Space Protection Operations Engineer

SAIC • Fort Belvoir, VA

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About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Space Protection Operations Engineer to join the Air Force, Space, and Intelligence Business Group, providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The customer is developing the next generation of space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions. The Space Protection Operations Engineer will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) and System Program Office (SPO) representative coordinating with the development contractor and stakeholders (including end user operators) for deployment of new protection capabilities into space operations. The Space Protection Operations Engineer collaborates within a team of mission-related SMEs to support system testing, propel transition to operations planning, facilitate user/operator training, participate in Operations and Maintenance (O&M) planning and Deficiency Report (DR) management, and the SPO focal point for coordinating with Operations stakeholders.

Requirements

• Systems engineering and technical advisory services experience
• Experience with the Government Intelligence Community (IC)
• Experience with next generation space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions
• Subject matter expert (SME) in space protection operations
• Experience as a System Program Office (SPO) representative
• Coordination with development contractors and stakeholders
• Collaboration with end-user operators
• Support for system testing
• Transition to operations planning
• Facilitation of user/operator training
• Participation in Operations and Maintenance (O&M) planning
• Deficiency Report (DR) management
• Focal point for coordinating with Operations stakeholders
• Expertise in developing tools for Indications and Warning against Space threats
• Eliciting system capability needs and user interface/experience (UI/UX) preferences
• Guiding mission application enhancements
• Managing transition of new capabilities and software deliveries
• Review and coordination of system documentation and training materials
• Evaluating developer solutions
• Guiding software deployment activities
• Assessing software patches/fixes

Responsibilities

• Provides space protection operations mission expertise to acquisition managers and software engineers in the development of tools that provide operators Indications and Warning against Space threats.
• Elicits system capability needs and user interface/experience (UI/UX) preferences from operational users.
• Collaborates with software developers to inform/guide mission application enhancements.
• Manages the transition of new capabilities and software deliveries to operations.
• Leads the review and coordination of system documentation and training materials.
• Evaluates developer solutions, guides software deployment activities, and assesses software patches/fixes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed