Specialist, Technical Support Engineer (COMSAT Analyst / Planner)

L3Harris is seeking a Specialist, Technical Support Engineer (COMSAT Analyst / Planner) to deliver operations and planning support for the WSOTS II Contract supporting the Commercial C-SSE.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning, definition, implementation, and operational management of global COMSATCOM communications systems to improve flexibility and effectiveness of global SATCOM support.
• Deliver planning services for transmissions management, control, and coordination across all Commercial frequency spectrums, including all Commercial SATCOM systems in use.
• Use an integrated systems approach to support developing, implementing, testing, planning, and managing SATCOM capabilities.
• Support SATCOM Operational Manager (SOM) and Consolidated SATCOM Systems Expert (C-SSE) functions as described in CJCSI 6250.01 Series.
• Support on-orbit and future SATCOM systems and provide day-to-day operational management of DOW-owned and leased SATCOM resources for authorized users.
• Perform technical analysis supporting DoD COMSATCOM operations and planning, management, and control activities.
• Conduct supportability analyses covering planning and managing requirements, including user requirements and payload requirements across legacy to future systems.
• Enter and maintain information in SATCOM planning and management tools, including SATCOM Database Management Tool (SDB-MT), JSMPS, JIST, successor systems, and related documents.
• Coordinate with CCMDs and other SATCOM users to assess availability of Commercial SATCOM requirements supporting current and future operations, OPLANs, CONPLANs, and optimization of SATCOM resources for priority missions.
• Develop new operational management, planning, and control system tools.
• Perform trend analysis and operational deficiency assessments in support of COMSATCOM operations and management.
• Assist with COMSATCOM constellation health and welfare monitoring activities.
• Support mitigation, resolution, and recovery from satellite anomalies.
• Provide EMI support to mitigate, resolve, and recover from COMSATCOM interference, including EMI resolution and coordination activities.
• Maintain contingency plans to optimize the COMSATCOM constellation.
• Provide technical input for constellation reconfiguration activities.
• Review COMSATCOM priorities and prepare inputs to priority monitoring lists for military monitoring and geographic location resources to protect highest priority SATCOM networks.
• Advise and assist with revising plans, policies, and documentation to reflect future changes in COMSATCOM and Commercial satellite payload requirements.
• Conduct periodic review of instructions for current applicability and accuracy as changes occur to the space, control, and terminal segments and as oversight and direction are issued to the COMSATCOM COI.
• Post, edit, and maintain content on the CFSCC SPACE SATCOM website and related SATCOM planning tools.
• Provide COMSATCOM subject matter expertise and document findings.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and minimum 2 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree: minimum 8 years of prior related experience.
• One (1) year of relevant experience or education in communication principles and SATCOM theory.
• Three (3) years of operational experience with Commercial or Military SATCOM systems.
• One (1) year of relevant experience with SATCOM apportionment planning and allocation processes, including consideration of ground, space, and control networks, and operational control of sub-networks for apportioned SATCOM resources.
• Relative knowledge of intelligence capabilities, processes, and tasking mechanisms needed to support Government efforts for performance of SATCOM Interference tasks.

Technologies

• SATCOM Database Management Tool (SDB-MT)
• Joint Satellite Communications Management and Planning System (JSMPS)
• Joint Integrated SATCOM Tool (JIST)
• Joint SATCOM Management Enterprise (JSME)
• Enterprise Management and Control (EM&C)
• SATCOM Ordering, Management & Situational Awareness Tools (SOMSAT)
• Joint Spectrum Interference Resolution (JSIR)

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays

Location: Colorado Springs, CO (onsite)

Salary: USD 63,500 - 117,500 per year