Provision of JISRC services

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

·         MSc degree in either Computer Science, Software & Systems Engineering, or a similar area, or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCIA, that is, at least 6 years’ extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the services outlined in the SoW

·         5+ years’ of proved experience in solution architecture delivery

·         2+ years’ technical knowledge of the JISR process and ongoing programmes

·         Proven experience on the development of architectures for NATO and/or defence customers

·         Experience of using Archimate and Sparx Enterprise Architect

·         Proven experience and writing of large, structure documents

DUTIES/ROLE: 

·         Engage with JISRC staff (Technical Subject Matter Experts, Service Delivery Managers, Project Managers) to understand and document current and future system/service capabilities; and with Chief Technology Office (CTO) staff, especially the JISR Segment Architect and JISR Segment Service Engineer

·         Document JISR workflows and processes at technical level

·         Develop high level overview of technical solutions in place

·         Deliver JISR as-is architecture, capturing all current JISR services, applications and system capabilities; their inter-dependencies and the technologies by which they are implemented

·         Deliver JISR to-be architecture

·         Deliver implementation roadmap that specifies how to achieve the to-be architecture

·         Advise on technical synergies, gaps and opportunities identified

Deliverables:

·         ‘’As-Is” Architecture

ü  NAMIS Application Service (APP023)

ü  INTEL FS Application Service (APP033)

ü  HMART Application Service (APP046)

ü  Allied Command Operations Open Source System (AOSS) Application Service (APP047)

ü  Core Geographic Information System (GIS) Application Service (APP055)

ü  ISR Collection Management Tool (ICMT) Application Service (APP056)

ü  INTEL FS SIGINT Capability (ISC) Application Service (APP057)

ü  Release Server (RS) Application Service (APP058)

ü  ISR Coalition Shared Data (CSD) Service (APP060)

ü  Electromagnetic Warfare Functional Services (EW-FS) Application Service (APP075)

ü  PNT & NAVWAR Application Service (APP102)

ü  NATO Automated Biometrics Identification (NABIS) Application Service (APP079)

ü  Information Environment Assessment (APP110)

ü  APSS Management and Transfer Service

·         To-be” Architecture

ü  INTEL FS Spiral 2

ü  GeoViewer

ü  INTEL & ISR Capability Programme Plan

ü  Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space

ü  PANGEA

ü  NATO Geospatial Enterprise Core Service

ü  NABIS

ü  C2 of EW

ü  AI Platform

ü  Others - during contract implementation

·         The “to-be” architecture shall:

ü  Simplify, harmonize the “as-is” architecture: Consolidate technology choices, identify common components and optimize their reuse

ü  Reduce Operation & Maintenance support from NCIA side

ü  Be data-centric, considering data as a first class concept and avoiding to lock data into specific applications/systems Aligned with NATO’s Data Centric Reference Architecture

ü  Be a resilient architecture with open design for the future

ü  Optimize data flow; consider data transfer spanning different security domains, networks, and the internet/cloud

ü  Support interoperability including interoperability with the nations

ü  Zero Trust Policy: enforce identity checks, data integrity, provenance, and strict guard policies.

ü  Comply with NATO STANAGs when available

ü  Applications need to be cloud-native as much as possible, i.e. embrace a cloud-optimized design using cloud services and principles such as portability, resiliency, and scalability, and ensure readiness for migration to the cloud

ü  Maximize use of available platform, infrastructure and AI services