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Department Summary:

MITRE’s Strengthen Coalition Capabilities (N124) Department is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to fill the role of the United States’ National Technical Expert (NATEX). N124 is solving key integration and interoperability challenges across the U.S. security cooperation enterprise, while working across MITRE to advance defense postures of our international customers. This pivotal role involves representing the U.S. to NATO, actively participating in NATO governance of capability development efforts, and ensuring seamless interoperability with U.S. and partner organizations. The successful candidate will be instrumental in shaping and guiding NATO's defensive capabilities in the areas of Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD). The NATEX will be responsible for executing comprehensive studies, analyzing programmatic measures such as cost, schedule, and performance, and acting as a liaison between NATO and all US organizations associated with enhancing NATO’s defensive capabilities.

This role requires a deep understanding of the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of warfare, particularly in the application of Air Command and Control. It also requires an in-depth understanding of Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Services (JS), USEUCOM and Components, Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS), IAMD, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Systems of Systems architecture modeling. This position offers challenging opportunities to apply and expand one’s interdisciplinary skills in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The daily work involves a mix of communication, writing, and negotiating skills, along with systems architecture, modeling, and trade space analysis. The ideal candidate will have a knack for analysis of complex systems, decision support and strategic execution.

If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for enhancing NATO’s defensive capabilities, we invite you to apply.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Understanding of systems and mission engineering

• Understanding U.S. policy and developing actional methods to achieve National objectives through programmatic governance.

• Evaluating and comparing alternative architectures using qualitative and quantitative techniques; exploring large trade spaces

• System design and development (such as software development), systems modernization, and architecture

• Articulating major uncertainties associated with systems architectures, defining risks and opportunities associated with the uncertainties and alternative courses of actions

• Identifying or developing metrics to measure and analyze relevant system properties, such as robustness, resiliency, interoperability, quality, robustness, and maintainability

• Supporting requirements management, interface management and architecture change management processes

• Translating analysis results into actionable recommendations for Senior Executives within US Government agencies (DoD & DoS) and Foreign Ministers (Defense and Interior).

• Work closely with foreign political, technical, and military members

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience working on international projects in the relevant domain area

• Ability to leverage systems analysis— technical and functional skillsets, maintain relationships with internal and external government representatives

• Basic understanding of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) tools to include Cameo and AFSIM

• Familiarity with U.S. Federal/DoD Acquisition, including the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) and the Adaptive Acquisition Framework

• Expertise in systems and enterprise architecture

• Demonstrated application of modern system engineering methods to solve complex multi-disciplinary problems

• Experience conducting Analysis of Alternatives and rendering objective evaluation of vendor products and approaches

• Ingenuity in applying a set of technical skills across multiple subject matter domains associated with Command and Control (C2), IAMD, and c-UAS

• Strong written communication skills, including ability to convey state-of-the art concepts into concise background papers for senior executives

• Willingness to relocate to Brussels, Belgium for a maximum duration of 5 years

• Ability to obtain a U.S. and NATO Secret-level security clearance

• Flexibility to travel internationally up to 25% of time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing or decomposing, interpreting, and applying defense doctrine

• Experience defining Mission Engineering Threads given a reference architecture

• Preference given to qualified candidates with NATO or DoS Experience

• Demonstrated success working with senior government leaders involved in international work (DCSA, SAF IA)

• Knowledge of methods for assessing the impacts of emerging technologies

• Track record of collaboration and building teams while working autonomously

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills, capable of engaging and influencing across NATO and U.S. Mission organizations

• Fostering trust through a clear vision for the program

• Demonstrated ability to articulate complex topics to Sponsors and stakeholders through written and oral communication

• Proactive in identifying solutions in support of the U.S. Mission to NATO

• Demonstrated technical management for systems engineering projects that require cross-disciplinary collaboration

• Experience with dynamic multinational negotiation and debate

• Experience working at the strategic-level within the U.S. Government (OSD, DoS, or NSC) and experience working within a U.S. Combatant Command (CCMD) or Joint Services

• Experience working with foreign governments and militaries.

• Experience in leading MITRE Projects or Tasks, serving as principal investigator, or directing Capstone leadership initiatives

• Advanced degree in related field of study

• Ability to obtain a Top Secret (TS) / Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance.

  This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Secret

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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