RFQ - Analyst; Federated Mission Networking; FMN Framework

McBride Consulting, based in McLean, VA, USA, and with offices in Brussels, BEL and Bucharest; ROU through its wholly owned subsidiary McBride International, is a Prime Contractor on the NCIA Advisory and Assistance Services Plus (AAS+) Framework.

We are a management and IT consulting firm with significant professional services experience that includes IT transformation, project management, digital transformation, strategic planning, business process improvement, change management, human capital management, systems engineering, and operations. Due to our excellent relationship with NATO and the first-class, security cleared candidates that we source and supply from all 32 NATO nations, we are extremely privileged to ask you to review this role to assess your suitability of skills.

You will be working as a contractor for our client the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)
NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)
NCIA was established on 1 July 2012 from a merger of several NATO entities. It has a 65-year legacy of supporting NATO operations, missions, and exercises and is on the front lines against cyber threats, protecting NATO's networks 24/7. NCIA provides expertise and services that are critical to NATO's ability to fulfill its core tasks of consultation, collective defence, and crisis management.

This is a remote position.

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of NCI Agency has a requirement for off-site support to the Federated Mission Networking (FMN) Secretariat. You will be required to assist the FMN Operational Coordination Working Group (OCWG). NCI Agency is providing support to the management and working group structures that support the direction and development of the FMN Framework.

As a permanent FMN management body, the FMN OCWG is responsible for ensuring coherence between the operational user community requirements and the provided FMN Service Portfolio.

This requirement is for business architecture/business analysis/operational analysis support for the OCWG Support Team for FMN Framework Development, specifically working in the areas of the Interoperability Operational Requirements, Operational Process Definition, IER Development and Intra-Working Group (IWG) syndicate facilitation.

You will provide the following services:

• Provision of operational analyses to support the collection, prioritization and consolidation of Interoperability Operational Requirements (IORs) forvinclusion within the FMN Operational Requirements process;
• Provision of business analysis/operational analysis support to operational Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across communities of interests that are participating in the FMN Inter-Working Groups (IWG) Syndicates developing Information Exchange Requirements (IERs) and Procedural Instructions (PIs);
• Support the identification and management of the IERs, both functional and non-functional requirements, and engage and maintain communication with FMN stakeholders;
• Analyse and provide relevant inputs to the FMN Spiral Specification Roadmap, particularly the linkage between IORs and Capability Enhancements (CPEs); and
• Support the Chairman and Secretary in OCWG meetings and other fora.

Essential education, experience, and training:

• Demonstrated deep knowledge (at least 5 years) of contributing to or interpreting Allied Joint Doctrine and/or similar national doctrine from a NATO Nation;
• Proven expertise (at least 3 years) in the identification and definition of Information Exchange Requirements;
• Deep Expertise (at least 5 years) in implementing or developing NATOs Federated Mission Networking Concept and Governance Framework;
• Demonstrated Knowledge (at least 3 years) of working with information exchange and interoperability standards;
• Proven ability (at least 5 years) to report/brief material tailored to the requirements of senior military stakeholders and decision makers;
• Demonstrated ability (at least 5 years) to work in an international team;
• Demonstrated ability to write effectively in the English Language;
• Demonstrated ability (at least 3 years experience) with Semantic Media Wiki and Bugzilla Issue Tracking Tools.
• Proven experience (at least 5 years) in the extraction and documentation of Military Operational Processes in one or more Domains or Military Functions;
• Proven experience (at least 5 years) in the specification and definition of Military Interoperability Operational Requirements;
• Deep Experience (at least 5 years) of working with military interoperability programmes and concepts;
• Deep experience (at least 5 years) in working with international organisations and in multinational environments;
• Knowledge of NATO Command and Force Structures and militaryoperations.
• Clearance & Security Awareness:
  Ability to work with classified/unclassified data and within secure environments;
• Cross-Cultural Communication:
  Ability to communicate clearly and respectfully across diverse national, cultural,…