Qatar armed forces Vacatures in Belgium

Deadline Date :  Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Requirement :   Provision of Subject Matter Expertise - Programme Coordination

Location :  Mons, BELGIUM

Full Time On-Site :   Yes

Time On-Site :   100%

Not to Exceed :  2025 BASE : NTE 79,695 EUR (7 sprints at 11,385 EUR)

Required Start Date :    2 June 2025

2026 Option, 2027 Option

Required Security Clearance :  NATO SECRET

Introduction :

To strengthen the Alliance through connecting its forces, the NCI Agency delivers secure, coherent, cost effective and interoperable communications and information systems in support of consultation, command & control and enabling intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, for NATO, where and when required. It includes IT support to the Alliances’ business processes (to include provision of IT shared services) to the NATO HQ, the Command Structure and NATO Agencies.

NCI Agency CIS Support Unit (CSU) Mons enables end-to-end CIS services as it maintains and supports a range of CIS capabilities during peacetime, crisis and war throughout its allocated Area of Responsibility (AOR) and as otherwise directed as specified in the extant Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Service Level Agreement (SLA).

NCI Agency CSU MONS provides Subject Matter Expertise effort to SHAPE, to support The Cyberspace Operations Centre (CyOC) to fulfill new duties and increasing sustenance in regards of incident correlation, incident handling / response, trend analysis and collaboration with NCIA through cyber security system development.

The Cyberspace Operations Centre (CyOC) is NATO's only Theater Component for cyberspace, providing persistent, centralised and comprehensive cyberspace situational awareness, Command and Control (C2) and execution. The CyOC is within the SHAPE establishment but with different roles and responsibilities.

The Cyberspace Situational Awareness Support Section analyses technical cyberspace vulnerability assessments and instigates consequence mitigating activities.

In the light of these activities, the NCI Agency is looking for a talented  Programme Coordinator  to join to Cyberspace Situational Awareness Support Section.

Objectives :

This statement of work (SoW) describes the work to be contracted to support CyOC Situational Awareness Support Section to fulfil new project duties and increase sustenance within the Cyberspace Community of Interest (CyCOI), including external stakeholders such as NCI Agency and OCIO in regards of risk capturing, incident correlation, assessments, and meetings coordination.

Scope of Work :

Scope of this project is to provide support to CyOC Situational Awareness Support Section The Contractors will be part of a team under the supervision of the NCIA Service Delivery Manager / Project Manager and will provide services using an agile and iterative approach using multiple sprints. Each sprint is planned for a duration of 4weeks.

The work shall be carried out in sprints whereby each sprint is independent. The content and scope of each sprint will be agreed with the Service Delivery Manager / Project Manager and technical staff during the sprint-planning meeting, in writing.

The work shall be conducted in close collaboration between the Contractor and NCI Agency Service Delivery Manager / Project Manager as described in table below.

The expert contractor shall carry out the specific tasks, as described in the table(s) below, in each sprint to produce the below listed activities :

Roles and responsibilities :

The work shall be conducted in close collaboration between the Contractor, NCI Agency and SHAPE, as described below :

NCIA Agency CSU MONS : Service Delivery Manager / Project Manager

SHAPE CYOC SA : Technical Manager / COTR

Contractor : To provide deliverables identified above.

Constraints :

All the documentation provided under this statement of work will be based on NCI Agency templates or agreed with project point of contact.

All support, maintenance, documentation and required code will be stored under configuration management and / or in the provided NCI Agency tools.

All developed solutions, tools and code under this project will be property of the NCI Agency.

Security :

Performance of the services described in this SOW require a valid NATO SECRET security clearance prior to the start of the engagement.

Practical Arrangement :

The contractor will be required to provide the service 100% on-site at SHAPE, located in Mons in Belgium.

Exceptional off-site activities to support service delivery can also be arranged with the line manager’s coordination and approval.

The work depicted in this SOW is expected to be carried by a SIGNLE RESOURCE .

The work will be conducted during normal office hours following the SHAPE calendar, as well as outside office hours and on weekends, if necessary.

SHAPE Recognized Business hours / Holidays : SHAPE official holiday schedule applies and will be provided to the contractor. SHAPE Operations : Monday to Thursday 0830 – 1730 and Friday 0830 – 1530 (CET)

Contractor Furnished Services : Contractor shall furnish everything required to perform the contract except for the items specified and covered under NCIA Furnished Property and Services below.

NCIA Furnished Property and Services : Access to relevant networks and environments will be provided by NCIA

The work depicted in this SOW is expected to be carried by a SINGLE RESOURCE.

Work is to be performed on the NCI Agency network(s) and appropriate hardware and connectivity will be provided by the NCI Agency, for the duration of this contract, and is to be returned upon completion of the contract.

Work at NS level : Should it be required for the Contractor to develop various documents at NATO Secret (NS) level, then this is to be performed either at the NATO premises or Contractor’s facilities that must possess a Facility Security Clearance (FSC) at the appropriate level with approved storage capability.

In case the contractor is working at NS level at NATO’s premises but there is a need to continue this work at the contractor’s facilities, then NATO Security regulations for the transportation / handling of NATO classified information / assets will apply.

For this specific SOW the Contractor’s company is required to hold a valid Facility Security Clearance (FSC), which allows to handle and store NATO SECRET material.

Security :

Delivering services under this SoW requires a valid NATO SECRET security clearance.

Any resource proposed for this SOW requires valid NATO SECRET security clearance prior to the start of the engagement.

All the deliverables of this project will be considered NATO UNCLASSIFIED, while access to networks exceeding this classification level is required.

Travel :

There may be requirements to travel to other sites within NATO for completing these tasks.

Travel costs are out of scope and will be borne by the NCI Agency separately in accordance to the provisions of the AAS+ Framework Contract.

Travel requires the prior coordination with and approval of the NCIA Service Delivery Manager / Project Manager.

Required Qualification :

Contractor – Mandatory Requirements :

• Advanced knowledge and multi-year experience in the areas of risk and organizational management and support of various (international) operations, activities, units and projects related to defense, cybersecurity, networks, digital evidence, communications or information systems.
• Minimum 3 years of experience within NATO dealing with management and / or communication and Information Systems and / or Cyber.
• Minimum 3 years in stakeholder management, meeting coordination, interpreting and communicating findings in reports, and leadership support.
• Bachelor degree followed by minimum 5 years experience.

Contractor – Desired Requirements :