Senior Air Controller

SAIC; New Mexico; On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Senior Air Controller for a Part-Time role supporting Collaborative Operations for Battlespace Resilient Architecture (COBRA). The role requires JFACC experience, theater warfighting knowledge, and extensive command and control of U.S. and coalition air operations.

Active Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are mandatory. The position involves coordinating with control cells, ensuring accurate air pictures for theater training audiences, and collaborating with multiple

Qualifications

• Senior Air Controller at Brigadier General rank with modeling/simulation experience.
• Knowledge of AFFOR/AOC systems, processes and operations.
• Active Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Ensure realistic, dynamic training by coordinating with control cells and scenario design.
• Interact with components to ensure simulation responses conform to design and provide observations.
• Offer feedback on performance through standard after-action mechanisms and Commander guidance.
• Collaborate with Pacific and European air simulation components to improve realism.

Skills

JFACC experience

Air operations command and control

Theatre warfighting knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

18 yrs or relevant experience

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Air Controller for a Part-Time job opportunity supporting our Collaborative Operations for Battlespace Resilient Architecture (COBRA).

Senior Air Controller role/responsibilities:

• Ensure that the simulation provides the most realistic and dynamic training possible to the war-fighter participants; interact with the other components control cells to ensure simulation and scripting responses conform to scenario design; and provide design, control, and observations to AF and components controllers.
• Use the manipulation of the simulation and white cell tools available to him, and via troubleshooting and feedback, ensure that the event presents a consistent and synchronized air picture in the Korea Theater of Operations (KTO) for the USFK, his combined staff and USINDOPACOM and component training audiences.
• Contribute feedback on performance by participants as part of normally established 7AF mechanism(s) [e.g., After Action Review, Lessons Learned, et cetera] or as requested by Commander 7AF.
• Work with the Pacific Air Simulation Center (PASC) to implement simulation
• improvements to correct known problem areas, and to enhance simulation realism.
• Work with U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa supporting theatre exercises as requested by Commander USAFE.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Senior Air Controller at the Brigadier General rank, with experience in not only modeling and simulation, but also extensive knowledge and experience in theatre warfighting, Numbered Air Force organization, roles, and responsibilities, and AFFOR and AOC systems, processes, procedures, and operations.
• JFACC experience and expertise in the command and control of U.S. and coalition air operations, recent (within one year) working knowledge of war plans of USINDOPACOM, and recent (within two years) experience with the real-time operational control of a large-scale (OPLAN-size) computer-assisted event, is required.
• Bachelor's Degree and 18 yrs , or relevant years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Active Secret clearance and US citizen.

SAIC® is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.