#NC25OTR178812 - Technical Support to NATO Geospatial Standardization - Closed
Deadline: May 12, 2025
Requester: NATO
Location: Offsite
Start date: June, 2025
Security clearance: NATO SECRET
SCOPE OF WORK / DUTIES / ROLES
- FMN and GeoMetoc syndicate: Provide technical expertise to the FMN GeoMetOc syndicate leader to ensure that FMN spiral instructions for Geospatial Information are in line with current and future GIS capabilities in NATO. Contribute to the improvement and evolution of the FMN roadmap and the Procedures and Service Instructions (PI & SI) for Geospatial Information with a specific focus on the implementation of Data Centric Security principles. Track progress and gaps (PI & SI) regarding Federated Geospatial capabilities for currents ongoing spirals and contribute to future spirals specifications, in close coordination with the NCIA supporting activities to geospatial capability development, to capture standardisation and interoperability results int;
- Geospatial capabilities: GeoPackage as a NATO Standard (6563): Standardization of the GeoPackage is planned by the JGSWG as a multi-year activity. A Standardization Proposal (SP) for the GeoPackage Standard has been submitted to the NSO in 2023. The SP builds on an existing GeoPackage Profile (DGIWG), the ACT/NCIA GeoPackage Study, and specific operational requirements provided by the NCS. The objective of this task is to provide technical subject matter expertise to the ACT Geospatial Officer to respond to questions raised by the JGSWG for the standardization of the GeoPackage technology, and to respond to technical questions raised in the context of the GeoPackage Standardization Proposal and the clarification of NCS requirements. This task also covers supporting the Custodian Team and ensure that the NCS / Core GIS requirements are represented in the standardization activities;
- NATO Geospatial Standards Architecture (NGSA): Participate as a member in the Custodian Team for the management level document NATO Geospatial Standards Architecture (NGSA) to establish a backbone of all geospatial STANAGS to improve the coherence of current standards and provide better guidance for the development of new ones;
- STANAGs (2586, 2592 and 6523): Provide technical subject matter expertise to the JGSWG for the reviews of STANAGS 2586, 2592 and 6523. Limited support to the Custodian Teams, mainly through documents review, to ensure that the NCS / Core GIS & GECS requirements are represented in the standardization activities.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Technical Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of proven experience in the field of geospatial standardisation;
- Experience of working within NATO and/or National geospatial standardisation;
- Experience of working with geospatial processes and procedures in the NATO Command Structure.
Desirable:
- Working experience with NATO Standardization bodies, such as JGSWG, and the standardization process in NATO;
- Knowledge of OGC GeoPackage Encoding Standard, and related OGC Standards such as WMS, WMTS, WFS, WPS;
- Proven experience in scientific writing and the creation of large scientific reports and documents;
- Working experience with the creation/review of NATO STANAGs.
Professional Qualifications:
- Must have excellent spoken and written English communication and presentation skills, as demonstrated by recent experience (within the past 5 years);
- Must demonstrate the ability and self-motivation to work on his/her own but must also work well within groups as part of a team;
- Must demonstrate an ability and keen sense for problem-solving;
- Motivated, good communication skills, team player;
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
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