Job Description
- This is a remote position.As part of a team, you will:
- Contribute to NATO DCS Implementation Plan (DCS IP) Activities.
- Coordinate activities with other DCS stakeholders, validate technical feasibility and ensure consistency with related tasks (e.g. Federated Mission Networking - FMN).
- Contribute to and provide technical presentations for DCS implementation efforts and updates, including SME participation in NATO Data Centric and Core ServicesCapability Team (DC2S CaT).
- Contribute to DCS Architecture development efforts.
- Analyse, identify and engage dependencies and requirements to support implementation of DCS IP Milestones.
- Define processes, models and workflows for data labelling, including legacy data.
- Assess, validate and integrate DCS and Zero Trust approaches into NATO Enterprise and FMN Architectures.
- Facilitate adoption and deployment of DCS toward its end-state via coherence activities across NATO Enterprise.
- Develop business and technical architectures that support the implementation of DCS, particularly for DCS Maturity Levels 1-3 (ML1-ML3).
- Contribute to the implementation of DCS concepts, such as a Proof-of-Concept Prototype for DCS ML3.
- Facilitate the effective adoption and deployment of DCS towards its end-state via execution of coherence activities across the NATO Enterprise.
- Contribute to the development of NATO Enterprise CS Requirements.
- Develop and validate NATO Enterprise CS requirements, architectural products and technical specifications to support NATO Lines of Development (DOTMLPFI) for inclusion in future NATO CS Capabilities.
- Provide close CS technical support to NCI Agency across CS Resources and Lines of Effort.
- Deliver technical expertise through workshops, capability audits, CS architecture development and NATO Enterprise ICT Service Strategy update.
- Ensure consistent, accurate and accessible documentation of CS Requirements and technical guidance.
- Facilitate identification and mitigation of CS Capability gaps to support Next Generation Core Services (NGCS).
- Maintain traceability and alignment between operational activities, audits and capability development to reinforce CS interoperability and readiness.
- Contribute to capturing NATO Federated CS requirements through interoperability testing.
- Inform and support the capture of Federated CS Requirements.
- Develop and support Alliance and Coalition Federation information sharing concepts,services and specifications.
- Performing interoperability testing activities in NATO Exercises and Events (e.g.CWIX, DIVE, FMN), producing lessons learned and inputs on CS contributions to their Final Reports.
- Provide expert CS contributions to NATO exercises, conferences and working groups.
- Validate and refine requirements through structured testing and interoperability assessments.
- Support development of future CS capabilities by integrating outcomes into FMN Addenda and NATO policy.
- Ensure traceability and alignment between testing, lessons learned and capability planning.
- Assess, validate and integrate DCS approaches into NATO Enterprise and FMN architectures.
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