About this job

Sapienza Consulting is recruiting Senior System Test Engineers to join NATO – NCIA in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands.

The NCI Agency has been established with a view to meeting to the best advantage 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.

Responsibilities

All of the defined deliverables are briefings, reports, designs (proof of concept demonstrators) or specifications with a well-defined NCI Agency-specified format. The deliverables will be required by various dates between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023.

All deliverables are to be peer reviewed within the deliverable cycle. Input and guidance will be provided by NCI Agency in written form or/and during the targeted review meetings.

During the period of performance a Delivery Acceptance Sheet shall be provided to the Purchaser. The Template is provided in the Annex C.

The Purchaser will confirm the acceptance by signing Delivery Acceptance Sheet.

The expected classification level of the deliverables is NATO RESTRICTED. However, in some particular circumstances it might be decided that a part of the deliverables will be classified as NATO SECRET.

The execution of duties may require the contractors to access information, as well as CIS systems, classified up to NATO SECRET.

The execution of this contract will be coordinated by the NCIA AMDC2 PM

• The contractor shall participate in a kick-off meeting within one working week after the signing of this contract.

• This will be a virtual meeting executed via electronic means using Conference Call capabilities.

• During the kick-off meeting, the contractor will provide and discuss a plan for executing the tasks under this statement of work. Purchaser and contractor will discuss the plan and amend where appropriate.

• The contractor will provide email minutes containing, at least decisions and actions decided during the meeting.

• The contractor shall participate in regular status meetings, either in-person (where possible) or via electronic means using Conference Call capabilities.

• The rhythm for these meetings will be decided at the kick-off meeting.

• The contractor will initiate these meetings and provide email minutes containing at least decisions and actions decided during the meeting.

• The contractor shall support continued operational verification and validation activities at ACCS sites as an AirC2 Systems Test Engineer during the period leading up to and during NCS site-roll out activities as well as on-site Operational Demonstrations. The following specific deliverables are expected from this statement of work:

• D001: System Test Procedures (MEL/MIL scenarios)

• D002: Test Script Workbooks (mission card catalogue)

• D003: Knowledge Transfer Report (mentoring and coaching)

• D004 System Test Report (per site/person/ops domain)

Profile

• All candidates must have a currently valid NATO SECRET security clearance
• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified university in a related discipline or exceptionally, the lack of a university/college degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate’s particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to the NCI Agency and 12 years extensive and progressive expertise in the duties related to this position
• Good knowledge of, and practical experience in, modern test engineering and test management methods and paradigms
• Good knowledge of, and practical experience in, the operational or technical use of Air C2 systems supported by NCI Agency for areas such as system administration, C2 Resource Management, Force Management, Airspace Management, Air Mission Control or Surveillance
• Experience interpreting and/or capturing business and user requirements through use cases and developing test cases accordingly;
• Candidate must have the nationality of one of the NATO nations
• Excellent command of spoken and written English

The following expertise and knowledge are desirable for this contract:

• Instructor background
• Validated ICC, CSI or MASE experience with C2 nodes within the NATO Area of Responsibility (AOR)
• Recent experience in planning and execution of validation activities within large-scale C2 exercises