FMN Business Analyst

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.

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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

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role ID – 2025-0119

Role Background

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of NCI Agency has a requirement for off-site support to the ACOS J6 of Allied Command Operations (ACO). The support is required to assist ACO with their representation of the NATO Command Structure as an Affiliate (NCSaaA) within the Federated Mission Networking (FMN) Operational Coordination (OC) Working Group (WG).

• NCI Agency is providing support to the ACO funded portion of 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 services to support the activities of the OCWG working in the areas of the Interoperability Operational Requirements, Operational Process Definition and IER Development.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Provision of operational analyses services to support the collection, prioritization and consolidation of NCSaaA Interoperability Operational Requirements (IORs) for inclusion within the FMN Operational Requirements process;
• Provision of operational analysis services to support operational NCSaaA 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 to the identification and management of the IERs, both functional and non-functional requirements, and engage and maintain communication with FMN stakeholders;
• Analysis services to provide relevant in