Staff Officer

Primary Location

Belgium-Mons

Schedule

Full-time

Application Deadline

12-Oct-2026, 11:59:00 PM

Salary (Pay Basis)

5,393.24

Grade

NATO Grade G12

POST CONTEXT

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) serves as NATO’s strategic command, responsible for planning, preparing and executing Alliance operations and activities. Within SHAPE, the Cyberspace Directorate leads and synchronises Cyberspace Operations, Electronic Warfare, EMS activities and CIS functions across ACO. The Cyberspace Operations Centre (CyOC), NATO’s only theatre component for cyberspace, delivers persistent, centralised and comprehensive cyberspace situational awareness, command and control and execution. The CyOC’s Cyberspace Situational Awareness Branch integrates inputs from all sources to form the theatre‑wide cyberspace picture. Within this Branch, the Situational Awareness Support Section analyses technical cyberspace vulnerabilities and drives consequence‑mitigating actions. The incumbent will support the integration and fusion of data feeds from multiple cyber tools, contribute to Fusion Analytics, and conduct data analysis in support of Defensive Cyberspace Operations and the integration of cyber effects in Multi‑Domain Operations.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES

• PRINCIPAL DUTIES The incumbent's duties are:
• Support for the production and review of the fusion products
• Contribute and review the continuously updated threat picture, own system status and mission status input to cyber operational picture
• Contribute to the activities related to integration and fusion of data feeds from different cyber tools( CDSA, CyCOP, CPAL, MISP, CySAS,Industry Feeds).
• Assist in managing the Fusion Analytics process and conduct data analytics in support of the Defensive Cyberspace Operations decision making process including integration of Cyber Effects in Multi Domain Operations
• Contribute to the development of common operation picture
• Contribute to the development of cyber operations metrics
• Support the production and review of the fusion products
• Create, manage and review the continuously updated threat picture, own system status and mission status input to cyber operational picture
• Contribute to all source data and information collection activities
• Develop priority information requirements
• Prepare, review and validate situational updates
• Develop and contribute to the development and dissemination of periodic Situational Awareness products;
• Support the development of CyOC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) both as a document owner and/or contributor;
• Participate to workshops, meetings and working groups in order to provide Situational Awareness support in line with the Directions and Guidance provided by the CyOC SA Support Section Head
• Author and contribute to staff documents (e.g., point papers, PowerPoint presentations, etc.) as required.
• SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS AND ADDITIONAL DUTIES The employee may be required to perform a similar range of duties elsewhere within the organization at the same grade without there being any change to the contract
• The incumbent may be required to undertake TDY assignments both within and without NATO’s boundaries and be willing to work unsocial hours.
• The incumbent may be required to undertake deployments in support of military operations and exercises, and/or TDY assignments, both within and without NATO boundaries. Such operational deployment may exceed 30 days duration up to 183 days in any period of 547 days, and may be on short notice. For NATO International Civilian Staff, acceptance of an employment contract linked to this post constitutes agreement to deploy in excess of 30 days if required.

The work is normally performed in a Normal NATO office working environment.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 3 years of experience in supporting Cyber Defence operations.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working in a military environment, with operational experience including experience in Operational Centres of higher formations.
• Knowledge and experience of cyber and cyber defence capabilities in relation to support of the operations of a large international, governmental or military organization
• Minimum 3 years of experience with collecting data, helping out with data interpretation, identifying issues in data sets and creating reports on the results.
• University Degree in computer science, engineering disciplines, statistics or similar numerate discipline, operations research., intelligence, criminology, police, public or business administration, administration of justice, criminal law, comparative general management, political theory, behavioral or social psychology or related discipline and 3 years function related exper