Space Domain Awareness Training Lead

Peraton•Fort Belvoir, VA

3d•$135,000 - $216,000•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is looking for a Space Domain Awareness Training Manager to support a national security program conducting 24/7 Space Warfighting operations based in Springfield, VA. As the Training Lead supporting a national security program space warfighting mission, you will be responsible for improving and maintaining a robust training program designed to equip all assigned personnel with the knowledge and system skills necessary to win in a contested space environment. As a senior training team member filling a key position, a successful candidate will lead training program development and documentation efforts and deliver strong foundational space domain awareness (SDA) system & mission knowledge to enable our warfighters and protect national space assets. In a dynamic and increasingly active space environment the Training Lead will be at the forefront of learning the latest developing system capabilities and responsible for integrating that knowledge into new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for operational checklist and training materials changes. This is subject matter expert (SME)-level position requiring expert skills in both formal classroom instruction and hand-on system training.

Requirements

12+ years’ space operations and/or space intelligence experience with bachelor’s degree; 14 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree; 11+ years relevant experience with master’s degree in related technical or teaching fields
3+ years’ space operations and/or experience using NRO on-orbit space systems tools (i.e., ASW, SuperCombo) tools, STK or similar orbital visualization propagators and threat determination analysis tools
3+ years’ Training Manager or related space system tools instructing experience
Excellent oral & written communication skills
Possess a TS/SCI clearance with adjudicated CI Poly

Nice To Haves

SME-level knowledge of foreign/domestic space & ground system threat capabilities
Prior supervisor/managerial or operations task/project team lead experience
Prior experience with Air Force/Space Force training records and positional task lists
Orbital Analyst schooling (i.e. Space 100, 200, 300, Advance Orbital Mechanics, Orbital Analyst Training Course or similar)
Advanced proficiency in MS word and PowerPoint
Superior oral & written communication skills, experience interacting with military and civilian leaders

Responsibilities

Supervise 3-4 training team members working across geographically separated operations centers while delivering quality training products to government customer
Schedule, lead formal classroom instruction for all organizational divisions
Lead training meetings, attend ops update briefings, exercise, strategic planning meetings, and tool demonstrations, sharing SME knowledge & system expertise
Offer ad hoc and supplemental hands-on system training for operators upon request
Author training documentation and builds visual aids with step-by-step instructions, capturing system screenshots with supporting annotations using standard office software tools (i.e. MS Word, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF etc.)
Familiarize self and training team members with developing system tools, updates relevant job aids, checklists and training reference material
Assist in system integration and development efforts as SME and user resource
Practice operational risk-management; recognizes system limitations and vulnerabilities, and/or procedural and training deficits posing risk to mission success
Maintain system proficiency (i.e., Systems Tool Kit (STK) and other software)
Work full-time on-site at a government facility in Springfield, VA (some travel, up to 15%, is necessary to meet training and mission requirements)