Interoperability Analyst

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

Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is NATOs leading agent for change: driving facilitating and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are: providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; and improving relationships interaction and practical cooperation with partners nations and international organisations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development capability development training and lessons-learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

The program

Capability Development & Management Support (CDMS)

DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformations Director for guidance direction and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate.

The Requirements Division will execute all tasks and activities needed to support requirements management for NATO capabilities

The Capability Requirements (CR) Branch will develop the Capability Requirements Brief and recommended courses of action to resolve issues through the life cycle management of requirements using matrixed cross-functional project-specific Requirements Management teams.

The Requirements Forward Branch (Mons) is responsible for conducting requirements development and management representation and engagement-related functions in Europe.

The Capability Division coordinates the development of capabilities from capability planning through acceptance and then disposal with management entities NATO Headquarters staff and the NATO Governance Structure

The Capability Forward Branch (Mons) coordinates with ACO NCIA NSPA NATO HQ territorial Host Nations and NATO Centres of Excellence (COEs) to support the development of capabilities.

Strategic Plans and Policy (SPP) supports Allied Command Transformation in formalizing military advice to shape future military strategy political guidance and other policy documents supporting NATOs strategic objectives.

Role ID: 27-01-A-LC01

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Support federated interoperability activities across the capability lifecycle
• Elicit capture and collect interoperability requirements across all aspects of DOTMLPFI.
• Contribute and participate in the development of policies directives concepts and process refinement related to federated interoperability.
• Monitor and assure the quality completeness and consistency of interoperability test data within designated tools. Identify and resolve data gaps to support reporting and analysis.
• Execute structured communications with COIs prepare participants for interoperability events and activities.
• Provide timely actionable guidance to participants on federated interoperability processes tools and events
• Coordinate and contribute to the activities of the Federated Interoperability Branch.
• Support the analyses of interoperability data collected including the production and delivery of reports and briefings.
• Administer and maintain user accounts ensuring secure role-based access to designated interoperability test tools.
• Directly support the Branch and Section Heads and will be required to travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATOs boundaries for up to 30 days per year.
• Performs additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the LABOR category.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrate a minimum of 5 years in the past 10 of proven work experience in multinational collaboration coordination preferably in NATO or equivalent multinational environments.
• Demonstrate a minimum of 3 years in the past 10 of professional experience supporting interoperability initiatives campaigns programmes or activities across multiple stakeholders and nations. Examples include but are not limited to:
• The annual Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise (CWIX)
• TIDE Sprint
• TIDE Hackathon
• Digital Interoperability Verification Experiment (DIVE
• Federated Mission Networking (FMN)
• Interoperability 360 workshops (IO360)
• Demonstrate a minimum of 3 years in the past 10 of managing and delivering interoperability requirements including governance data collection and reporting.
• Demonstrate a minimum of 3 years in the past 10 of planning preparing coordinating and managing events meetings workshops conferences exercises or similar activities for cross-functional project teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a minimum of 3 years in the past 10 of facilitating and coordinating the production of meeting notes action lists reports and briefings and summaries for military and civilian audiences up to Flag/General Officer or equivalent level.
• Experience of managing editing and processing interoperability data using NATO or national toolsets (for example CWIX Wiki or IOCore).
• Programme and Project Management experience in the past 10 years within a complex and dynamic programme environment.
• Able to demonstrate excellent organizational skills including the ability to manage timelines deliverables task tracking and stakeholder coordination.

Education

• Minimum of a four-year university (Bachelors) degree or higher at a nationally recognized/certified university.

Language Proficiency

• Advanced Proficiency in English

Working Location

• Norfolk VA USA

Working Policy

• On-Site

Contract Duration

• January 2027 December 2031

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance