Satcom Specialist (NE) - Senior
About The Position
Join Peraton's mission-critical team supporting secure, real-time data delivery across complex operational environments in direct support of our nation's warfighters. If you are driven by national security and energized by cutting-edge C2ISR capabilities, sensor integration, and resilient data transport solutions, we invite you to join our team. We are seeking highly cleared professionals who excel at the intersection of advanced communications infrastructure, distributed systems, and mission assurance—where reliability, security, and performance are paramount. Specifically, we are looking for a TS/SCI cleared SATCOM Specialist (NE) - Senior to support this mission at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina. Responsibilities: As a SATCOM Specialist (NE) - Senior, you will provide technical and management leadership for all equipment and information support functions across the Task Order.
Requirements
- Previous experience as a SATCOM Specialist (NE) or similar role supporting a DoD customer at the CCMD level
- Minimum of 6 years’ experience with a BS/BA or 4 years’ experience with an MS/MA or 2 years’ experience with a PhD. or 10 years' w/o a degree or 8 years with AS/AA Degree
- A current, active DoD security clearance at the TS/SCI level
- US citizenship is required
- DoD 8140 role for WRC: 441; Element: IT; Work Role: Network Operations Specialist; Proficiency Level: Intermediate / Ability to obtain
Nice To Haves
- DoD-approved IA baseline certification for ADP-III/IT-III based on the IAT level and CE/Operating System (OS) certificate within six months of the assignment.
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience with a BS/BA or 6 years’ experience with an MS/MA or 3 years’ experience with a PhD. or 12 years' w/o a degree or 10 years with AS/AA Degree
Responsibilities
- Serves as a lead technical expert in designing, implementing, and optimizing complex network infrastructures for C2ISR SATCOM Transport Systems, ensuring high resilience and performance.
- Leads the architectural design and deployment of highly scalable and secure SATCOM network segments, incorporating advanced routing protocols, multi-domain network segmentation, and secure data paths for C2ISR mission data.
- Oversees the integration of diverse SATCOM technologies (e.g., GEO, MEO, LEO, commercial/military SATCOM) into a unified C2ISR communication infrastructure, defining interoperability standards and network interfaces.
- Conducts expert-level network engineering analysis for SATCOM systems, focusing on throughput optimization, latency reduction, and resilience against environmental or adversarial effects (e.g., rain fade, jamming) using advanced simulation and modeling tools.
- Develops advanced network engineering solutions to address complex SATCOM communication challenges, such as implementing Software-Defined Networking (SDN) principles for dynamic bandwidth allocation or designing secure cross-domain solutions over SATCOM.
- Drives the maintenance and modernization strategies for SATCOM assets and ground-based gateways, including evaluating new modem technologies, waveform enhancements, and network management systems.
- Functions as a technical expert across multiple high-impact SATCOM network engineering assignments, guiding junior and journeyman specialists, and contributing to the strategic expansion and optimization of global C2ISR SATCOM infrastructure.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
