Overview
Develop and support the development of cyber-operationalization related concepts. Identify operational concepts to be developed, conduct research, and document final concepts.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and/or support the development of cyber-operationalization related concepts.
- Conduct bibliographic/literature review.
- Collect Subject Matters Experts (SMEs) inputs and seek inputs from external stakeholders.
- Conduct comparative analysis with similar concepts.
- Develop concept proposal and concept development plan.
- Define purpose, aim and scope.
- Identify gaps, hypothesis and assumptions.
- Conduct research to develop cyberspace domain solution-oriented transformational ideas.
- Document and develop concept draft(s).
- Collect feedback, validate concept draft(s), develop final concept(s).
- Seek concept approval.
- Use command tools to facilitate a-per-concept Community of Interest (CoI) building and exploitation.
- Organize and attend conferences, conduct or participate in workshops.
- Utilize post-experiment/exercise data, consider lessons identified/learned.
- Be familiar with existing (national and industry) concepts and NATO policies.
- Build or liaise with appropriate communities of interest.
- Lead working groups and writing teams as required.
- Draft initial concept and development of implementation plan.
- Solicit comments and feedback from communities of interest.
- Ensure coherence of developed concepts with other NATO and national related concepts.
- Finalize expected concepts.
- Assist on follow-on actions, including concept approval and dissemination.
- Contribute to annual update of Cyberspace Warfare Development Plan and cyberspace concept framework.
- Provide quality assurance and coordination for concepts developed by other NATO entities.
- Liaise for concept related issues and participate in bilateral engagements.
- Support other communities of interest and act as SME, as required.
- Prepare relevant briefing materials, as required, and deliver presentations.
Required Experience
- University Degree in information security, computer science or related discipline and 4 years post related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related and 2 years function related experience.
- Six years’ system engineering experience, preferably in cybersecurity and/or cyberspace operations projects dealing, at principal technical-resource level, with the development of system-level specifications and architectures, interfaces definition and implementation options.
- Six years’ of demonstrated experience in scientific concept development processes, with least 2 of those years in a role of lead or main contributor.
- Four years’ recent (less than two-year old) demonstrated experience in planning, execution and assessment of military missions in cyberspace.
- Four years’ demonstrated experience in cooperative, distributed document development.
- Four years’ demonstrated recent experience in the process of planning, facilitation and executing workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, industry and academia.
Qualifications
- University Degree in information security, computer science or related discipline
- Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation
- Post-grade education in CIS security and cyberdefence disciplines, as Certified Information Systems security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert or ISACA Certified information security Manager (CISM)
- Master’s degree or similar national academic qualification in computer science, network security, cyber-security or any related field. Can be substituted with Bachelor Degree and 5 years of experience in relevant field and/or verifiable long time experience in the subject.
