Interoperability Requirements Manager — Federated Programmes and Test Data for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG in Norfolk, VA is seeking a seasoned interoperability program specialist willing to relocate to the United States. You will support federated interoperability across the capability lifecycle, recording interoperability requirements across technical and non-technical dimensions, and contribute to policies, directives and concepts that govern how interoperability is done.

You will ensure test data quality in designated tools, coordinate with communities of interest, provide guidance on

Qualifications

• Four-year university degree or higher completed at a recognised institution.
• At least five of the last ten years working in multinational collaboration and coordination, ideally in an alliance or comparable multinational setting.
• At least three of the last ten years supporting interoperability initiatives, campaigns or exercises across several stakeholders and nations.
• At least three of the last ten years managing and delivering interoperability requirements, including governance, data collection and reporting.
• At least three of the last ten years planning and running events, workshops, conferences and exercises.
• Writing that holds up as a record: meeting notes, action lists, reports, briefings.
• Fluent professional English.

Responsibilities

• Supporting federated interoperability across the whole capability lifecycle.
• Drawing out and recording interoperability requirements across every dimension of a capability, not just the technical one.
• Contributing to the policies, directives and concepts that govern how interoperability is done.
• Watching the quality, completeness and consistency of test data in the designated tools, and closing the gaps you find rather than reporting them.
• Running structured communication with the communities of interest and preparing participants for interoperability events.
• Giving participants timely, usable guidance on the processes, the tools and the events.
• Supporting the analysis of the data collected, and producing the reports and briefings that come out of it.
• Administering role-based access to the interoperability test tooling.
• Travelling to meetings and conferences up to about thirty days a year.

Skills

Fluent professional English

Education

Four-year university degree or higher

Job description

Relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia. We provide the NATO-5 visa.

What You Would Be Doing

• Supporting federated interoperability across the whole capability lifecycle.
• Drawing out and recording interoperability requirements across every dimension of a capability, not just the technical one.
• Contributing to the policies, directives and concepts that govern how interoperability is done.
• Watching the quality, completeness and consistency of test data in the designated tools, and closing the gaps you find rather than reporting them.
• Running structured communication with the communities of interest and preparing participants for interoperability events.
• Giving participants timely, usable guidance on the processes, the tools and the events.
• Supporting the analysis of the data collected, and producing the reports and briefings that come out of it.
• Administering role-based access to the interoperability test tooling.
• Travelling to meetings and conferences up to about thirty days a year.

What you would bring

• A four-year university degree or higher from a recognised institution.
• At least five of the last ten years working in multinational collaboration and coordination, ideally in an alliance or comparable multinational setting.
• At least three of the last ten years supporting interoperability initiatives, campaigns or exercises across several stakeholders and nations.
• At least three of the last ten years managing and delivering interoperability requirements, including governance, data collection and reporting.
• At least three of the last ten years planning and running events, workshops, conferences and exercises.
• Writing that holds up as a record: meeting notes, action lists, reports, briefings.
• Fluent professional English.

This is a long engagement that renews year on year, not a short project.