Staff Officer (Cyber Awareness)

The Staff Officer (Cyber Awareness) is responsible for developing and conducting cyber awareness strategies and skills within HQ JSEC. The role involves cyber threat assessment, crisis response management, and maintaining situational awareness in the Cyber Domain to support NATO operations and exercises.

Responsibilities

• Develops, conducts and evaluates cyber awareness strategies and cyber awareness skills in HQ JSEC.
• Conducts cyber threat assessment and manages cyber crisis response within JSEC in close relationship with SHAPE CyOC, SHAPE J2X and HQ JSEC J2X.
• Contributes to overall Situational Awareness by maintaining focus on cyber vulnerabilities through liaison with CyOC, NCIA, NCISG and related HQs.
• Collects, summarizes, analyses and evaluates correlated information sources to maintain situational picture within Cyber Domain.
• Establishes liaison with all Cyberspace entities related to HQ JSEC to improve situational awareness on Cyberspace means and efforts.
• Contributes to Lessons Learned/ Lessons Identified process in HQ JSEC.
• Implements observations regarding cyber awareness and skill gaps as Division Training Officer.
• May perform similar duties elsewhere within the organization at the same grade.
• May undertake deployments in support of military operations and exercises, and/or temporary duty assignments within and without NATO boundaries.

Requirements

• University Degree and 4 years post related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related and 2 years function related experience.
• Proven experience in Command and Control Support (Military Cyberspace Planning) including providing general communication services and real-life CIS support to exercises.
• Experience in design, development, installation, maintenance, protection and defense of voice, data, and video communications capabilities, services, and systems.
• English language proficiency at SLP 3333 level (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing).
• Desirable: Further training certificates and courses related to cyber security and NATO operations such as NCIA A3085 Cyber Security Risk Assessment & Management, NATO Comprehensive Operations Planning Course, NATO C4ISR Orientation for Officers, Cyber Incident Handling & Disaster Response Course, Cyber-Intelligence and Situational Awareness.
• Ability to work with limited supervision, sound judgment, creativity, and tact.
• Willingness to undertake deployments and temporary duty assignments within and outside NATO boundaries.
• Acceptance of employment contract linked to this post constitutes agreement to deploy in excess of 30 days if required.

Skills

• Military Cyberspace Planning
• Communication Services Support
• CIS Support
• Cybersecurity risk assessment
• Cybersecurity Management
• Data Communications Systems
• Video Communication Systems
• Communications Systems Protection
• Communications Systems Defense
• Cyber Threat Assessment
• Crisis Response
• Situational Awareness Reporting
• Cyber Incident Handling
• Disaster Response
• NATO Operations Knowledge
• Command and Control
• Voice Communication Systems
• Telecommunications Systems Installation
• Telecommunications Systems Maintenance
• Cybersecurity Strategy Development

Languages

English