Requirement: Technical Capability Branch Head
Location: Oeiras, PORTUGAL
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Not to Exceed Rate: 92 EUR
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date: 11 May 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
- Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
- Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
- Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Duties & Role:
- Head of TeC Branch responsible for planning and managing TeC Branch team and resources, and execution of Programme of Work
- Provision of specialist advice and support to Academy operations
- Coordination with other Academy Branches
- Technical leadership to projects and service
- Quality control of TeC Branch services delivery and outputs
- Communications and reporting to Academy leadership and Academy stakeholders
- Continuous improvement of TeC Branch services, products and platforms, data, and processes
- Lifecycle and obsolescence management oversight
- Technical coherence related to the Academy Learning Environment
- Technical issue, risk and dependency management
- Security compliance and CISPIA coordination, and compliance with Agency policy and procedures
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- A minimum requirement of a Master's degree at a nationally recognized/certified University in a Computer and Information Technology science or engineering related programme and 5 years experience in designing, developing, integrating, securing, operating and maintaining a digital ecosystem that enables learning innovation, learning design and development, learning management, and learning delivery in an on premise and enterprise environment or equivalently complex digital ecosystem.
- A minimum of 5 years experience in managing a team of IT professionals, moderating technical discussions with multi-disciplinary teams, overseeing (as technical lead) a large portfolio of IT projects and service delivery, and applying analytical and systems thinking to complex problems.
- Demonstrated experience managing and guiding resources (including outsourced resources), planning and prioritizing work, managing dependencies, issues and risks and ensuring quality.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in system integration and build, testing, operations and maintenance, and technical coordination or lifecycle management within complex IT environments.
- Proven experience working across multiple technical domains, including applications, infrastructure, networking and cyber security.
- Experience operating in structured, policy-driven environments with defined governance and security requirements.
- At least 5 years of practical experience in developing systems design, planning requirements specification for military CIS/C4ISR systems or similar complex IT systems and driving the architecture to implementation and operations
- Sound practical knowledge and experience of service delivery and service provisioning policies, methodologies, processes and tools; familiarity with IT service management practices (e.g. ITIL).
- Recent experience with cloud computing services and SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS, virtualised environments or self-service laboratory solutions.
- Experience with system and network automation
- Experience supporting security accreditation and compliance activities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders, build and manage strong partnerships
- Proven ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, with good briefing skills.
- Experience working in a combined civilian and military organization
- Experience working in a large multi-national or international organization
- Experience in training, education or mission-support environments involving CIS systems.
