LABOR CATEGORY 43: SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND REQUIREMENT MANAGEMENT
Location:
Norfolk, VA, USA (On-site) Background
The contractor will provide specialized support to the Requirements and Architecture Management Branch by performing business analysis and formal solicitation, documentation, validation, and management of requirements for NATO Capability Development programmes. The tasks executed by the contractor will contribute to the coherence, quality, and traceability of architectures and requirements, while supporting NATO capability development and strategic objectives.
Taskings- Support or lead the formal elicitation, capture, and documentation of capability requirements based on operational and regulatory needs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across NATO Enterprise to identify and document regulatory requirements and operational constraints that impact capability development.
- Perform detailed analysis and evaluation of identified requirements to ensure clarity, completeness, consistency, and alignment with capability programme objectives.
- Maintain version‑controlled requirements repositories, ensuring thorough documentation and traceability throughout the requirements lifecycle.
- Document trade‑offs and prioritise functional, non‑functional, and regulatory requirements to ensure programme goals are met effectively and efficiently.
- Ensure consistency between requirements and existing strategic‑level enterprise architectures, as well as alignment with agreed reference frameworks.
- Ensure coherence and optimisation of requirements across ACT capability development programmes.
- Facilitate formal requirements validation processes involving stakeholders to ensure requirements meet operational needs and standards.
- Provide recommendations for resolving conflicts and deconflicting requirements during the validation process.
- Implement quality assurance measures to ensure high standards in requirements documentation, including completeness, accuracy, and consistency.
- Monitor and analyse gaps, overlaps, and dependencies related to capability requirements across programmes.
- Support the Branch Head CR and travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO’s boundaries for up to 30 days per year.
NATO UNCLASSIFIED
RFP-ACT-SACT-26-02
- Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the labour category.
At least five (5) years in the last ten (10) of demonstrable hands‑on experience in business analysis and requirements management, using professional requirements documentation and management tools (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect, Aris, Jira, DOORS, Jama Connect), in accordance with industry standards and best practices (e.g. International Requirements Engineering Board, Scaled Agile Framework, Business Analysis Body of Knowledge).
- Certification or formal training with demonstrable proficiency in one or more industry recognised requirements management and business analysis methodologies like IREB, SAFe, IIBA or comparable.
- Demonstrable ability to present requirement sets, business processes and architectures in an easy understandable and accessible way to non‑technical audiences, from end users to senior decision makers and approval boards.
- Demonstrated minimum NATO or National SECRET clearance with the appropriate national authority for the duration of the contract.
- Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardised Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) or equivalent.
- Demonstrable proficiency in effective oral and written communication, including briefing and coordinating with business stakeholders.
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