Command Network Systems Analyst

Project/Team: NATO

Location: Client Site (NATO ACT) – Norfolk, VA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Number of Vacancies: 1

Period of Performance: Immediate – December 2027

Background:

Navanti is seeking a Command Network Systems Analyst to serve in a program that will support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Allied Command Transformation (ACT) – NATO’s leading agent for change: driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations, and international organizations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

As part of an adapted organizational structure, ACT is in the process of implementing an improved capability requirements capture process, including the traceability of requirements, to ensure a clear separation between the requirements owner and the solution provider. This process will provide through life traceability of the requirements using an efficient change management process. ACT will be responsible for tasks such as capability requirements definition, requirements management, systems engineering, architecture development, holistic through lifecycle management, capability acceptance, Capability Program Plan (CPP) development and management for a number of capabilities including Core Services, Core Communications, Cyberspace and various Communications and Information Systems (CIS) capabilities).

The outputs of the adapted structure are formed from requirements, portfolio, program, and project management principles and practices that enable the direction of capability programs and a range of projects in a transparent through lifecycle capability approach. They include comprehensive traceable capability requirements that have been assessed and analyzed for alternative solutions and quality assured to provide interoperability, and the delivery of multi-domain and C2 and ISR focused programs.

The HQ SACT Communications and Information Services (CIS) Branch under CAPDEV requires support for the NCNP-CIS Support contractor to progress the NATO Command Network Project. The Digital Backbone is a critical asset for the overall NATO Digital Transformation and is a prerequisite for the execution of Multi-Domain Operations. The NATO Command Network Project is the strategic and operational level command network connecting the NATO Command Structure and NATO Force Structure as well as non-military actors to provide synchronization.

The NATO Command Network Project as part of the Cross-Domain Command WDI has started in 2022 and with an aim objective in 2035. The NATO Command Network Project needs to start with the current baseline capture amongst the different programs and initiatives, mainly: FMN Spiral Specifications and gaps, evolving mission network constructs, the future OpNet Implementation Plan, DCIS related programs (AMD – Agile Multi-Domain) for the deployed CIS infrastructure and services, Core Communications programs as the main vehicle for the delivery of a NATO Enterprise Core Network infrastructure in direct support of NCS activities and an Alliance Federation Network infrastructure towards the integrations of national static infrastructures and services Core Services programs with ITM Incr 1, 2 and 3 and the Next