Battle Watch Officer

Missile Defense Agency; Schriever Space Force Base (CO); Remote; USD 129,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Missile Defense Agency is seeking a Battle Watch Officer (BWO) to oversee real-time Missile Defense System event coordination, configuration control, and incident reporting in support of the Warfighter. The role requires shift work, including weekends and holidays, and operates under AcqDemo with DHA for non-acquisition positions.

Responsibilities include asset management, status tracking, and dashboards for leadership, with communication across distributed MDA elements and Warfighter customers.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the Battle Watch Officer (BWO) and is responsible for Missile Defense System configuration control, operational readiness reporting, asset management execution, and incident reporting in support of MDA and Warfighter customers.
• Directs asset isolation for non-compliant assets and tracks status and configuration of the Missile Defense System.
• Inputs asset outage and return-to-service data and shares reports with global operations centers.
• Manages asset activities through the asset management process and coordinates with distributed MDA elements.
• Captures data for dashboards presented to MDA leadership and Combatant Command operations centers; coordinates rescheduling of activities as needed.
• Acts as MDA Element advocate to Warfighter for unscheduled maintenance, testing, or development activities; reports incidents to senior leadership.
• Executes the MDA Commander's Critical Information Reporting process when required to inform senior leaders about resources and personnel status; shift work to include weekends/holidays.

Job description

• Security Clearance: Sensitive Compartmented Information

The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of War (DoW) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: ACQDEMO

Key Responsibilities

Serves as the Battle Watch Officer (BWO) and is responsible for Missile Defense System configuration control, operational readiness reporting, asset management execution, and incident reporting in support of MDA and Warfighter customers. The BWO is the government lead of the MDA Operations Support Center (OSC) and is responsible for all functions within the MDA OSC.

NOTE for: conditions of Employment: Tour of Duty: Other/Shift Work NOTE: This is a rotational watch standing position which requires shift work to include weekends and holidays. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

This position is being filled under AcqDemo Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) for non-acquisition positions involving 51% or more of time in direct support of acquisition positions within Business and Technical Management Professional Career path. As a Battle Watch Officer at the NH-0301-4 broadband level, some of your typical work assignments may include: Executes real-time Missile Defense System event coordination and system configuration control during day-to-day operations.

Responsible for directing the isolation of assets not in compliance with the MDA operational capacity baseline. Tracks the status and configuration of the Missile Defense System and enters asset outage and return to service data in the application. Reports Missile Defense System asset failures generated from inputs for distribution into a global community of operations centers and organizations.

Performs asset management execution and tracks all Missile Defense System activities through the asset management process and direct communication with MDA Elements at the distributed sites.

Responsible for collecting data and entering into system(s) which depicts the status and configuration of the Missile Defense System on its respective dashboards to MDA leadership and the Combatant Command operations centers.Coordinates rescheduling of operational and developmental activities throughout the asset management execution phase as necessary.

Serves as the MDA Element advocate to the Warfighter for coordination and approval of unscheduled maintenance, test, or developmental activities. Captures and reports incidents and significant events to MDA senior leadership.

Executes the MDA Commander's Critical Information Reporting process when necessary to inform the Director, Deputy Director, Executive Director, and executive and senior leaders, enabling them to make decisions regarding MDA support to the Combatant Commanders. Reports also inform the leadership on the status of MDA resources and personnel (military, civilian, and contractor). This position requires shift work to include weekends and holidays.

Requirements & Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $129096 – $197200/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-26.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Mspouse' hiring path.