Cloud Analyst - External Attacks

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 NATOs 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 NATOs communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATOs 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 NATOs mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATOs information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATOs communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATOs 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 categorises: 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 Background

The NCI Agency has been established with a view to meeting the collective requirements of some or all NATO nations in the fields of capability delivery and service provision related to Consultation, Command & Control as well as Communications, Information and Cyber Defence functions, thereby also facilitating the integration of Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Target Acquisition functions and their associated information exchange.

The NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is a team of over 200 members working to monitor and protect NATO networks. In the NCSCs role to deliver robust security services to the NATO Enterprise and NATO Allied Operations and Missions (AOM), the centre executes a portfolio of programmes and projects around 219 MEUR euros per year, in order to uplift and enhance critical cyber security services. The Portfolio ranges from Programme of Work (POW) activities funded via the NATO Military Budget (MB) to Critical / Urgent Requirements (CURs/URs) and NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) projects funded via the Investment Budget (IB). In some edge cases, projects are also funded via the Civilian Budget (CB). Projects can span multiple years and are governed by various frameworks, including the Common Funded Capability Development Governance Framework (CFCDGM).

In order to execute this work, the NCI Agency is seeking additional support through contracted resources (or consulting) to support the work undertaken by the NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the area of Communications and Information System (CIS) security, cyber defence and cyberspace operations. This Statement of Work (SoW) specifies the required skillset and experience. To support NCSC for the execution of tasks identified in the subject work package of the project, the NCIA is looking for subject matter expertise in the delivery of complex, foundational and novel Cybersecurity capability.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

This task includes data analysis and reporting of data reported by the Senior Online Vulnerability Assessment (OVA) Analyst Support. For the provision of consistent support and the execution of the task, NCIA will get subject matter expertise from the industry with a service (deliverable based/completion type) based AAS framework contract in the delivery of requested capability.

The Cyber Security External Attack Surface Management (cloud based) Support gives visibility and insight on the networks in NATO environment, which in turn is critical to effective management, strong security and compliance, and efficient migrations and consolidations.

More broadly, NATO needs to be able to monitor the configuration of its domain controllers in order to prevent exploitation by malicious threat actors.

Under the direction / guidance of the NCSC Point of Contact, a contractor will be the part of the NCSC Team supporting the following activities:

• Daily: Maintain a comprehensive list of all vulnerabilities being taken care of, along with their remediation or mitigation status. The dataset shall be updated no later than 2 working days after the notification of a change is received.
• Weekly: Deliver a comprehensive vulnerability report to the Service Delivery Manager (SDM) and Service Owner (SAO), taking into account all vulnerabilities posing a security risk to the monitored organization, recommendation of remedial actions recommended to the system/application owners and the status of the recommended actions. The weekly report is expected to be delivered each first working day of a calendar week, before Close of Business. No weekly report is due if that week does not include any working day (for instance: long official holidays such as Christmas break).
• Monthly: Monthly: delivery of vulnerability report to the SDM and SAO, with an overview of the critical/high vulnerabilities identified, the status of the recommended actions to show in a graphical way plus the trend of the security posture of internet facing services. The monthly report is expected to be delivered within 5 working days after the last working day of the past month.
• Yearly: Deliver a report to the SDM and SAO, with a summary of all events and actions that occurred during the year. The yearly report is expected to be delivered within 15 working days after the last working day of the past year.

Essential Skills and Experience

• 3+ years of experience in IT security, with a focus on Security Audit and / or Security Assessment of large organisation
• Strong understanding of security best practices and experience with cloud-based infrastructure
• Strong understanding of the assessment of internet-facing assets for vulnerabilities and anomalies
• Knowledge of relevant NATO standards and regulations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• The incumbent shall be able to understand and interpret the outcomes of security audit reports (NATO high side network).
• Experience with threat intelligence, incident response and remediation a plus
• Knowledge of NATO organization and its IT infrastructure is a plus
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA is a plus

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience in working with NATO.
• Experience of working with NATO Communications and Information Agency.
• Experience of working with national Defence or Government entities.

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field Or equivalent experience

Working Location

• Mons, Belgium

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance

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