Senior Trade Compliance Lead - ITAR/EAR

CesiumAstro, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 94,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

CesiumAstro, Inc. is seeking a Senior Trade Compliance Administrator to manage complex export licensing, regulatory classification, and technology transfer activities across aerospace and defense products.

You will interpret ITAR and EAR, assess licensing requirements, and resolve compliance issues within established policies. The role works across engineering, supply chain, contracts, legal, and program teams to strengthen trade compliance, risk management, and regulatory documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5–8 years of related experience in trade compliance, export controls, regulatory compliance, export licensing, or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. export controls, trade compliance principles, export licensing, regulatory classifications, and authorization requirements.
• Comprehensive understanding of ITAR, EAR, OFAC regulations, USML categories, ECCNs, jurisdiction determinations, and export-controlled technical data.
• Experience applying trade compliance procedures to export licensing, restricted-party screening, end-user/end-use reviews, regulatory documentation, and compliance assessments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and administer export licenses, agreements, exemptions, license exceptions, and TAAs per ITAR, EAR and related requirements.
• Assess export classifications, USML categories, ECCNs, and jurisdiction determinations for hardware, software, tech data.
• Review international shipments and tech data transfers for authorization and compliance considerations.
• Perform restricted-party screening, end-user/end-use due diligence, and compliance reviews.
• Evaluate foreign-persons for export authorization requirements and support TCP implementation.
• Investigate compliance discrepancies and licensing conditions to determine corrective actions.

Skills

Export licensing

ITAR knowledge

EAR regulations

OFAC compliance

USML classifications

ECCN classifications

Regulatory diligence

Communication

Regulatory reporting

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or related field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

SAP GTS

OCR EASE

Jira

Confluence

DDTC DECCS

BIS SNAP-R

AES/ACE

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle/Netsuite)

Job description

CesiumAstro, Inc. is seeking a Senior Trade Compliance Administrator to manage complex export licensing, regulatory classification, and technology transfer activities across aerospace and defense products.

You will interpret ITAR and EAR, assess licensing requirements, and resolve compliance issues within established policies. The role works across engineering, supply chain, contracts, legal, and program teams to strengthen trade compliance, risk management, and regulatory documentation.