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

• Preparing/attending NATO stakeholder requirements meetings
• Support to requirements documentation, incl. preparation of high quality presentations
• Systematically assess the NATO Intelligence enterprise capabilities and identify shortfalls
• Develop (functional) proposals on how to optimise certain intelligence functions/processes/workflows based on existing capabilities.
• Maintain a task log of all requested capability/workflow changes authorised.
• Coordinate with the technical and Esri SME on solution design.
• Support maintenance of risk and issue logs
• Support requirements management/prioritisation process
• Coordinate closely with the NCIA JISR Operational Assurance staff
• Coordination/communication with NATO commands as requested by the NCI Agency PM

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience in Defence – Over 10 Years
• Experience in – GEOINT and Intelligence (J2) preferably in a military function, with a minimum of 10 years' experience.
• Experience with the NATO Intelligence Enterprise.
• Knowledge of NATO INTEL production and data sharing and practical experience of geospatial data for Defence and Intelligence, with a minimum of 10 years' experience.
• Knowledge of integrating diverse C4ISR data from complex and disparate pathways, with a minimum of 10 years' experience.
• Knowledge of C4ISR systems development and delivery, with a minimum of10 years' experience.
• Knowledge and practical experience of technical / operational governance in a C4ISR defence context, with a minimum of 10 years' experience.
• Knowledge and practical experience of NATO JISR operations/systems/policies, with a minimum of 2 years' experience.
• Strong ability to identify process, capability or workflow deficiencies and to develop feasible proposals on how to overcome them 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