As anSpace Operations Assessment Analyst supporting a critical national security space warfighting mission you will help translate operational realities into actionable outcomes assessing whats happening now shaping what comes next and ensuring the force is ready for both. Serving within the Plans & Strategy Division you will support current and future operations cyber effects integration and exercise assessment activities that strengthen the protection resilience and employment of vital space capabilities.
In this role you will sit at the crossroads of operations and analysis evaluating mission performance in real time assessing the effectiveness of ongoing and planned activities and capturing insights from exercises and real-world events to drive continuous improvement. You will work closely with Intelligence Community (IC) Department of Defense (DoD) and interagency partners to inform decision-making assess threats and advance effects-based operations against adversaries targeting critical national security systems.
The ideal candidate is an experienced space operations professional with a strong background in current/future operations cyber domain awareness exercise design and assessment and interagency collaboration who thrives in a fast-paced mission-focused environment.
What Youll Do
Assess the effectiveness of current and future operations mission systems and procedures identifying gaps risks and opportunities to improve operational performance and mission outcomes in near-real time
Support future operations planning by developing and refining courses of action (COAs) operational criteria and TTPs that optimize effects-based operations across the space and cyber domains
Integrate cyber effects considerations into operational assessments and future operations activities ensuring space mission systems account for cyber threats dependencies and cross-domain impacts
Design support and assess exercises and training events capturing lessons learned evaluating force readiness and translating findings into actionable procedural and capability improvements
Analyze and document lessons learned from exercises real-world operations and contingency events to drive continuous improvement across operations training and mission assurance
Monitor and assess evolving terrestrial space-based and cyber threats including adversary patterns of behavior collection priorities and operational risks to inform current and future operations decisions
Advise on the integration of emerging Indications and Warning (I&W) systems cyber tools and collection capabilities into current and future operations workflows
Identify intelligence operational procedural and capability gaps impacting mission effectiveness and provide recommendations to leadership
Support collection management activities and provide operational expertise to optimize mission effects against threats to agency assets
Coordinate and provide support for operational working groups exercise planning conferences and senior leader engagements
Collaborate with government military intelligence and interagency partners to ensure unity of effort operational continuity and mission readiness
This position is contingent upon contract award
Qualifications
What You Bring
Minimum of 12 years w/o a degree or 10 years with AS/AA or 8 years with BS/BA or 6 years with MS/MA or 4 years with PhD
Background in current operations future operations or operational assessment within a joint CCMD or national security space environment
Experience supporting or assessing exercises training events or operational readiness activities
Familiarity with cyber domain operations cross-domain effects or cyber-space integration concepts
Working knowledge of effects-based operations threat assessment and lessons learned processes
Experience collaborating with IC DoD and interagency partners in a mission-focused environment
Active TS/SCI with polygraph required
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in a current operations or future operations cell at a joint headquarters CCMD or national security agency
Familiarity with Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) JOPES or Joint Planning Process (JPP) as applied to current/future ops activities
Experience designing executing or assessing large-scale operational exercises or tabletop events
Understanding of space domain threats adversary behavior patterns and Indications & Warning (I&W) frameworks
Exposure to cyber effects integration collection management or cross-domain operational planning
Familiarity with national security space systems mission assurance concepts and agency-level operations
Work Location: Fort Belvoir
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
$112000 - $179000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position the individuals experience education knowledge skills and competencies as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position employees may be eligible for overtime shift differential and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
EEO
EEO: Equal opportunity employer including disability and protected veterans or other characteristics protected by law.
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ResponsibilitiesAs anSpace Operations Assessment Analyst supporting a critical national security space warfighting mission you will help translate operational realities into actionable outcomes assessing whats happening now shaping what comes next and ensuring the force is ready for both. Serving w...
Responsibilities
As anSpace Operations Assessment Analyst supporting a critical national security space warfighting mission you will help translate operational realities into actionable outcomes assessing whats happening now shaping what comes next and ensuring the force is ready for both. Serving within the Plans & Strategy Division you will support current and future operations cyber effects integration and exercise assessment activities that strengthen the protection resilience and employment of vital space capabilities.
In this role you will sit at the crossroads of operations and analysis evaluating mission performance in real time assessing the effectiveness of ongoing and planned activities and capturing insights from exercises and real-world events to drive continuous improvement. You will work closely with Intelligence Community (IC) Department of Defense (DoD) and interagency partners to inform decision-making assess threats and advance effects-based operations against adversaries targeting critical national security systems.
The ideal candidate is an experienced space operations professional with a strong background in current/future operations cyber domain awareness exercise design and assessment and interagency collaboration who thrives in a fast-paced mission-focused environment.
What Youll Do
Assess the effectiveness of current and future operations mission systems and procedures identifying gaps risks and opportunities to improve operational performance and mission outcomes in near-real time
Support future operations planning by developing and refining courses of action (COAs) operational criteria and TTPs that optimize effects-based operations across the space and cyber domains
Integrate cyber effects considerations into operational assessments and future operations activities ensuring space mission systems account for cyber threats dependencies and cross-domain impacts
Design support and assess exercises and training events capturing lessons learned evaluating force readiness and translating findings into actionable procedural and capability improvements
Analyze and document lessons learned from exercises real-world operations and contingency events to drive continuous improvement across operations training and mission assurance
Monitor and assess evolving terrestrial space-based and cyber threats including adversary patterns of behavior collection priorities and operational risks to inform current and future operations decisions
Advise on the integration of emerging Indications and Warning (I&W) systems cyber tools and collection capabilities into current and future operations workflows
Identify intelligence operational procedural and capability gaps impacting mission effectiveness and provide recommendations to leadership
Support collection management activities and provide operational expertise to optimize mission effects against threats to agency assets
Coordinate and provide support for operational working groups exercise planning conferences and senior leader engagements
Collaborate with government military intelligence and interagency partners to ensure unity of effort operational continuity and mission readiness
This position is contingent upon contract award
Qualifications
What You Bring
Minimum of 12 years w/o a degree or 10 years with AS/AA or 8 years with BS/BA or 6 years with MS/MA or 4 years with PhD
Background in current operations future operations or operational assessment within a joint CCMD or national security space environment
Experience supporting or assessing exercises training events or operational readiness activities
Familiarity with cyber domain operations cross-domain effects or cyber-space integration concepts
Working knowledge of effects-based operations threat assessment and lessons learned processes
Experience collaborating with IC DoD and interagency partners in a mission-focused environment
Active TS/SCI with polygraph required
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in a current operations or future operations cell at a joint headquarters CCMD or national security agency
Familiarity with Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) JOPES or Joint Planning Process (JPP) as applied to current/future ops activities
Experience designing executing or assessing large-scale operational exercises or tabletop events
Understanding of space domain threats adversary behavior patterns and Indications & Warning (I&W) frameworks
Exposure to cyber effects integration collection management or cross-domain operational planning
Familiarity with national security space systems mission assurance concepts and agency-level operations
Work Location: Fort Belvoir
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
$112000 - $179000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position the individuals experience education knowledge skills and competencies as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position employees may be eligible for overtime shift differential and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
EEO
EEO: Equal opportunity employer including disability and protected veterans or other characteristics protected by law.
Peraton provides innovative solutions for the most sensitive and critical programs in government today, developed and executed by scientists, engineers, and other experts.
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