Expert Level Emerging Technology Integration Specialist (N) in Norfolk

Founded in 2007, SimIS Inc. is an innovative information technology solution Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) that models future environments, requirements, and capabilities, and then secures the enterprise from internal and external threats compliant with Federal, State, and industry standard governance to ensure client mission success. Our performance standard is “excellence,” with an outcomes-based, quality focus in our services and products, guided by our core values of honesty, relationships, teamwork, loyalty, and importance of others. SimIS is currently recruiting for the listed position and is contingent upon award. The position is anticipated to be “on site.”

NATO HQ Supreme Allied Command Transformation (NATO SACT) is seeking contract support for the Vendor-Augmented Next-Gen Guidance and Responsive Development (VANGARD) program. VANGARD gives HQ SACT timely access to the leading-edge information and quality support necessary to tackle challenges impacting NATO’s strategic, operational, and transformational concepts, and to contribute to the scoping, assessment, and development of capabilities through wargaming, modelling and simulation, capability planning, programming, experimentation, acceptance testing, etc. To support the VANGARD effort, SimIS seeks an Expert Level Emerging Technology Integration Specialist to provide expert-level analysis of Emerging and Disruptive Technology (E&DT) integration across multiple operational domains and NATO capability portfolios.

Experience Required:

• Master's degree in relevant technical discipline.
• 10-15 years of experience in technology development, systems engineering, or operational analysis.
• Minimum of 5 technical publications or conference presentations on emerging defense technologies.
• Professional certifications in relevant areas (e.g., AI/ML, systems engineering, cybersecurity).
• Deep technical expertise in at least 2 of the 8 E&DT focus areas with working knowledge of 3+ additional areas: Artificial Intelligence, robotic and autonomous systems, quantum technologies, novel materials and advanced manufacturing, hypersonic technologies, energy and propulsion technologies, biotechnology and human enhancement, next generation networks.
• Systems engineering expertise to include requirements analysis, functional decomposition, and verification/validation methodologies.
• Experience with NATO architecture frameworks (NAF) and technical standards (STANAGs).
• Understanding of experimentation methodologies including Design of Experiments (DOE), test and evaluation, and Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E).

Responsibilities:

• Support the exploration, understanding, and assessment of EDT focus areas to enhance cooperation, planning and information sharing with Allies, Partners and non-NATO actors.
• Produce Research Papers exploring topics in depth, based on information from sources such as books, articles, interviews, and Internet sites.
• Deliver operating concepts for employing specified military capabilities in the achievement of a stated objective or aim.
• Deliver products supporting the planning, design, execution and analysis of technical trials, leading to the delivery of formal reports with an emphasis on evidence-based findings.
• Conduct Strategic Level Analytical Studies researching and analyzing NATO’s internal and external environments to inform long-term strategy and decision-making.
• Develop Decision-Making Aids that contribute to part or all of quantitative or qualitative decision-making tools.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Short-Term Disability (at no cost to you) & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Professional Development
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Federal Holidays each year

SimIS, Inc. is an EOE / M / F / Disability / VET / Drug Free Employer.