Job Description
Responsibilities:
Ready to make an impact? We are seeking a Protected (Milstar, AEHF) SATCOM (Satellite Communications) Orbital Analyst trainer and Subject Matter Expert. Orbital Analyst (OA) will provide on-site system technical support to perform Orbital Analyst (OA) functions for the Protected SATCOM satellites on the Command Control Systems Consolidated (CCS-C) ground system. OA will support 24/7 on-call with satellite anomaly resolution, software and hardware validation, training, and procedure development. Daily customer interface and reporting will be required as well as potential travel to a backup location.
Train new team members and military to become OA certified.- Evaluate spacecraft performance and perform required tasks to maintain the health of the satellite constellation. This may include orbit determinations, maneuver planning, and/or repositioning actions.
- Assist with performing satellite and orbit anomaly resolution actions to ensure the continued maximum mission utilization of the satellite constellation.
- Develop and maintain operational procedures and tools to maximize the support for the satellite operators, satellite engineers, and mission planners.
- Complete trending and analysis with the satellite, orbit, attitude, and close approach data.
- Analyze and validate software and hardware updates to ensure they meet mission performance and fulfill mission requirements.
- Perform necessary reporting processes and procedures per the government guidelines.
- Interact with government customer and other outside agencies.
- Express ideas, concepts, and solutions to a variety of problems to leadership, customers, and peers for informed decision making on conjunctions, anomalies, working groups, and other troubleshooting tasks.
- Satellite familiarization, including bus and payload of DoD (GPS, DSCS, WGS, Milstar, AEHF, SBSS, ORS-5, Etc), NRO, and/or commercial satellites.
- Support 24/7 on-call including holidays and weekends - 90% response time
- Possible travel to the back-up location on an as needed basis.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- Ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret Clearance
- Bachelors Degree with 0-2 years of expeience or High School Diplooma with 6-8 years of experience
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Protected SATCOM
- Knowledge of CCS-C
- Knowledge of Freeflyer, STK, ODTK or other Orbital Analysis tools
- Previous DoD or Air Force/Space Force experience is highly desired
- Intelligence Community Experience
Peraton Overview:
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
Target Salary Range: $66,000 - $106,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors. EEO Tagline (Text Only): An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.