Senior C2 Systems Integrator — Air Battle Manager

Horizon Global Partners; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizon Global Partners seeks a Command and Control Systems Integrator in Reston, VA to lead the development, delivery, training, and sustainment of C2 systems. The ideal candidate will be a former USAF Air Battle Manager with hands-on experience across airborne, ground, and operations-center C2 environments.

Responsibilities include translating operator needs into engineering requirements, defining critical system metrics, and coordinating with joint/allied partners.

Qualifications

• Experience as USAF Air Battle Manager or equivalent C2 operator with hands-on in at least one: E-3 AWACS, CRC, or AOC.
• Experience in Joint/coalition operations and multinational exercises.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical or related field; 8+ years of combined operational, program management, or systems integration experience.
• Experience managing or contributing to acquisition, fielding, or sustainment of C2 or mission-critical systems.
• Working understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure concepts to communicate with engineers.
• Familiarity with RMF/ATO processes, change control, and configuration management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to brief senior military, government, and industry leaders.
• Active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the program's operational voice: translate operator needs into engineering requirements.
• Define availability, latency, and data-integrity expectations for track, display, and mission applications.
• Develop and maintain mission-thread and dependency views showing how failures affect operations.
• Represent the program in discussions with operational commands, user groups, and requirements boards.
• Coordinate with Joint and allied stakeholders, interoperability bodies, and foreign disclosure authorities.
• Plan and coordinate test events; manage deficiency reporting and corrective-action tracking.
• Develop and deliver operator/administrator training and transition capabilities into formal training pipelines.
• Plan realistic training/test environments that mirror operational configurations without impacting production.

Skills

C2/battle management experience

Joint/coalition operations

Program management / systems integra​t

Enterprise IT infrastructure awareness

RMF/ATO familiarity

Technical briefing skills

Clearance awareness

Leadership in training

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Horizon Global Partners seeks a Command and Control Systems Integrator in Reston, VA to lead the development, delivery, training, and sustainment of C2 systems. The ideal candidate will be a former USAF Air Battle Manager with hands-on experience across airborne, ground, and operations-center C2 environments.

Responsibilities include translating operator needs into engineering requirements, defining critical system metrics, and coordinating with joint/allied partners.