Senior Cyber Security Specialist 4

NATO's Cyber Enablement Service is looking for a specialist to support the delivery and development of cyber and CIS monitoring capabilities.

The specialist will support NATO's Cyber Enablement Service by

• Gathering, analysing and documenting technical and operational requirements for cyber and CIS monitoring capabilities.
• Translating operational needs into engineering, system, functional and non-functional requirements.
• Producing engineering documentation such as:
• Requirements and system specifications
• Use cases, user stories and operational scenarios
• State, workflow and system-context diagrams
• Interface, capability and service descriptions
• Conceptual and logical architectures
• Testable acceptance criteria
• Supporting CIS capability design across hardware, software, networking and security architecture.
• Advising on monitoring technologies, including sensors, packet capture, SIEM, logging, telemetry, analytics and detection engineering.
• Defining hardware needs for servers, storage, appliances, taps, packet brokers, network devices and virtual infrastructure.
• Preparing roadmaps, options papers, decision briefs and engineering recommendations.
• Planning and facilitating workshops, requirements sessions, design reviews and stakeholder meetings.
• Supporting procurement documentation, including Invitations for Bid, statements of work, technical specifications, compliance criteria and clarification responses.
• Translating NATO requirements into clear, industry-understandable documentation.
• Supporting purple-team activities, adversary emulation and validation of monitoring and detection effectiveness.
• Identifying visibility gaps, detection opportunities and monitoring improvements.
• Coordinating work among project managers, engineers, security architects, operational teams and suppliers.
• Supporting operational handover, knowledge transfer, training and documentation.

Eisen

• At least five years of practical experience in cybersecurity, systems/CIS engineering, capability development or a related field.
• Strong experience across the full capability lifecycle: requirements, design, integration, testing, validation, acceptance and operational transition.
• Proven ability to create technical requirements, specifications, diagrams, use cases and operational scenarios.
• Experience gathering and prioritising requirements with customers and stakeholders.
• Experience preparing procurement and technical evaluation documentation.
• Strong cybersecurity and cyber-defence monitoring knowledge.
• Strong understanding of monitoring platforms, sensors, packet capture, logging, telemetry and analytics infrastructure.
• Relevant hardware expertise involving servers, storage, network equipment, security appliances, taps and aggregation devices.
• Working knowledge of routing, switching, segmentation, firewalls, virtualisation and enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience solving complex technical problems and developing corrective or preventive measures.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams and supplier activities.
• Excellent English communication, analytical and technical-writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• A bachelor's degree in a related discipline plus at least three years of relevant post-degree experience; or
• At least ten years of extensive and progressive relevant experience where no university degree is held.

Wensen

• SIEM, security analytics and cyber-monitoring tools.
• Purple teaming, adversary emulation, detection validation or cyber-exercise support.
• Delivering systems for government, defence, military or other operational organisations.
• NATO or national military implementation projects.
• Deployment or operation of technology in military environments.
• Previous work supporting a governmental or military organisation.

Aanvullende informatie

Working conditions and travel

• Normal office environment with NCIA equipment provided for restricted information.
• Remote work may be permitted for up to 20% of total working time, subject to prior approval.
• Home working within the duty location may be allowed under NCIA teleworking policy.
• Personal equipment may be required for public or unclassified remote work and Microsoft-based video meetings.

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