Special Technical Operations (STO) Lead

As the Special Technical Operations (STO) Lead, supporting a national security program space warfighting mission, you will lead a geographically dispersed team responsible for managing compartmented operations and products while facilitating the integration of new capabilities and providing feedback to Acquisition offices. As lead, you will be responsible for the timely and accurate reporting and dissemination of products that inform decision-makers and the customer enterprise. You will coordinate and deconflict program planning activities across mission-related operations centers. A successful candidate will have subject matter expert (SME)-level depth of knowledge concerning customer enterprise missions and space/multi- domain operations with extensive experience leading planning projects, collaborating with senior ranking authorities and supporting Tactics, Techniques, and Procedure (TTP) development.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead team personnel, STO operations and reporting activities

• Manage Alternate Compensatory Control Measures (ACCM)

• Prepare briefings, reports and other relevant products for informational and decision purposes

• Assess procedures and capabilities and provide Acquisition offices feedback regarding customer requirements expectations and/or shortfalls of relevant systems

• Deconflict offensive planning activities with national space-mission operations centers

• Support system integration, automation & machine learning, and exercise efforts as required

• Identify any system or intelligence gaps and assumptions that may pose a risk to mission success and report, manage and mitigate those risks

• Work full-time on-site at a government facility in Springfield, VA

***This position is contingent upon award of contract***

REQUIRED:

• 12+ years' combined experience working in space defense operations and Special Technical Operations (STO) with bachelor's degree in related field; 14 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

• 2+ years of project management or experience leading space operations or planning teams

• 2+ years assigned at relevant Intelligence Community (IC) organizations conducting space ops

• Active TS/SCI with adjudicated CI Poly

PREFERRED:

• Experience facilitating connections between Joint Staff, senior director offices, and leadership across customer enterprise

• Experience working with secure databases, managing controlled classified materials (i.e. ACCM)

• Experience building checklists, procedures and exercise scenarios

• SME knowledge of foreign/domestic space & ground threat capabilities and space surveillance networks with prior experience in tasking space surveillance resources

• Understanding of international space policy and rules governing conduct of space-faring nations

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 world's 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 can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.