Digital Backbone Demonstration & Experimentation Support

Norfolk, United States | Posted on 10/14/2025

Sandy Mac Evolution LLC is a Veteran‑Owned company dedicated to connecting top talent with meaningful opportunities.

This opportunity is open only to individuals who currently hold an active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) or NATO security clearance at the required level. Engagement will be under a 1099 / Business‑to‑Business (B2B) contractual arrangement — not a W‑2 employment position.

As this is a B2B / 1099 engagement, benefits such as health insurance, paid time off, and retirement plans are not provided. Contractors are responsible for managing their own taxes, insurance, and other business obligations in accordance with federal and state requirements.

A defense technology specialist with deep experience in NATO’s Digital Backbone (DBB) initiative or comparable large‑scale digital integration programs. The ideal candidate has a background in IT, systems integration, or communications engineering, and has supported lived demonstrations, trials, or experiments that test interoperability, resilience, and capability integration.

They should be skilled in coordinating with multinational stakeholders, preparing test environments, analyzing outcomes, and producing clear reports for senior leaders. Practical experience with NATO digital transformation, cloud migration, or multi‑domain integration programs is highly desirable. An active NATO Secret clearance is mandatory.

Search Focus:
Defense technologists with NATO DBB experimentation and lived demonstration experience.

• Coordinate and contribute to the activities of the CIS Branch Digital Backbone Capability development Team.
• Define and refine demonstration, test, and experimentation (DTE) event objectives aligned with capability development and operational needs.
• Develop, refine, and track performance to the plan using project management tools for events such as DiBaX.
• Develop and provide final versions of event resource requirements that identify host nation support consistent with existing Memorandum of Understanding.
• Support planning meetings associated with DTE venues and integrate capability teams into the events.
• Support advanced technologies and industry selection for DTE events by developing criteria, soliciting inputs, and scoring proposals.
• Provide required save‑the‑date, calling notices, and other administrative documentation for soliciting action for internal and outside entities.
• Provide draft and finalize event design and management documentation in sufficient detail to track implementation.
• Support the elaboration of DOTMLPFI requirements as outputs from the execution of technical demonstration, test, and experimentation event.
• Support the development of the DTE event risk management plan.
• Support the development of the DTE event security plan.
• Support the development of the DTE registration, observer day, and VIP engagements.
• Support the development of use cases for the design of the technical DTE.
• Develop and refine the post‑DTE report provided to stakeholders.
• Conduct cross‑ACT event coordination to synchronize efforts.
• Directly support the event directors and will be required to travel to planning, integration, and execution sessions within NATO’s boundaries for approximately 4 weeks per year.
• Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the LABOR category.

• A University/Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or business management.
• Minimum of 5 years in the last 10 years in technical event planning, design, and execution.
• Demonstrate 3 years of experience with the deployment of civilian standards‑based wireless communications, autonomous systems, or community of interest services.
• Demonstrate 3 years of experience with the application of project management.
• Current project management certification including PMP or equivalent.
• Demonstrate 3 years of operational knowledge of military communications network technologies within the last 10 years as either a military officer or as a civilian.
• Demonstrate 3 years of the application of event management tools.