Officer, Security Architecture and Cyber Capabilities

SUMMARY

The Cyber and Digital Transformation Division (CDT) leads NATO's digital transformation, cybersecurity and cyber defence efforts, translating NATO priorities into coherent strategies and coordinated delivery across the Alliance to strengthen interoperability, resilience, cybersecurity and operational effectiveness.

The incumbent leads and coordinates the activities related to Capability Architecture within the Cyber Plans and Capabilities Section. They support the Section Head in establishing, maintaining and exploiting security by design in the development of relevant Capability and Solution Architectures. In addition, the incumbent will interact with Industry and academia in order to keep abreast of latest developments in cybersecurity.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The incumbent must:

• hold a university degree from an institute of a recognised standing in computer science, cybersecurity, or a similar related field;
• have a minimum of 4 years' experience in information technology, IT application, technology and system architecture, and integration;
• have substantial experience with security architecture projects, designing and/or implementing Communications and Information Services (CIS) security;
• be able to prepare and present complex information technology issues in simple terms to non-technical audiences; and
• have the following minimum levels of NATO's official languages (English/French): V (Advanced\") in one; I (Beginner\") in the other.

The following are considered an advantage:

• have experience with IT risks, cybersecurity, services security techniques and auditing, open system architectures and technology evaluation (related security protocols, standards and technologies);
• relevant certifications in Enterprise Architecture, IT service management and regulatory security standards & compliance frameworks (such as CISSP, Zero Trust, TOGAF, ITIL, ISO27001, NIST, CIS, OWASP, etc.); and
• experience in operating within both, on-premise and cloud-based, environments.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

Planning and Execution:

Lead the development of Capability Architecture products and artefacts to follow strategic goals and other guidance set by NATO senior governance committees. Develop and maintain cyber capability architectures, including CIS-Security and cryptography. Provide security architecture support for the assessment of Capability Programmes and Plans for Cyber Defence, CIS Security and cryptography. Draft background briefs, progress reports, prepare presentations, and other items, as tasked, including for high-level meetings and management.

Project Management:

Provide architecture and interoperability assessments for cyber standalone projects and urgent requirement requests. Maintain control of project and program plans, identify and monitor project implementation risks, provide expertise and leadership in the resolution of exceptions and issues. Assess the security perspective of capability programs in place in NATO nations, as well as NATO civil and military bodies.

Stakeholder Management:

Ensure close collaboration with Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) during the development of Capability Architectures and the development of Solution Architectures. Engage with national cyber engineers and industry cyber engineers to ensure capability architectures are technically sound and interoperability is built in by design. Closely coordinate with staff working on the IT security and cybersecurity issues across the NATO enterprise. Represent and speak on behalf of the division, as appropriate, in committees, panels or working groups with industry and academia on matters pertaining to the domain of expertise.

Knowledge Management:

Provide support and recommendations, be the point of reference for the NATO Enterprise architectural approach. Ensure relevant architectures conform with all relevant NATO Reference Architectures and applicable regulatory documents. Keep abreast with the latest technology developments in the area of responsibilities and expertise and provide appropriate advice.

Perform any other related duty as assigned.

INTERRELATIONSHIPS

Reporting line:

The incumbent reports to the Head, Cyber Plans and Capabilities Section.

Interactions:

The incumbent works in close cooperation with other team members in the cyber cluster, across the division and HQ, as well as experts in the same field, across the NATO enterprise.

Direct reports: N/A

Indirect reports: N/A

COMPETENCIES

The incumbent must demonstrate:

• Analytical Thinking: sees multiple relationships.
• Flexibility: adapts to unforeseen situations.
• Impact and Influence: takes multi