Mission-Critical Watch Coordinator

ManTech; Florida; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Coordinating Activity Watch Stander to join our team in Doral, FL. The role supports enterprise networks, threat management, and rapid operational response in defense environments.

Responsibilities include monitoring networks, logging and escalating alerts, producing executive summaries, and maintaining watch logs and incident reports while partnering with cross-functional teams and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher in a relevant field with extensive watchstander/command center ops experience.
• Master’s degree option with 3+ years of relevant experience, or an associate’s with 7+ years.
• HS diploma with 9+ years of relevant experience acceptable.
• Proven experience in defense/intelligence watchfloor or command center roles.

Responsibilities

• Monitor enterprise networks, communication channels, and threat systems for continuous situational awareness.
• Log, prioritize, and escalate critical alerts and information requests across theater centers.
• Coordinate rapid operational response with cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Draft daily executive summaries, spot reports, and incident notifications.
• Maintain watch logs, baselines, shift handoff docs, and SOP references.
• Track outages, status, and mission-critical metrics.
• Suggest and implement improvements to watchstander workflows.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Operational Studies/IT/Systems engineering

Master’s degree +3+ years

Associate’s degree +7+ years

High school diploma +9+ years

Tools

Incident tracking software

Operational logs tools

Job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Coordinating Activity Watch Stander to join our team in Doral, FL. The role supports enterprise networks, threat management, and rapid operational response in defense environments.

Responsibilities include monitoring networks, logging and escalating alerts, producing executive summaries, and maintaining watch logs and incident reports while partnering with cross-functional teams and leadership.