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Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visitperaton.comto learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Responsibilities
The Watch Operations (WO) Analyst supporting a national defense space warfighting program, is responsible for monitoring ground and space-based asset operational statuses and warning against threats to critical enterprise systems to ensure 24/7 Mission Protection. As a WO, you will maintain certification and readiness for your crew position and assist the development of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), support course of action (COA) planning and improve checklist and job aid effectiveness in conjunction with the integration of developing indications and warnings (I&W) tools. The successful candidate will maintain awareness on high-interest threat activity and support analysis, planning, training and exercise activities. Mission Protection responsibilities include monitoring partner asset statuses and I&W systems to identify, report and mitigate current threats to mission and future vulnerabilities to adversary capabilities. Key to this position is the ability to interpret, document and report relevant enterprise-wide system deficiencies and latencies to decision-makers of all ranks while performing Mission Director (MD) tasks as a back-up (as required).Responsibilities:Maintain certification and system readiness in 24/7 WO crew positionReport on operations capabilities, system degradation, latencies and statuses that may impact the missionDevelopment TTPs, COAs and work to improve thresholds for checklist entry criteriaAssist system integration efforts of latest I&W software tools and capabilitiesRoutinely create reports, products and brief leadership daily and ad hoc for ongoing space events of interestParticipate in real world and exercise space event planning and execution effortsMaintain Awareness of current high-interest terrestrial and space-based activity affecting space domainMaintain readiness for contingency tasks and serve as back-up for all MD tasks (as required, when MD is unavailable)Identify any system or intelligence gaps and assumptions that may pose a risk to mission success and report, manage and mitigate those risksWork full-time on-site at a government facility in Springfield, VA***This position is contingent upon award of contract***
Qualifications
Requirements:Minimum Experience of 12 years w/o a degree or 10 years with AS/AA or 8 years with BS/BA or 6 years with MS/MA or 3 years with Phd5 years of combined experience working in space defense operations, IC or space MGSs (Mission Ground Stations) with bachelor’s degree; 9 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree; 3 years’ relevant experience with MS in related fieldsActive TS/SCI with adjudicated PolyPREFERRED:3 years of combined prior space operations experience working as an orbital analyst, flight safety analyst, BSA, WO, or satellite mission planner at a ground station2 years assigned IC organizationsUnderstanding of orbital mechanics and mission status monitoring applicationsExperience with STK (Systems Tool Kit) or relevant space I&W system toolsKnowledge of foreign/domestic space & ground threat capabilitiesExperience presenting mission information to large groups and collaborating with military and civilian leaders
Job ID
167321
Security Clearance
TS/SCI
About Peraton
At Peraton, we’re at the forefront of delivering the next big thing every day. We’re the partner of choice to help solve some of the world’s most daunting challenges, delivering bold, new solutions to keep people around the world safer and more secure.
We’re not mired in the past. We look at all problems with fresh eyes. We look past the obvious to bring the best talent, tech, and ideas together to completely transform how things get done, no matter the challenge.