Specialist, Technical Support Engineer (COMSAT Analyst / Planner)

L3Harris is seeking an on-site Specialist, Technical Support Engineer to support Commercial SATCOM analyst and planning activities for the WSOTS II Contract supporting the Commercial C-SSE.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planning, definition, implementation, and operational management of global COMSATCOM communications systems to improve flexible global SATCOM support
• Provide transmissions management planning services, including control and coordination across all Commercial frequency spectrums and Commercial SATCOM systems in use
• Use an integrated systems approach to support development, implementation, testing, planning, and management of SATCOM
• Support the SATCOM Operational Manager (SOM) and Consolidated SATCOM Systems Expert (C-SSE) functions per CJCSI 6250.01 Series
• Support on-orbit and future SATCOM systems, SATCOM System Experts, and day-to-day operational management of DOW-owned and leased SATCOM resources
• Provide technical analysis to support DOD COMSATCOM operations, planning, management, and control activities
• Conduct supportability analyses for legacy-to-future planning needs, covering user requirements and payload requirements
• Enter and maintain required data in: SDB-MT, JSMPS, JIST, successor systems, and related documents
• Coordinate with CCMDs and other SATCOM users to assess Commercial SATCOM availability for current and future operations, OPLANs, CONPLANs, and priority mission optimization
• Support development of new operational management, planning, and control tools
• Perform trend analysis and operational deficiency assessments for COMSATCOM operations and management
• Assist constellation health and welfare monitoring activities
• Mitigate, resolve, and recover from satellite anomalies
• Provide EMI support to mitigate, resolve, and recover from COMSATCOM interference and coordinate EMI resolution efforts
• Maintain contingency plans to optimize the COMSATCOM constellation and provide technical input for constellation reconfiguration
• Review COMSATCOM priorities and prepare inputs to a priority monitoring list tied to military monitoring and geographic location resources to protect highest-priority SATCOM networks
• Advise and support updates to plans, policies, and documentation reflecting future changes in COMSATCOM and Commercial satellite payload requirements
• Conduct periodic reviews of instructions for current applicability and accuracy as space, control, and terminal segments change
• Post, edit, and maintain content on the CFSCC SPACE SATCOM website and related SATCOM planning tools to support the COMSATCOM mission
• Provide COMSATCOM subject matter expertise and document findings

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience
• OR Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience
• OR, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
• 1 year of relevant experience or education in communication principles and SATCOM theory
• 3 years of operational experience with Commercial or Military SATCOM systems
• 1 year of relevant experience in SATCOM apportionment planning and allocation processes, including 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 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