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Posted Mar 13, 2026

RFQ 2026-0022 - Specialized Contractors for NISC on Core Services

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This is a remote position. As part of a team, you will: • Contribute to NATO DCS Implementation Plan (DCS IP) Activities. • Coordinate activities with other DCS stakeholders, validate technical feasibility and ensure consistency with related tasks (e.g. Federated Mission Networking - FMN). • Contribute to and provide technical presentations for DCS implementation efforts and updates, including SME participation in NATO Data Centric and Core ServicesCapability Team (DC2S CaT). • Contribute to DCS Architecture development efforts. • Analyse, identify and engage dependencies and requirements to support implementation of DCS IP Milestones. • Define processes, models and workflows for data labelling, including legacy data. • Assess, validate and integrate DCS and Zero Trust approaches into NATO Enterprise and FMN Architectures. • Facilitate adoption and deployment of DCS toward its end-state via coherence activities across NATO Enterprise. • Develop business and technical architectures that support the implementation of DCS, particularly for DCS Maturity Levels 1-3 (ML1-ML3). • Contribute to the implementation of DCS concepts, such as a Proof-of-Concept Prototype for DCS ML3. • Facilitate the effective adoption and deployment of DCS towards its end-state via execution of coherence activities across the NATO Enterprise. • Contribute to the development of NATO Enterprise CS Requirements. • Develop and validate NATO Enterprise CS requirements, architectural products and technical specifications to support NATO Lines of Development (DOTMLPFI) for inclusion in future NATO CS Capabilities. • Provide close CS technical support to NCI Agency across CS Resources and Lines of Effort. • Deliver technical expertise through workshops, capability audits, CS architecture development and NATO Enterprise ICT Service Strategy update. • Ensure consistent, accurate and accessible documentation of CS Requirements and technical guidance. • Facilitate identification and mitigation of CS Capability gaps to support Next Generation Core Services (NGCS). • Maintain traceability and alignment between operational activities, audits and capability development to reinforce CS interoperability and readiness. • Contribute to capturing NATO Federated CS requirements through interoperability testing. • Inform and support the capture of Federated CS Requirements. • Develop and support Alliance and Coalition Federation information sharing concepts,services and specifications. • Performing interoperability testing activities in NATO Exercises and Events (e.g.CWIX, DIVE, FMN), producing lessons learned and inputs on CS contributions to their Final Reports. • Provide expert CS contributions to NATO exercises, conferences and working groups. • Validate and refine requirements through structured testing and interoperability assessments. • Support development of future CS capabilities by integrating outcomes into FMN Addenda and NATO policy. • Ensure traceability and alignment between testing, lessons learned and capability planning. • Assess, validate and integrate DCS approaches into NATO Enterprise and FMN architectures.