Contract Support to Senior Cyber Liaison Officer to Cyberspace Branch

• Working Location: Brussels, Belgium
• Security Clearance: NATO Secret
• Language: High proficiency level in English language

• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science from an accredited university
• Post-graduate education in CIS security and cyber defense disciplines, as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert or ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Demonstrated resiliency working within ambiguous environments with little direction and guidance, willingness to be proactive and seek engagements (without invitation)
• 5 years of experience within the last eight years working in a Cyber Security or Cyberspace Operations environment, with clear experience of applying knowledge to a complex system of systems environment
• Minimum of 3 years working within an international environment (National Government/Industry, International Organization, Non-Government Organization, etc.) and building relationships with personnel in diverse cultural background
• Minimum of 5 years working large-scale Cyber/CIS projects
• Demonstrate 5 years of experience working in a large, enterprise environment
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of NATO as an organization and how it is organized including the relationships between NATO HQ (including OCIO), the SCs and the agencies (NCIA and NSPA)
  

• Shall maintain oversight and knowledge of future projects and existing projects within the Cyberspace Programme, keeping specific note of the capabilities and their projected scope
• Must act as a bridge between the ACT team and the OCIO, as well as between the US and Brussels and must therefore coordinate and arrange meetings and other activities in order to converge ACT and OCIO teams
• Must engage with OCIO staff (as appropriate) and monitor (to the best extent possible) activities within the Cyber Adaptation Roadmap (CAR) and, on a regular basis, analyze touchpoints, dependencies and any conflicts
• Must work actively with NCIA to de-conflict projects, where necessary, emerging from the Cyberspace Programme and the OCIO Programme of Work (or Cyber Adaptation Roadmap in addition tracking activities and ensure synchronization takes place where possible
• With respect to the activities within the Cyber Adaptation Roadmap (or CIO Programme of Work), the Liaison Officer must work actively with other respective stakeholders in ACT (CIS, ACT-CIO, AoS) in coordination with the Implementation Officer, to help to identify any potential conflicts between ACT, NCIA and OCIO goals
• Based on the analysis performed in the activities above, the Liaison Officer must action any identified conflicts to resolution by working with the appropriate stakeholders from ACT (PD, Capability Engineers and Requirement Managers), OCIO (SMEs, as appropriate), NCIA (PMs and SMEs, as appropriate). Conflicts must continue to be tracked until they are no longer considered a risk to the overall Programmes
• On a monthly basis, the liaison officer shall present to the Cyberspace section (OPS and CAPS) on the ongoing OCIO projects and the outcomes from the analysis performed in the tasks described above (this meeting may be expanded to the wider Cyberspace Branch and / or beyond to others branches in CAPDEV, as necessary)
• On a regular basis, the Liaison Officer shall maintain contact with staff within the ACT Office of Security (AOS), the ACT CIO office and the CIS branch on items pertaining to their Area of Responsibility (AOR) and the OCIO activities, the Officer must also assist these branches with understanding tasks related to their AOR and oversee coordination within ACT across Cyber, CIS, AOS and ACT’s CIO office
• Must attend relevant meetings and provide a brief summary to the relevant ACT team (as per 7.1.1.8) and identify if any activities (such as Tabletop Exercises [TTXs]) should be aligned with ongoing activities (such as the ACT gap assessments)

We are a globally-oriented company providing services to International, Governmental and Defence organizations in the Aerospace and Defence industry. We are headquartered in Brussels – Belgium, London – United Kingdom and Tampa, Florida – United States. Our satellite offices throughout the European continent, enable us to have a global reach with a local touch, supporting our clients’ projects with security-cleared experts in various setups. We aspire to be a global leader in providing expertise and support to our clients from the Aerospace and Defence industry. Our mission is to connect the security professionals with the project where they are most needed. In this industry, excellence is then minimum standard.