SATCOM SETA: Mission Ops & Scheduling

Stratos Solutions, Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stratos Solutions, Inc. in Las Cruces, NM seeks an experienced Communications Satellite (COMSAT) SETA professional to support IC space operations. This role provides technical and operational expertise across satellite communications architectures, networks, scheduling, and mission operations.

You will coordinate across multiple mission teams and organizations to ensure continuity of SATCOM services, manage scheduling conflicts, and assess architectures and procedures to improve mission outcomes.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Communications, Information Systems, Physics, or related technical discipline.
• Experience supporting the Intelligence Community, DoD, or national security space missions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of satellite communications systems, architectures, and operational concepts.
• Familiarity with government and/or commercial SATCOM networks.
• Experience with SATCOM scheduling, mission planning, network coordination, spacecraft operations, ground operations, or related activities.
• Understanding of interfaces between spacecraft, ground systems, communications networks, and mission operations.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple organizations and technical disciplines in a complex operational environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to translate technical and operational issues for diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to identify potential communications conflicts, dependencies, and risks and drive issues toward resolution.

Responsibilities

• Provide SETA support for satellite communications planning, scheduling, integration, and operations.
• Coordinate SATCOM services across multiple networks.
• Work across mission teams, operations centers, ground systems, and external organizations to ensure continuity of communications services.
• Coordinate and resolve scheduling requirements, priorities, conflicts, and changes among multiple stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of current and future communications requirements and identify potential scheduling, capacity, or operational conflicts.
• Support development and assessment of communications architectures, procedures, and technical solutions.
• Provide system usage metrics and assist teams in developing usage and mission satisfaction strategies.
• Support enterprise tests, readiness activities, exercises, rehearsals, and real-time operations as required.
• Identify technical and operational risks to SATCOM availability and communicate those risks to stakeholders.
• Develop briefings, technical assessments, schedules, and recommendations for cross-organization leadership.

Job description

Stratos Solutions, Inc. in Las Cruces, NM seeks an experienced Communications Satellite (COMSAT) SETA professional to support IC space operations. This role provides technical and operational expertise across satellite communications architectures, networks, scheduling, and mission operations.

You will coordinate across multiple mission teams and organizations to ensure continuity of SATCOM services, manage scheduling conflicts, and assess architectures and procedures to improve mission outcomes.