ENGINEER V – CHIEF OPERATIONS INTEGRATOR (COI)

Integrity Communications Solutions•Colorado Springs, CO

6d•$145,000 - $160,000

About The Position

Integrity Communications Solutions is seeking a senior-level Chief Operations Integrator to support a Department of Defense protected satellite communications (SATCOM) Ground and Framework development program in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The COI serves as the program’s operational integration resource, bringing extensive protected SATCOM operational experience and current user perspectives into engineering, integration, test, training, logistics, fielding, and sustainment activities. The role engages closely with Government and operational-user communities to understand current and evolving missions, operational environments, constraints, and user needs. The selected candidate identifies and communicates operational needs and concerns, assesses mission impacts and risks, connects operational and technical stakeholders, and helps ensure Warfighter considerations are understood and incorporated throughout program development and integration. An active TS clearance is preferred; candidates with an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI eligibility are considered.

Requirements

At least 10 years of relevant experience supporting protected SATCOM operations, systems engineering, operational integration, or related DoD mission areas.
Extensive direct experience with protected SATCOM missions, operations, user communities, and operational environments.
Demonstrated ability to translate operational needs and mission context into actionable information for technical and program stakeholders.
Experience working directly with Government, military operational organizations, engineering teams, and senior stakeholders.
Ability to identify operational concerns and clearly articulate associated mission impacts, dependencies, consequences, and risks.
Strong understanding of complex System-of-Systems environments and relationships among operations, requirements, design, integration, test, training, logistics, and sustainment.
Strong communication, facilitation, technical writing, and briefing skills.
Ability to operate effectively across organizational and technical boundaries without formal authority.
Active DoD Secret clearance and ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI eligibility.

Nice To Haves

Active TS clearance is preferred.
Recent operational experience or sustained engagement with current protected SATCOM user communities.
Experience with strategic or protected military SATCOM systems such as Milstar, AEHF, or ESS.
Experience with SATCOM mission planning, communications planning, command and control, cryptographic/key management, terminal operations, or related mission functions.
Experience supporting operational test, system integration, training, logistics, readiness, or fielding activities.
Experience participating in Government and program working groups, technical reviews, integration forums, or engineering review boards.
Familiarity with systems engineering lifecycle, risk management, requirements, verification, and configuration-management processes.
Experience supporting complex DoD acquisition or development programs.

Responsibilities

Maintain current understanding of protected SATCOM missions, user populations, operations, workflows, environments, constraints, dependencies, and emerging user needs.
Engage with Government and operational-user communities to stay informed about current and evolving operations.
Identify and communicate SATCOM user interests, needs, concerns, and operational considerations affecting Ground and Framework development and broader System-of-Systems integration.
Assess operational concerns and describe their mission context, affected users or missions, potential consequences, dependencies, urgency, and risk.
Provide operational context to engineering, requirements, architecture, integration, test, training, logistics, and sustainment activities.
Connect operational users, technical teams, and subject-matter experts to support capabilities that are technically effective and operationally suitable.
Provide operational perspective to integration, verification, validation, test planning, test execution, and evaluation activities.
Identify operational considerations affecting training, fielding, product support, site readiness, sustainment, and transition to operational use.
Identify, pursue, and participate in operationally relevant meetings, working groups, reviews, boards, demonstrations, exercises, and user forums.
Identify operationally significant information or access gaps and communicate resulting impacts or risks through established program processes.
Support routing, evaluation, and disposition of operational concerns and recommendations through appropriate program organizations and governance mechanisms.
Provide clear operational recommendations and mission context to program leadership, Government stakeholders, and technical organizations.