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, and is looking for personnel to join their team and support key client projects, specifically with the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and the Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS) program.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in system engineering activities, including definition, implementation and engineering of operational/military concepts throughout the complete capability life cycle.
- Proven recent (at least three within the last five years) post-degree hands-on experience in authoring cyberspace concepts, specifications, architectures, functional analysis, designs, preferably in the area of military information and cyber systems.
- 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).
- Demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating and executing workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia and industry.
- Advanced Proficiency in English
- Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance
Responsibilities
- Based on NATO operational needs, literature review, high-level direction and guidance (notably stemming from ACT's Warfare Development Agenda), and guidance from ACT Cyberspace Technical Director, identify cyberspace operation capability concepts to be developed.
- Develop the identified cyberspace operation capability concepts, by conducting all the necessary activities, including, but not limited to, initial research, input collection, concept aim/scope definition, concept drafting, submission, and approval.
- Build and maintain Communities of Interest (NATO organizations, Nations, Industry, Academia) dedicated to the development and implementation of cyberspace operation concepts, in close coordination with the Technical Director and ACT Cyberspace Federation & Partnership SME.
- Contribute to experimentation and validation efforts related to the cyberspace operation concepts (feasibility analysis, experiment design and preparation, assessment, etc.), under the guidance of the Technical Director.
- Develop (as lead or contributor) relevant engineering products/artefacts to support cyberspace capability development and implementation.
- Support and contribute to other warfare development activities related to concept implementation and engineering (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 NATO's boundaries for up to 20 days per year.
Other
- Master's degree in engineering, systems engineering or computer science. A bachelor's degree and 5 years of recent experience in system engineering, capability concept development and implementation in a military context will be considered in lieu of a master's degree.
- Travel to attend meetings, workshops, conferences and other events, as needed, generally within NATO's boundaries for up to 20 days per year.
- On-Site working policy
- Contract Duration: January 2026 – December 2030
- Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance
