Space Domain Systems Engineer (TS) – Orbital Ops

Guidehouse; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 89,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Mobility Stipend

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking Aerospace Systems Engineers, from Consultant through Associate Director levels, to sustain an operational system for orbital warfare that ingests and fuses data from multiple sensors across multiple classification domains and disseminates it to enable space domain awareness and time‑critical decision‑making. Engineer level will depend on total years of experience.

Experience with end‑to‑end system sustainment, CM, RMF/ATO, and cross‑domain data flows is preferred.

Qualifications

• ACTIVE Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree; four years of related experience in lieu of degree
• One year minimum of experience supporting federal programs, operational DoD/USSF systems, or public‑sector consulting in systems sustainment, integration, or mission operations
• Ability to work on-site in Kirtland AFB (NM) or Schriever SFB (CO) and travel up to 20%

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage sustainment of the end‑to‑end system architecture, including resilience design for two independently operational sites (primary and alternate)—ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and continuity of operations.
• Drive configuration management (CM) and disciplined change control; maintain defect/deficiency tracking, provisioning artifacts, technical data packages, and formal test plans required for operational baselines and accredited releases.
• Plan and execute recurring upgrades and integrations of new mission capabilities—coordinating release trains, regression testing, and performance validation across enclaves and classification levels.
• Manage architectures and communications across domains, including Cross Domain Solutions (CDS), ensuring policy‑compliant data flows, interface control, and cyber‑hardened pathways between networks.
• Lead multi‑disciplinary teams (systems, software, network, cybersecurity, T&E) through agile sprints to deliver sustainment, patching, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement aligned with mission priorities.
• Execute special activities in classified environments, including capacity planning studies, cyber‑terrain mapping, cloud innovation within accredited environments, and containerization approaches to enhance portability and resilience.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders on RMF/ATO artifacts, zero‑trust alignment, operational test readiness, and site acceptance—maintaining meticulous documentation for audit and mission assurance.
• Measure, report, and optimize availability, latency, throughput, and mission effectiveness; use data‑driven dashboards to inform risk, issue, and performance management.

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking Aerospace Systems Engineers, from Consultant through Associate Director levels, to sustain an operational system for orbital warfare that ingests and fuses data from multiple sensors across multiple classification domains and disseminates it to enable space domain awareness and time‑critical decision‑making. Engineer level will depend on total years of experience.

Experience with end‑to‑end system sustainment, CM, RMF/ATO, and cross‑domain data flows is preferred.