Job Opportunities in Finland

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
The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.
The program
Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO's principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.
To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Introduction
The NATO Intelligence Community requires a common and standardised Intel data visualisation portal that will incorporate existing INTEL Dashboards and INTEL & C2 data layers across the multi-domain NATO Intelligence enterprise. The future data Portal, Dashboards and bespoke visualisation tools will improve collaboration as all users will be able to see the same authoritative data views across the enterprise. Various Intelligence sub-functions will be provided with bespoke dashboards and tools, as needed, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Intelligence Requirement Management, Collection Management (IRM&CM) as well as exploitation and collation functions. The NATO Core GIS will provide the core technology for the activities described above. The NATO Core GIS is primarily based on COTS from Esri.
Role Background
The scope of this project is to enable and optimise the NATO Common Intelligence Picture using existing NATO capabilities, primarily the NATO Core GIS (Esri baseline). This will be accomplished, but not limited, by:

• Assessing and documenting the current NATO Intelligence Enterprise (NIE) capabilities
• Identifying operational data and system gaps of the NIE as well as areas for enhancements
• Design and implementation of strategies and solutions to address identified NIE gaps
• Test, validate and document NIE enhancements
• Support creation of a single consolidated Intel data services access portal
• Define, design access to NATO C2 information
• Define, design access to Intel source data
• Define, design functional GIS solutions for various JISR sub-functions as needed
• Define, design and deliver relevant training elements

Role Duties and Responsibilities
Subject Matter Expertise support for the development of a NATO Secure Common Multi Source Unified Intelligence Portal (Common Intelligence Picture) in compliance with the NATO standards and IT best practices with focuses in the following tasks/areas of activity:

• Oversee holistic system design activities
• Integration of diverse Intel and C2 data considering NATO ISR and C2 interfaces.
• Integration of Geospatial data considering NATO Core GIS interfaces.
• Advice and support on NATO current Intel production and Intel sharing systems/ C4ISR architecture/interoperability from an enterprise perspective.
• Running technical workshops
• Coordinate and liaise with NCIA Joint Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Centre (JISRC) segment engineers and architects.
• Ensure Implementation of NATO standards and Federated Mission Network (FMN) framework
• Ensure overall security design according to NATO standards
• Perform quality assurance activities to ensure technical coherence development and compliance with the under guidance issued by the NCIA technical authority.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience in Defence C4ISR architecture and design – Over 5 Years
• Experience in GIS Capabilities – Over 3 Years
• Knowledge and experience in IT governance roles and functions with a minimum of 5 years' experience.
• Strong and practical understanding of C4ISR interoperability challenges
• Knowledge of data discovery and dissemination in distributed environments, with a minimum of 2 years' experience.
• Knowledge and practical experience of geospatial & C4ISR data requirements for Defence and Intelligence functions, with a minimum of 5 years' experience.
• Knowledge of C4ISR systems delivery, including solution and enterprise architecture, with a minimum of 5 years' experience.
• Knowledge and experience of conceptual modelling (UML, BPMN, Archimate), with a minimum of 5 years' experience.
• Knowledge and practical experience of the Esri system platform both desktop and server-based components including design and deployment, with a minimum of 5 years' experience.
• Knowledge of NATO C4ISR interoperability standards
• Knowledge and practical experience of GEOINT workflows and analysis, with a minimum of 5 years' experience.

Education

• MSc or equivalent

Working Location

• Helsinki, Finland

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Travel to various NATO sites as needed to support the project, including the NCI Agency in The Hague, Netherlands; Mons, Belgium; and Oeiras, Portugal

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Top Secret personal security clearance