5-7 years of experience in multinational collaboration, particularly in NATO or similar environments.
3 years of supporting interoperability initiatives across various stakeholders and nations.
Experience with major interoperability exercises like CWIX and TIDE Sprint.
3 years of managing interoperability requirements including governance and data reporting.
Proven ability to organize events and manage various cross-functional meetings and workshops.
Experience producing documentation for senior military or civilian audiences.
Familiarity with NATO toolsets and data management for interoperability.
Responsibilities
Support interoperability activities throughout their lifecycle.
Gather and document interoperability requirements across DOTMLPFI.
Develop policies and processes related to federated interoperability.
Ensure the quality and consistency of interoperability test data.
Communicate with Communities of Interest and prepare participants for events.
Provide guidance on interoperability processes and tools.
Contribute to the Federated Interoperability Branch's activities.
Analyze and report on interoperability data and produce briefings.
Maintain secure user accounts for interoperability tools.
Travel to meetings and conferences as required.
Benefits
On-site work policy in Norfolk, VA.
Contract duration spanning 2027 to 2031.
Opportunity to engage in high-level NATO operations and exercises.
Access to prestigious conferences and military events.
Networking with multinational stakeholders and experts.
Full Job Description
Role ID: 27-01-A-LC01
Role Duties and Responsibilities
Support federated interoperability activities across the capability lifecycle
Elicit, capture and collect interoperability requirements across all aspects of DOTMLPFI.
Contribute and participate in the development of policies, directives, concepts and process refinement related to federated interoperability.
Monitor and assure the quality, completeness, and consistency of interoperability test data within designated tools. Identify and resolve data gaps to support reporting and analysis.
Execute structured communications with COIs, prepare participants for interoperability events and activities.
Provide timely, actionable guidance to participants on federated interoperability processes, tools, and events
Coordinate and contribute to the activities of the Federated Interoperability Branch.
Support the analyses of interoperability data collected, including the production and delivery of reports and briefings.
Administer and maintain user accounts, ensuring secure, role-based access to designated interoperability test tools.
Directly support the Branch and Section Heads and will be required to travel to meetings and conferences both within and outside NATO's boundaries for up to 30 days per year.
Performs additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the LABOR category.
Essential Skills and Experience
Demonstrate a minimum of 5 years in the past 10 of proven work experience in multinational collaboration, coordination, preferably in NATO or equivalent multinational environments.
Demonstrate a minimum of 3 years in the past 10 of professional experience supporting interoperability initiatives, campaigns, programmes or activities, across multiple stakeholders and nations. Examples include but are not limited to:
The annual Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise (CWIX)
TIDE Sprint
TIDE Hackathon
Digital Interoperability Verification Experiment (DIVE
Federated Mission Networking (FMN)
Interoperability 360 workshops (IO360)
Demonstrate a minimum of 3 years in the past 10 of managing and delivering interoperability requirements including governance, data collection and reporting.
Demonstrate a minimum of 3 years in the past 10 of planning, preparing, coordinating, and managing events, meetings, workshops, conferences, exercises, or similar activities for cross-functional project teams and stakeholders.
Demonstrate a minimum of 3 years in the past 10 of facilitating and coordinating the production of meeting notes, action lists, reports, and briefings and summaries for military and civilian audiences up to Flag/General Officer or equivalent level.
Experience of managing, editing, and processing interoperability data using NATO or national toolsets (for example CWIX Wiki or IOCore).
Programme and Project Management experience in the past 10 years within a complex and dynamic programme environment.
Able to demonstrate excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage timelines, deliverables, task tracking, and stakeholder coordination.
Education
Minimum of a four-year university (Bachelor's) degree or higher at a nationally recognized/certified university.
Language Proficiency
Advanced Proficiency in English
Working Location
Norfolk, VA, USA
Working Policy
On-Site
Contract Duration
January 2027 - December 2031
Security Clearance
Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance
