing systems / architecture. Knowledge of BICES INTEL sharing systems / data / architecture.
• Knowledge and practical experience of geospatial data and analytics for Defence and Intelligence, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience.
• Knowledge and practical experience in the GEOINT domain with a minimum of 5 years’ experience.
• Knowledge of integrating diverse ISR data from complex and disparate pathways, with a minimum of 2 years’ experience.
• Knowledge and experience of running ISR requirements workshops in a Defence context.
• Experience with NATO’s JISR operational end user community within a NATO Intelligence enterprise.
• Knowledge and practical experience of C4ISR requirements elicitation in a Defence context, with a minimum of 2 years’ experience.

Desirable Education

• BSc, MSc or equivalent

Working Location

• Helsinki, Finland

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Travel to various NATO sites as needed to support the project, including the NCI Agency in The Hague, Netherlands; Mons, Belgium; and Oeiras, Portugal

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Top Secret personal security clearance