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 - NCIA MANTIS The role will be supporting the NATO Communication and Information Agency MANTIS project. The scope of the project is to deliver an extension of the NATO SECRET communications network, including Transport and Communications Services NATO CORE (e.g: Secure Voice and VTC, etc.) and Community of Interest (COI) at five different Main Operating Air Bases.In each of these main operating bases one MANTIS Enhanced Core Node (ECN) Serving the base and five MANTIS Outstations or Remote Nodes (RN), serving the Outstations within the main operating base, comprises the MANTIS Point of Presence (PoP).
Delivered from three geographically dispersed MANTIS Anchor Function (MAF) all located in Europe. MANTIS project will also deliver seven (7) deployable Network access points for extending services into dispersible shelters operating over an integrated SATCOM capability. Finally, for this purpose, MANTIS project will have to provision additional Network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, data center servers, and complete SATCOM antennas and Fly-away terminals.
At present the project is in the tendering phase and our client is developing their proposal for the project.
The intention is to engage a Test Director and subject matter expert on a short-term part-time basis to support the creation, development and refinement and of the Test, Verification, Validation and Acceptance (TVVA) plan. The TTVA plan will be submitted as part of our clients proposal to NATO.
If our client is successful and selected as the prime contractor for this project a full time position will be created for the Test Director who will then lead and oversea the Test, Verification, Validation and Acceptance activities and execution of the TVVA plan.
Role Responsibilities Phase 1 Support the creation of the draft version of the Master Test Plan (MTP) which will be included in the proposal to NATO for this project.Provide TVVA insight, guidance and advice to the bid team and stakeholdersRole Responsibilities Phase 2 Direct test planning, design and tools selectionEstablishes guidelines for test procedures and reportsCo-ordinate with NATO NCIA stakeholders on test support requirementsDevelop and define test plans, overseas test procedures, executing or monitoring, and producing the test reports for the following test instancesPoC Testing at the PoC platformProvisional Site Acceptance Testing (PSAT) at each siteFinal System Acceptance Testing (FSAT), network wideAct as Requirements and Test Case ManagerBe the single Point of Contract to the Purchaser on all DOORS and Test Case Management tool related mattersAccredit experience in using DOORS and the selected Test Case Management toolRequired Skills and Experience Must have experience of deployed systems with at least seven years in the design and execution of information systems tests.Skills should be aligned with the following SFIA skill sets with minimum proven 5 years of experience in similar effort:Systems development management (DLMG)Data Analysis (DTAN)Systems Design (DESN)Network Design (NTDS)Safety Engineering (SFEN)Testing (TEST)Systems IntegrationSystems InstallationBachelor's degree in engineeringSecurity Clearance National or NATO Secret personal security clearanceLanguage Requirements Professional Level of EnglishWork Arrangement Phase 1 Remote workingWork Arrangement Phase 2 NegotiableTravel Expectations Travel to project sites will be required.Duration Phase 1 (short term support) Start Date - ImmediateEnd Date - Deadline of proposal submission to NATO (currently 23rd February but may be extended)40-80 hours of support is estimatedContract Duration Phase 2 Contract Award/Project Start approximately Q3 2024Project Start Q4 2024/Q1 2025Project End – 30+ months from Project start
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