Space Protection Program Analyst

SAIC • Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Space Protection Program Analyst to join its Air Force, Space and Intelligence Business Group, providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community customer developing next-generation space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions. The analyst will serve as a subject matter expert and System Program Office representative, coordinating with the development contractor and stakeholders, including end-user operators, to enable deployment of new protection capabilities into space operations.

The analyst will work with program leadership, technical leads, mission engineers, and acquisition specialists to provide analytical, financial, and administrative support for effective execution of cost, schedule, and performance objectives. The role also identifies strategies to maximize collaboration, streamline decision-making, and optimize processes to improve team performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and two years of experience in a relevant field, or a master’s degree and no experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
• Experience using Confluence, Jira, and SharePoint or similar tools.
• Ability to perform in a program analysis, project control, financial analysis, or related program support role.
• Familiarity with process improvement strategies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), or similar strategic frameworks.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting Space Protection or Space Domain projects, programs, or acquisitions.
• Experience with program management of government acquisitions within DoW or the Intelligence Community, preferably NRO.
• Expert administration and/or operations proficiency with Confluence and Jira, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with Federal, Department of War (DoW), or Intelligence Community (IC) acquisition processes.
• Familiarity with agile software development methodologies.
• Familiarity with process improvement strategies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), or similar strategic frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day program management activities across cost, schedule, performance, and risk.
• Collect, analyze, and synthesize technical, schedule, and financial program data to support metrics, dashboards, and decision briefings.
• Execute Knowledge Management strategies to capture, store, structure, and make SPO information available to stakeholders.
• Identify team process or communication bottlenecks with stakeholders and recommend workflow adjustments to improve cross-functional collaboration and productivity.
• Provide basic acquisition support for Requests for Proposal (RFP) and Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) contracting efforts to support software development and capability delivery goals.
• Work with SPO senior leaders to allocate and disposition formal NRO information and action requests using NRO’s enterprise task management and response tool.
• Support SPO governance and decision forums, including real-time slide and Confluence page management and recording meeting minutes and action items.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level